Pope calls on all religions to “defuse the temptation of fundamentalism”
Pope Francis urged all the peoples of the world to put aside “partisan games” and all hostilities and to regard others as “like human beings” and “brothers and sisters in the faith”. The Pope made this appeal Thursday at the…
Ecumenical Patriarch rejects religious fundamentalism and outright nationalism
“No to religious fundamentalism and absolute nationalism,” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said at the International Meeting of Religions and Cultures in Rome.
Yesterday at the end of the afternoon, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew…
Judging a “sincerely supported” religious belief is difficult for employers who demand vaccines
A person receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Los Angeles in April. // Getty Images, Mario Tama Updated October 4, 2021, 12:51 p.m. ETBrittany Watson!-->…
Parents lose religious belief offer to suspend order for school masks
By Matthew Santoni (September 27, 2021, 9:06 p.m. EDT) - Federal judge will not stop Pennsylvania school mask warrant for four parents claiming masks violate their religious freedoms, finding on Monday that parents did not…
What constitutes a sincere religious belief for the purposes of the vaccine mandate?
In Northern California, the pastor of a mega-church distributes religious exemption forms to worshipers. A New Mexico state senator "will help you formulate a religious exemption" by pointing to the decades-old use of aborted fetal cells…
Taliban ideology: a mixture of Islamic fundamentalism and Pashtun customs
His interpretation of Islam excludes the slightest deviation from orthodoxy. Its penal code imposes corporal punishment reminiscent of the Middle Ages. They separate women from the public space and when they have access to them, they…
What would extraterrestrials mean for traditional religious belief?
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Fundamentalism and Succession Dynamics in Minneapolis
At the end of my article last Tuesday, I alluded to a brewing controversy at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. So I'm grateful to Greg Rosauer for sharing a guest post today that expands on this story and draws a useful…
British Columbia Court of Appeal Finds ‘Honest and Sincere Religious Belief’ Grounds to…
The British Columbia Court of Appeal stated that an “honest and sincere religious belief” should be considered a ground for avoiding the sex necessary to consummate a marriage. The highest court in the province last week annulled the…