Voter Protection Training Begins As Clergy, Secular Groups Look Toward Election
Groups are aiming to equip volunteers to keep the environment calm at polling places, especially in battleground states.
‘The Protest Is a Ritual’: How Faith Found a Place in Palestine Solidarity Encampments
Over the past nine months, student-led encampments popped up at universities across the country. For many students, multi-religious programming at the encampments became unexpected sites for religious connection.
In Secular France, Chaplains Prepare to Provide Olympians With Spiritual Support During the Games
Ordained and lay representatives from the five major global religions — Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism — have been working together for months to set up a shared hall in the Olympic village.
From Schools to the Olympics, How France’s Staunch Secularism Affects Religion in Public Life
As the world’s eyes turn to France, host of the summer games in two months, their unique approach to the role of religious symbols in the public realm is getting more scrutiny.
Amid Surge of Campus Protests, Chaplains Find Reason for Hope in Their Students
The chaplains at Ivy League and other top schools say the students have learned about the concerns of other faiths, while finding ways to express their own.
Review: With the Best of Intentions
In "With the Best of Intentions: Interreligious Missteps and Mistakes" more than three dozen scholars and practitioners of many faiths explore cases of missteps and outright failures of interfaith encounters.
Multifaith March for Peace in Gaza Launches From Philadelphia
Religious leaders, activists, and artists from various Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and Jewish traditions embarked on an eight-day pilgrimage to the U.S. Capitol as part of a call for ceasefire.
How Philadelphia’s Faith Communities Held Together as Oct. 7 Attack Tested Ties
Interfaith bonds fostered by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim groups before the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas have allowed the groups to pull together despite a spike in hate incidents.
Review: Pluralism in Practice
In "Pluralism in Practice: Case Studies of Leadership in a Religiously Diverse America," Elinor J. Pierce invites close reading, reflection, and discussion on the dilemmas and disputes of our multireligious society.
Faith-Based Groups’ Protests for Cease-Fire in Gaza Gain Momentum
'We don't need a pause, we need it ended — we need it to cease,' the Rev. Darrell Hamilton II said of the violence in Gaza.