Egypt: Al-Azhar struggles to balance politics and tradition. An analysis by James M. Dorsey. https://t.co/Ci38u8p2zo via @religioscope #Egypt #Islam #AlAzhar
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New research examines what motivates both atheists and the religious faithful to embark on one of the world's most famous pilgrimages.
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Vatican II was meant to be the laity's 'coming of age'. So what went wrong? - The author, Stephen Bullivant, has just published a book: 'Mass Exodus: Catholic Disaffiliation in Britain and America since Vatican II' (Oxford University Press).https://t.co/BwNaK48lDc #CatholicChurch
More churches now in UK than pubs. Although both are in decline, immigrant influx in London buoys smaller movements (e.g. Pentecostal). - La Croix International https://t.co/VHB8ZLRkT6 https://t.co/IhVLImiFQj
L'ouverture de la première mosquée officielle d’Athènes attendue pour septembre https://t.co/yKR0eGNAxv via @saphirnews #Europe #islam
#Grèce : ouverture officielle de la première mosquée d'#Athènes
Michaël Mutzner @michaelmutzner nous fait découvrir que, à Genève, la loi sur l'instruction publique (17 septembre 2015, entrée en vigueur en 2016) interdit à un enseignant d'occuper une fonction religieuse https://t.co/xpjYzIGXjm #Genève #laïcité #école
A telephone for grief after the Japanese tsunami https://t.co/T9rO2ehSkb
Moscow’s Patriarch Eyes Paris, and an Orthodox Battle Brews
Moscow's Patriarch Eyes Paris, and an Orthodox Battle Brews | Religion & Politics
A Russian church-in-exile is the focus of a culture war inside Orthodox Christianity.
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Suisse romande : statistiques sur l’implantation et la répartition territoriale des Églises évangéliques https://t.co/LnryAq23HE #évangéliques #Suisse #statistiques #implantations
'It's latent misogyny': Hare Krishnas divided over whether to allow female gurus https://t.co/7CPNMUJV7Z #ISKCON #HareKrishna #guru #women
Humanist weddings rise sharply across England and Wales. Faith-based unions fall in last decade but humanist weddings rise by 266% - #weddings #humanist
Humanist weddings rise sharply across England and Wales
Faith-based unions fall in last decade but humanist weddings rise by 266%
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New book by Hussein Kesvani: 'Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British Muslims' (Hurst). A new generation of young Muslims who have grown up with the #Internet are using social media to determine their religious identity on their own terms. https://t.co/0sKB82S0AM #Islam #UK
The British Victorians who became Muslims #Islam #conversion #converts
The British Victorians who became Muslims
The stories of three pioneers who defied societal norms by converting to Islam.
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BBC News - The secretive Kaka'i of Iraq are finally speaking out. The Kaka'i are a secretive religious minority in Iraq who usually avoid the cameras. #Kakai #Iraq
'If we stay a secret, there will be a genocide'
The secretive Kaka'i religious minority fear for their lives – and they’re finally speaking out about it
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The American Religious Sounds Project, a recently launched digital platform and database of religious audio, has been developed by scholars, students, and multimedia staff to provide an intimate look into the vast sonic landscape of religion.
American Spirituality in Stereo
The American Religious Sounds Project is an ambitious new database that keeps an ear out for religion in everyday life.
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Shambhala International fights to survive in face of sex scandal https://t.co/5LgQ0UH6VV #Buddhism #sex #Shambhala
For many Muslims, Ramadan is a built-in digital detox program
For many Muslims, Ramadan is a built-in digital detox program - Religion News Service
(RNS) — For years, Muslims around the world have used the holy month of Ramadan as an opportunity to scale back on social media and smartphone usage...
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Belgique : un panorama sur la situation de l’Église orthodoxe. @Le_CRISP a récemment publié un cahier préparé par Serge Model, qui offre un tour d'horizon documenté sur la présence et le statut juridique de l'Église orthodoxe en #Belgique. https://t.co/2zd1APA3YA #Orthodoxie
La tradition religieuse #sikh est implantée en Suisse avec quatre centres et un millier de fidèles. Christoph Peter Baumann vient de publier un livre sur le #sikhisme et sa présence en #Suisse. Un article pour résumer ce que nous apprend cet ouvrage. https://t.co/QLntvHJSrz
