“Why the first Jesuit pope is a big deal”
A Religion News Service story discusses the significance of the first Jesuit pope.
Category: Congregations
“New pope must deal with divided church in United States”
Reuters said the new pontiff must deal with a divided church in the United States.
World Union for Progressive Judaism
The World Union for Progressive Judaism is the international umbrella organization of the Reform, Liberal, Progressive and Reconstructionist movements, serving 1,200 congregations with 1.8 million members in more than 45 countries.
“Jews are world’s most migratory religious group”
A March 8, 2012, Religion News Service article describes a study from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life that found that Jews are the world’s most migratory group.
“Evangelicals may boost immigration shift”
Read a Dec. 8, 2012, San Antonio Express-News story about the influence that evangelicals could have on Republican lawmakers’ immigration positions.
“Post-Romney Agenda for Jewish Conservatives”
Read a Jan. 3, 2013, column in The Jewish Daily Forward that gives a Jewish conservative’s perspective on the debate.
“Evangelical Christians prepare for ‘largest ever grassroots push on immigration’”
Read a Jan. 12, 2013 CNN story, “Evangelical Christians prepare for ‘largest ever grassroots push on immigration’.”
“Boston: More Like Sandy Hook Than 9/11”
Read an April 22 interview in The New Republic with terrorism expert Olivier Roy, who argues that the Boston suspects are more like the Columbine or Sandy Hook shooters. Roy says they have minimal connections to Islam as a religion but “are self-radicalizing in a Western environment.”
“Don’t Blame Religion for Boston Bombings”
In a Religion Dispatches column, Mark Juergensmeyer argues that religious motivations are not central to “lone wolf” attacks like the bombings in Boston.