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SNP leadership battle: where is the message of economic growth in Scotland?

The search for Scotland’s new first minister is in full flow. Three candidates have emerged to replace Nicola Sturgeon, arguing over subjects including independence, religion and gender recognition.

The Conversation

How sport became the new religion – a 200-year story of society's 'great conversion'

“Jesus Christ was a sportsman.” Or so claimed a preacher at one of the regular sporting services that were held throughout the first half of the 20th century in Protestant churches all over Britain.

The Conversation

Ange Postecoglou’s South Melbourne roots underpin his growing success at Celtic

The Australian manager has shown that he understands a club with a history and culture that reaches into politics, religion and identity

The Guardian - AU

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God and politics in South Africa: the ruling ANC's winning strategy

Religion shapes some of the most controversial decisions that governments need to make: access to abortion, same-sex marriage, the death penalty and the legal status of sex work. Indeed, it is likely that most voters across the world consider religion to be essential to their lives.

The Conversation

Paisley MP ‘hurt’ by Kate Forbes’ gay marriage comments

Mhairi Black, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, hit out at the leadership candidate's comments.

Daily Record

What can you say when a Ukrainian bishop in Kyiv asks ‘has God forgotten us’?

On a visit with leaders from many religions, we saw so much to test even the strongest faith, writes Jonathan Wittenberg, rabbi of New North London Synagogue

The Guardian - UK

Three big numbers that tell the story of secularization in America

About six months ago, Americans’ belief in God hit an all-time low.

The Conversation

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John M. Crisp: History forecasts an inevitable major war

Our future is foreshadowed by our past, and few human activities have shaped our history more than our near-irresistible compulsion to fight each other. War is as characteristic of humanity as religion and the drive to procreate.

Tribune News Service

Native Americans seized Wounded Knee 50 years ago. Here's what 1 reporter remembers

Fifty years ago, Oglala Lakota activists took over the village of Wounded Knee in an occupation that lasted 71 days. Journalist Kevin McKiernan reflects on the standoff and the legacy it leaves.

WEKU

Jacob Rees-Mogg: Kate Forbes being treated like Mary, Queen of Scots

JACOB Rees-Mogg has compared SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes to Mary Queen of Scots following the row over some of her views.

The National (Scotland)

Religious schools can build a community of faith without discriminating. The law should reflect that

In 2018, Australians were shocked to learn that religious schools still had the right to discriminate against LGBTQ students and staff.

The Conversation

David Tennant's famous family, real name, dream to be Doctor Who and religion

Doctor Who star David Tennant is the guest announcer for the first episode of ITV's Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Wales Online

Mhairi Black accuses Kate Forbes of 'intolerance' and 'alienating swathes of the population' over same sex marriage opposition

Black, who got married to her wife Katie last year, said she had been 'incredibly hurt' by Forbes' comments.

Daily Record

Senior SNP MP ‘incredibly hurt’ by Forbes comments on same-sex marriage

Mhairi Black said allowing religion to dictate how to vote on policy is a display of ‘intolerance’.

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The Conversation

What's going on with the wave of GOP bills about trans teens? Utah provides clues

In 2022, Republican politicians proposed over 150 bills limiting trans rights in state legislatures across the country. By February 2023, the GOP had already surpassed that record by proposing over 200 similar bills.

The Conversation

Sage, sacred to Native Americans, is being used in purification rituals, raising issues of cultural appropriation

White sage, which is sacred to a number of Native American tribes in the southwest United States, has been adopted by both some contemporary Pagans and New Age practitioners for purification rites. As Emily McFarlan Miller reported in a recent Religion News Service article, this is resulting in overharvesting and…

Tribune News Service

Q&A: Jewish staffer for Rep. Omar decries religion-based hatred

WASHINGTON — In the hours after House Republicans voted to remove his boss from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Jeremy Slevin, a Jewish American and senior adviser to one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, posted to Twitter.

The Independent UK

Mark Wahlberg claims religion ‘isn’t popular’ in Hollywood

‘I don’t want to jam it down anybody’s throat, but I do not deny my faith,’ actor said

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Jewish Omar staffer targeted over boss's comments decries religion-based hatred - Roll Call

Accused of betraying his faith for working for Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Muslim, Jeremy Slevin decries religion-based hatred.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Scam Missouri ‘cost-sharing’ ministry proves health care and religion are both ailing

The recent decision by federal law enforcement officials to shut down what they call a fraudulent, faith-based Missouri medical cost-sharing company reveals, again, a major failure of America’s health care system.

ABC News

Logan's harmony of faiths demonstrates Australia's changing face of religion

The 2021 census revealed more Australians are now Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs and Hindus than ever before. In Logan, south of Brisbane, these faiths intermingle.

Irish Mirror

Down boss Ronan Sheehan welcomes huge hike in punishment for racist and sectarian abuse

'This motion is saying that the GAA is an organisation that’s open to all and it won’t tolerate where people are overstepping the mark and effectively making people feel unwelcome based on their religion or the colour of their skin.'

The Conversation

Islamist terrorism is rising in the Sahel, but not in Chad – what's different?

Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been caught in the maelstrom of Islamist terrorism.

Salon

Where David Cross draws the comedy line

Cross talks to Salon about his stand-up tour, capitalism, rejecting theocracy and how a fan once changed his mind

The Conversation

Nigeria's election: six dangers of mixing religion with politics

One of the issues that has generated great concern among voters in the run up to the Nigerian presidential elections is religion.

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