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On/File: A Continuing Record of People, Groups, Movements, and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
December 12, 2023
Religion a growing threat or enduring asset for democracy?
November 7, 2023
Oriental Orthodox churches become growth center of U.S. Orthodoxy
November 7, 2023
Worldwide Church of God dissolves, leaving replica splinter groups in its wake
November 7, 2023
CURRENT RESEARCH
November 7, 2023
Hamas attacks pushing ultra-Orthodox Jews closer to mainstream Israeli society?
November 7, 2023
Romanian Orthodox Church retains influential place in society
November 7, 2023
Boko Haram increasingly turning on fellow Muslims in Nigeria
November 7, 2023
On/File: A Continuing Record of Groups, Movements, People, and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
November 7, 2023
Latter-day Saints’ literary and business cultures retain hold amid challenges
October 12, 2023
Denominational conventions at an end?
October 12, 2023
Jewish chaplaincy provides new settings and roles for Judaism
October 12, 2023
CURRENT RESEARCH
October 12, 2023
Dealing with the Soviet past and democracy in the Russian Orthodox Church
October 12, 2023
Ukrainian Muslims feeling destruction and rifts from the war
October 12, 2023
On/File: A Continuing Record of Groups, Movements, Individuals and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
October 12, 2023
“Hasidic paradigm” already at work in church-state relations?
September 6, 2023
Washington, DC, now fertile ground for nondenominational Christianity
September 6, 2023
New Christian hybrid schools growing and competing in post-pandemic landscape
September 6, 2023
Clergy shortage in Zen Buddhist communities challenging Buddhist transmission in America
September 6, 2023
CURRENT RESEARCH
September 6, 2023
A new spring for Basic Ecclesial Communities among Brazil’s Catholics?
September 6, 2023
Churches find place in pluralistic and secularist Sweden
September 6, 2023
Soccer in Saudi Arabia also about religion
September 6, 2023
Yoga flourishes in Syria, with regime’s blessing
September 6, 2023
Findings & Footnotes
September 6, 2023
New York the sending and receiving center for missionaries of all faiths?
August 10, 2023
American Hindus’ borrowing from Jewish playbook pays contested dividends
August 10, 2023
New cardinals set to keep papacy in the mold of Francis?
August 10, 2023
Methodist schism larger than expected as middle path gives way
August 10, 2023
Witchcraft’s commercialization advances at the expense of nature practices
August 10, 2023
Could lab-grown meat be certified as kosher and halal?
August 10, 2023
Purity culture evolves with lasting influence
August 10, 2023
CURRENT RESEARCH
August 10, 2023
Orthodox teachings on abortion find little traction in traditional Russia
August 10, 2023
War in Ukraine intensifies Orthodox divisions in the Baltic States
August 10, 2023
China’s religious diplomacy and the New Silk Road
August 10, 2023
Findings & Footnotes
August 10, 2023
On/File: A Continuing Record of People, Groups, Movements, and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
August 10, 2023
AI as a dehumanizing or desecularizing force?
July 10, 2023
LGBTQ influence and acceptance drive mainline Protestant, Jewish changes
July 10, 2023
Muslim-Christian alliance taking shape over gender wars?
July 10, 2023
New Christian far right adopting old anti-Semitic sentiment?
July 10, 2023
CURRENT RESEARCH
July 10, 2023
Russia’s Protestants intensify adaptation to Russian, collectivist culture
July 10, 2023
Japan’s “endingness” industry flourishes with loss of traditional Buddhist burial rites
July 10, 2023
Findings & Footnotes
July 10, 2023
Spirituality and religion at work aims for more diversity and voice in business
June 12, 2023
New books keep religious culture wars and racism concerns alive
June 12, 2023
CURRENT RESEARCH
June 12, 2023
Converts to Islam in Latin America caught between transnational influences and dreams of a local faith
June 12, 2023
King Charles’s monarchy—traditional and multifaith?
June 12, 2023
Prayer Book’s ancient pedigree draws seekers back to church
June 12, 2023
Ukraine war has varying impact on Russian Orthodox Church in France
June 12, 2023
War in Ukraine as factor in division among Muslims?
June 12, 2023
Prophecy beliefs find wide hearing in contemporary Greek Orthodoxy
June 12, 2023
On/File: A Continuing Record of Groups, Movements, People, and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
June 12, 2023
Death dreams as the new near-death-experience frontier
May 12, 2023
Under second generation’s influence, African immigrant churches turn to social action while keeping traditional identity
May 12, 2023
Asbury revival’s reverberations felt far from the evangelical tent
May 12, 2023
CURRENT RESEARCH
May 12, 2023
Are Christians in Spain being targeted by jihadist terrorists or is it all in the mind?
May 12, 2023
Inflation forcing hard choices upon churches and Christian organizations in Europe
May 12, 2023
War in Ukraine turning Moscow Patriarchate into a national church
May 12, 2023
Freedom of indigenous spirituality gets short shrift by African states
May 12, 2023
Researchers find enduring missionary effect in developing nations
April 11, 2023
With rise of AI, concerns about ritual automation grow in Hinduism, Buddhism
April 11, 2023
Asbury revival’s draw based on psychological healing?
April 11, 2023
Conservative churches encounter extremist elements in their ranks
April 11, 2023
CURRENT RESEARCH
April 11, 2023
Ukraine’s religious restrictions more than wartime emergency measure?
April 11, 2023
Populism, religion, and the rise of the post-religious right in France
April 11, 2023
Pay-for-service Jewish innovation in Israel, with a little help from the U.S.
April 11, 2023
Buddhist monks in post-coup Myanmar face division while youth resistance turns secular
April 11, 2023
Findings & Footnotes
April 11, 2023
On/File: A Continuing Record of People, Groups, Movements, and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
April 11, 2023
New research shows digital religion’s down- and upsides during pandemic
March 7, 2023
Pandemic moves Jainism to greater social, interfaith involvement
March 7, 2023
CURRENT RESEARCH
March 7, 2023
Buddhists compete under “traditional religion” status in Russia’s religious economy
March 7, 2023
Iran’s repression discrediting Shiite Islam among the population
March 7, 2023
Mali’s religious leaders aspire to a stronger role for Islam
March 7, 2023
New Apostolic Church’s embrace of women’s ordination leads to schism in Africa
March 7, 2023
On/File: A Continuing Record of Movements, Groups, People and Events Impacting Contemporary Religion
March 7, 2023
Catholic divisions intensify as the Synod of Bishops approaches
February 8, 2023
Classical religious colleges show resilience, growth in a field of dropping enrollments
February 8, 2023
“Lutherpalians” become a reality after years of ecumenical engagement
February 8, 2023
“Manifesting”: spiritual practice or virtual positive thinking?
February 8, 2023
CURRENT RESEARCH
February 8, 2023
Virtual hajj addressing global Islam and alienation from Saudi control
February 8, 2023
New legal framework for Morocco’s Jewish community
February 8, 2023
Congolese branch of Islamic State targeting Christians for world attention
February 8, 2023
Africa experiences vibrant Christianity but shows ecumenical deficit
February 8, 2023
Indian Catholics’ worship war shows few signs of resolution
February 8, 2023
Findings & Footnotes
February 8, 2023
From Dobbs to Ukraine, 2022 religion dramatic and consequential
January 6, 2023
CURRENT RESEARCH
January 6, 2023
Social media amplifies Buddhist scandals, lowering monks’ status in Thailand
January 6, 2023
Transgender exceptions making their way into Buddhist monasticism
January 6, 2023
Indonesian Muslim organization seeks to reform Islamic jurisprudence
January 6, 2023

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