The Church of Sweden has more female than male priests for the first time – a sign of huge strides for gender equality since women were first allowed to be ordained in 1960
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Turkey turns the Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque
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The Heavenly Court
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Young people around the world are less religious than their parents in several measures
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The invention of satanic witchcraft by medieval authorities was initially met with skepticism
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How a climate crisis helped shape Norse mythology – a group of archaeologists, linguists and other experts have teamed up to analyse the inscriptions of the Rök Stone
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"My Immortal" as alchemical allegory
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Roe of “Roe v. Wade” says Christian right paid her to be anti-choice mouthpiece
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In defense of hellfire: The rhetoric of damnation has been lost. But how else can we adequately condemn injustice?
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The mysterious religion of Carthage
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An Oxford professor, an evangelical collector, and a missing gospel of Mark: A scholar claimed that he discovered a first-century gospel fragment, now faces allegations of theft, cover-up, and fraud
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Danish Lutheran minister who attracted international attention by proclaiming that there is no God or afterlife, but retracted after being suspended, has died
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Charles Coughlin, the 'Radio Priest' who brought fascism to America in the 1930s (1979)
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When monks went undercover to steal relics
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Indonesia bans traditional Ramadan exodus to rein in coronavirus
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The Pope just proposed a universal basic income. Is the United States ready for it?
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How Narendra Modi serves the Hindu ideal of Bharat in opposition to secular ideals of India
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Cardinal George Pell will be released from prison after the High Court of Australia quashed his child sexual abuse convictions
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Louisiana pastor defies coronavirus order, draws over 1,000 people to services
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Sixteen and evangelical
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The fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Museum of the Bible are all forgeries
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LDS Church suspends all worship services worldwide due to coronavirus
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Truth be sold: How truth became a product
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Vatican opens archives of World War II-era Pope Pius XII
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Three cheers for socialism - Christian love and political practice
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I and thou: A bigfoot encounter
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Finding faith in the gods of the Vikings – Richard didn't expect his hobby would help him find his own belief through Norse mythology
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The miracle of kindness
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Twilight language
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Why religion is not going away and science will not destroy it
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Infiltrating Scientology
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Which religion is friendliest to the idea of aliens?
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The Muslim world’s question: ‘What happened to us?’
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A scandal in Oxford: The curious case of the stolen gospel
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Anyone here practicing Zazen?
I recently finished "Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki and was deeply moved. I've meditated sporadically over the years and dabbled in various Buddhist traditions yet never have I been...
I recently finished "Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki and was deeply moved. I've meditated sporadically over the years and dabbled in various Buddhist traditions yet never have I been so taken with an approach as I was after reading this. If there is anybody out there practicing Sōtō Zen would you be able to recommend anything to read next?
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United Methodist Church announces plan to split over gay marriage, LGBTQ clergy
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The Christian withdrawal experiment
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Legal reckoning: new abuse suits could cost Catholic Church over $4B
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How compassion helped one woman leave an extremist group
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In US, decline of Christianity continues at rapid pace
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Nara: Sacred images from early Japan
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A thread on the devil in Islamic tradition and folklore
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Shooting near synagogue in Germany leaves at least two people dead, was streamed on Twitch
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Religion for the nonreligious
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Why so many Americans are turning to Buddhism
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The Christian right is helping drive liberals away from religion
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The Christian converts who are setting fire to sacred Aboriginal objects
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George Pell seeks leave to appeal child sex abuse convictions in High Court
News article: George Pell seeks leave to appeal child sex abuse convictions in High Court Background: How does the High Court decide whether to grant George Pell a final hearing?
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Jerry Falwell’s aides break their silence - Current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world
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Ganesh Chaturthi 2019: Ten lesser-known short stories of Bal Ganesha you need to know
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