Italian scholar Massimo Introvigne did not plan on becoming a leading authority on religious freedom — his academic specialty is the sociology of new religious movements. But the precarious status of religious minorities around the world has pushed him into the arena. Take France, for example. In 2001, the nation moved toward implementing an “anti-sect” […]
Over the weekend, I received a bit of a jolt. Back in my hometown, a religion professor at the University of Dayton, which is ostensibly a Catholic school, expressed her opposition to the state legislature’s override of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s veto of a bill prohibiting men in women’s sports and transitioning children through […]
Should you be able to quote the Bible? This used to be a silly question to ask in the Western world. Sure, Christianity the most persecuted religion in the world, but in what was once known as “Christendom,” it would be absurd to ask this question. Not anymore. More and more news stories recount the […]
A recently released study from the Pew Research Center shows that the number of “nones,” or people who do not identify with any religion, has slightly decreased. Data shows that the number of adults in the U.S. who have no religious affiliation is 28%. That is a slight dip from 31% in 2022, but […]
Every day on the calendar has those “special days” — commemorations or observations of one thing or another. Most of them are silly, like International Sweatpants Day (Jan. 21) and National Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day (Jan. 22), but some of them have actual significance. Last week, one of […]
New legislation in Congress would stop federal judges from applying Title IV sex discrimination rules on religious schools or churches because of their tax-exempt status. Source link
Favorable views of religious acceptance in the workplace, the role of religion in aiding society and parental rights based on religious beliefs are on an upswing, according to a survey from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Source link
A database to show the extent of persecution Christians worldwide face every day has been unveiled in an effort to document the threat that exists to religious freedom. The database was developed by Global Christian Relief, according to their news release. The group said the database “is the first and only events-based global religious freedom […]
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