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Past IssuesMany of the kinds of groups, leaders, and strategies that were present before major jihadist terrorist attacks in the past, including 9/11, are again finding a following, writes Sara Harmouch in the Terrorism Monitor (July 16).
A new kind of “brainwashing” theory is making the rounds in anti-cult groups and even being employed by governments and courts to target new religious movements (NRMs), write Marco Respinti and Massimo Introvigne in the newsletter Bitter Winter (July 2).
While liberal Democrats have struggled to appeal to religious Americans, “an increasing number of Democratic office holders and candidates in upcoming elections are no longer apologetic about their personal faith.
Mormon book culture has changed from producing mainly popular romance and fantasy literature to now including high-end literary works, writes James Goldberg in the LDS Substack newsletter Wayfare (June 29).
The trickle of Catholics moving to the U.S. Southeast has become a steady stream in recent years, resulting in an expansion of Catholic building and infrastructure in this region, reports Gigi Duncan in the National Catholic Register (July 9).
Many Jewish Americans feel unsafe, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before October 7, 2023, according to an AP-NORC survey.
The recent close elections of conservative populist candidates in Peru and Colombia suggest a new injection of Catholicism into polarized Latin American societies.
Tensions between American evangelicals and their European counterparts have simmered for years, but they have recently intensified, mainly over political questions, writes Paul Marshall in Religion Unplugged (July 15).
The UK Ahmadiyya Muslim community has recently embraced a more activist stance for religious freedom while expanding worldwide, according to reports.
On July 16, the Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War culminated with the signing of the Rome Declaration, “Humanity at the Threshold: A Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons.”