Religion’s role in the climate emergency
Posted to Religious Diversity News on February 20, 2019
Time to start talking about sacrifice.
Source: Religion’s role in the climate emergency – Religion News Service
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UCLA College | Zoroastrian Studies Graduate Fellowship established at UCLA
Posted to Religious Diversity News on February 20, 2019
Source: UCLA College | Zoroastrian Studies Graduate Fellowship established at UCLA
After attack on Hindu community, Kentucky shows the way forward
Posted to Religious Diversity News on February 20, 2019
(RNS) — Indian and Hindu Kentuckians work with leaders across faith and cultural backgrounds to show a united front in the face of hate crime against Hindu temple in Louisville, Ky.
Source: After attack on Hindu community, Kentucky shows the way forward – Religion News Service
Meet Sadaf Jaffer, America’s first female Muslim mayor
Posted to Religious Diversity News on February 18, 2019
(RNS) — ‘I hope my example helps provide a different vision of what it means to be a Muslim woman in America today,’ she says.
Source: Meet Sadaf Jaffer, America’s first female Muslim mayor – Religion News Service
Witchcraft becomes a political stance — and a booming business
Posted to Religious Diversity News on February 18, 2019
(RNS) — Once a fringe spiritual practice, witchcraft has become a key, and increasingly popular, component of feminist political resistance.
Source: Witchcraft becomes a political stance — and a booming business – Religion News Service
LDS missionaries can now call home weekly. Some parents worry new policy is too lax.
Posted to Religious Diversity News on February 18, 2019
In the past, LDS missionaries were only allowed to call home twice a year, a policy designed to let them focus on their mission, free from distractions. But a new policy will allow them to call or video chat with family once a week.
Atheists May Receive Civil Rights Protections in Portland, Oregon
Posted to Religious Diversity News on February 18, 2019
Portland has a large population who identify as being religiously unaffiliated. The city of Currently, the city law doesn’t have special protections in place for people who are non-adherents to religion, but a proposed ordinance could lead to such a change. Specifically, the proposed ordinance would add atheists to a protected class list that already […]
Source: Atheists May Receive Civil Rights Protections in Portland, Oregon – World Religion News
US Teen Makes Film on Sikh Man Behind America’s Turban Policy Change
Posted to Religious Diversity News on February 14, 2019
Filmed at the Indianapolis International Airport, ‘SINGH’ is slated to release next month.
Source: US Teen Makes Film on Sikh Man Behind America’s Turban Policy Change – News18
Advancing a discourse on race unity in the U.S.
Posted to Religious Diversity News on February 14, 2019
This story includes a podcast episode looking at how the Baha’is of the U.S. are learning to contribute to the critical discourse on race.
Source: Advancing a discourse on race unity in the U.S. | Bahá’í World News Service (BWNS)
Arkansas’ Moncrief spreads message of diversity, inclusion to area teens
Posted to Religious Diversity News on February 14, 2019
One of Arkansas’ most famous athletes spent the school day Wednesday talking with area teens about diversity and the importance of finding common ground with others.
Source: Arkansas’ Moncrief spreads message of diversity, inclusion to area teens