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Islam's call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities -- affirming a long...
Minneapolis allows call to prayer to be publicly broadcast five times per day.Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty ImagesMinneapolis recently became the first major U.S. city to allow the “adhan,” or Muslim call...
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Mission trips are an evangelical rite of passage for US teens – but why?
Where to?georgemuresan/iStock via Getty Images PlusAs tourists head to airports this summer, American travelers are likely to see groups of young people in matching T-shirts awaiting flights to Latin...
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US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but...
The annual gay pride parade in Entebbe, Uganda, in 2014.Isaac Kasamani/AFP via Getty ImagesUganda recently signed an anti-gay bill into law. Called by some the “worst of its kind in the world,” the law...
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Technology remains at the heart of the hajj
Iranian pilgrims pose for a selfie during the hajj pilgrimage in 2022.AP Photo/Amr NabilThe hajj – the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which Muslims are expected to make once in their...
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Southern Baptists uphold expulsion of churches with women pastors – but the...
Attendees, or 'messengers,' hold up their ballots during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in 2022.AP Photo/Jae C. HongThe Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant group in...
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Medical students honor body donors through words, deeds and ceremonies
Donors' bodies lie covered in an anatomy lab at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany.Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty ImagesSix people were charged on June 14, 2023, with buying...
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Is it legal to sell human remains?
The handling and disposition of human bodies raises all sorts of ethical and legal questions.Jupiterimages/The Image Bank via Getty ImagesFour individuals were charged with federal crimes in June 2023...
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A business can decline service based on its beliefs, Supreme Court rules –...
Designing for all couples -- or declining?DawidMarkiewicz/iStock via Getty Images PlusAt issue in one of this year’s most highly anticipated Supreme Court cases, 303 Creative v. Elenis, was what...
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400 years ago, philosopher Blaise Pascal was one of the first to grapple with...
Blaise Pascal's ideas have led to some of the world's most important inventions.API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesIn an apostolic letter released on June 19, 2023, Pope Francis praised the “brilliant and...
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The Colorado website designer's win is one of dozens of federal cases where...
Viewed over decades, the Supreme Court's record on religion-related cases is more complicated than recent headlines suggest.Phil Roeder/Moment via Getty ImagesDoes a Colorado designer’s belief that...
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Christians in Pakistan risk greater persecution from blasphemy laws, while...
Pakistani Christians praying at a church.AP Photo/Fareed KhanTwo Christian Pakistani teenagers, one 18 and another 14, were arrested in their homes in Lahore in May 2023 on charges of blasphemy after a...
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AI is an existential threat – just not the way you think
AI isn't likely to enslave humanity, but it could take over many aspects of our lives.elenabs/iStock via Getty ImagesThe rise of ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence systems has been accompanied...
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Can chatbots write inspirational and wise sermons?
AI-created sermons have proved controversial for some religious leaders.Daniel Vogl/picture alliance via Getty ImagesWhen several hundred Lutherans in Bavaria, Germany, attended a service on June 9,...
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Nonbinary genders beyond 'male' and 'female' would have been no surprise to...
Jewish law includes acknowledgment that not everyone fits neatly into the categories 'male' and 'female.'Mishna/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA“Genderqueer” and “nonbinary” are contemporary terms for...
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Modi's gift of '10 danas' – the 10 donations – to Biden reflects ancient...
An image of one of the gifts that Prime Minister Modi gave to President Biden – the '10 danas,' or 10 donations – each with a specific symbolism.Newsroom Post Press ReleaseDuring his state visit to the...
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Mormon leaders – whose church is often associated with the GOP – push back...
A golden sculpture of the angel Moroni atop the temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Rexburg, Idaho.Natalie Behring/Getty ImagesTop leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
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Promising assisted reproductive technologies come with ethical, legal and...
A few days after successful fertilization, an embryo becomes a rapidly dividing ball of cells called a blastocyst.Juan Gaertner/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesAssisted reproductive technologies...
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Drugs and religion have been a potent combination for millennia, from...
Getting high to get spiritual insight isn't a new pursuit.bestdesigns/iStock via Getty ImagesPsychedelics are all the rage. Well-known figures like quarterback Aaron Rodgers, singer Miley Cyrus and...
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Is the US being hypocritical in taking years to destroy its chemical weapons,...
Technicians working to destroy the United States' chemical weapons stockpile at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot on June 8, 2023, in Pueblo, Colo. AAP Photo/David ZalubowskiThe United States has...
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Religion shapes vaccine views – but how exactly? Our analysis looks at ideas...
Widespread skepticism toward COVID-19 vaccines took some scientists by surprise.Eric Lee/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesMany scientists and public health officials were surprised that large swaths...
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