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Harris-Walz campaign hires the Rev. Jen Butler, longtime activist, to lead faith outreach

(RNS) — Vice President Kamala Harris has hired the Rev. Jen Butler, a Presbyterian minister and well-known liberal religious advocate,

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Israeli Cabinet minister draws rebuke for saying he would build a synagogue at holy site

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Israel’s minister of national security dreams of building a synagogue on the Temple Mount, where the ancient

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Why are Mormon lifestyle influencers so popular?

(RNS) — An alluring young woman sporting a 1950s-style polka-dot halter dress leans toward the camera across the kitchen counter,

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Each Jewish couple’s story starts long before the wedding and so does their life together

(The Conversation) — Anita Diamant, the prolific writer and Jewish feminist activist, begins her book “The Jewish Wedding Now” with

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Platforming religion: The Dems’ and GOP’s official positions compared

(RNS) — What the parties have to say — and not say — on the subject as the 2024 campaign

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I documented shrines to people in North Philly − here’s what they tell us about grief and trauma

(The Conversation) — I was walking through the Kensington neighborhood in North Philadelphia when I noticed a shrine made from

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In the face of Palestinian suffering, interfaith groups offer a protective presence

(RNS) — When the Israel-Hamas war broke out after Oct. 7, Beth Brockman wasn’t sure she wanted to go back

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Want a better life? Spend more time thinking about sin, says Elizabeth Oldfield.

(RNS) — Elizabeth Oldfield spends a lot of time thinking about sin. Not the finger-pointing, fire and brimstone, shape-up-or-go-to-hell approach

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Brazilians march for Eshu, an Afro-Brazilian deity, to protest Christian intolerance

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — A march in honor of an Afro-Brazilian deity drew some 150,000 people in São Paulo on