Takeaways from the AP-NORC poll of more than 1,000 Jewish Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press surveyed more than 1,000 Jewish adults in the U.S. to better understand their views on Israel’s military actions in Gaza, their opinions of the…

Pop culture’s ‘reverent irreverence’: How artists blur irony, sincerity and religion

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Indie musician Alex Cameron is known for his transgressive lyrics. So when he started singing passionately about Jesus during his concert in a trendy Los Angeles…

Paris’ Grand Mosque celebrates its 100th anniversary and interfaith dialogue

Source: YouTube Summary PARIS (AP) — A hundred years ago, Paris erected a monumental mosque to honor Muslim soldiers from French colonies who fought in World War I. It’s now…

Mount Olympus, home of the ancient Greek gods, vies for World Heritage status

LITOCHORO, Greece (AP) — Snow-capped for much of the year, Mount Olympus, mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, has captured the imagination through the millennia. Rising to 2,918…

How a 2,300-mile Walk for Peace thrust a Texas monk and his rescue dog into the spotlight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chien Le first met the Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara in 2005, a few years before Pannakara became a novice monk at the Texas Buddhist temple where he…

How Andy Burnham’s religious roots shaped Britain’s first Catholic-born prime minister

Source: YouTube Summary (RNS) — When Andy Burnham began his term as the United Kingdom’s 59th prime minister on Monday (July 20), he made history — not only for taking…

With voting rights in mind, Progressive National Baptists head to Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON (RNS) — On the first full day of their annual session, a busload of members of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, a historically Black denomination that the Rev. Martin…

$438 million later, what does this faith-tech company actually do?

(RNS) — Nearly half a billion dollars, gone, over thirteen years. That’s how much a company called Gloo has lost trying to build an all-in-one digital & administrative powerhouse for…

John Esposito, scholar who fought against misconceptions of Islam, dies

Source: YouTube Summary (RNS) — Public opinion of Islam has veered dramatically over the past 50 years between those who have characterized it as a violent faith fundamentally opposed to…

Half of Gen Z says Trump support keeps them out of church

(RNS) — No matter how many Americans say they don’t want to see politics and religion mix, it’s inevitable those two forces will collide in one way or another. For…