“All movements, however different in doctrine and aspiration, draw their early adherents from the same types of humanity; they all appeal to the same types of mind:…the frustrated mind.” For though ours is a godless age, it is the very opposite of irreligious. The true believer is everywhere on the march, and both by converting […]
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By John Breslin, Special to Religica Legislators in states across the country have introduced bills largely based on models authored and distributed by an evangelical Christian-backed activist grouping, raising concerns among opponents that it is a drive to push positions exclusive of other religious. Last year, Project Blitz-backed “In God We Trust” bills were introduced […]
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By John Breslin, Special to Religica Violence against transgender people, particularly African-Americans, is partly fueled by some religious leaders and communities, the architects of a new social media campaign highlighting the issue believe. The campaign, organized by transgender individuals of faith, was launched Tuesday, with Twitter users encouraged to share the hashtag, #transphobiaisasin. Rhetoric and […]
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In the 125 year old history of the Parliament of World’s Religions (PoWR) it is the first time that this event was convened in Canada and in Toronto which has the largest concentration of Zoroastrians in North America. The Promise of Inclusion, The Power of Love: Pursuing Global Understanding, Reconciliation and Change was held November […]
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Recently, as I was looking through some old family files, I found my certificate of baptism given when I was just a toddler. Issued from the Presbyterian church in which I grew up, it was a simple declaration that I belonged to the church, to God in Christ, and that the community was committed to […]
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By John Breslin, Special to Religica Thirty states have signed on to a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to overturn a lower court’s ruling that a war memorial in the shape of a cross violates the constitution’s separation of church and state. At the center of the controversy is the […]
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The impulses that guide religious and spiritual traditions are like words written under the rocks, over which course the rapids of our lives. This image is lifted from the book, A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean, wherein the narrator-fisherman employs a colloquial adage in order to press wisdom into the narrows of a […]
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By John Breslin, Special To Religica More than half of Americans believe religion is very important to them, differing widely from western Europeans, but comparable to those in the east and center of the continent, two recent separately published polls reveal. While the percentage of people in the United States believing religion is very important […]
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By John Breslin, Special to Religica Melted down hardware captured from the Germans in World War Two will be used to form the main steps of a planned cathedral in Russia, according to a senior member of the President Vladimir Putin’s administration. The 300-foot high glass and metal Main Cathedral of the Armed Forces, to […]
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