Seeking to enhance the political influence and civil rights of Islam in America, 10 Muslim groups have banded together in a new coalition called the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations. The formation of the new organization is said to be a major step forward for unity among Muslims, as well as further integrating Islam into […]
On/File: March 2014
Alpha Lambda Mu at the University of San Diego is the first Muslim fraternity in the U.S. The fraternity was founded by Muslim students to offer fellow believers a way to express both their American and Islamic identities. While the fraternity is similar to its secular counterparts in that it offers members a menu of […]
On/File: February 2014
01: The New New Testament is a novel attempt by liberal Protestant scholars to integrate extra-canonical texts, such as the Gospel of Mary, into the traditional biblical text. This expanded version of the Christian Bible is the brain child of United Church of Christ pastor and biblical scholar Hal Taussig, along with the work of a […]
On/File: January 2014
Sweaty Sheep is one of a wave of new congregations that embrace physical exercise in their ministries. The Louisville, Ky.-based church seeks to compete with running clubs and other exercise programs that may distract people from Sunday worship. While exercise programs have become widespread in congregations in recent years, Sweaty Sheep sees running and the […]
On/File: November 2013
A Continuing Survey of New Groups, Movements, Events and People Impacting Religion 01: The Sunday Assembly is the most recent effort to form an atheist “church,” providing a sense of community and secular spirituality for non-religious people. The assembly, founded by British stand-up comedians Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans, started as a series of services […]
On/File: September/October 2013
A continuing survey of new groups, movements, events, and people impacting religion The Congregation of the Oratory, a conservative liturgical and theological order founded by St. Phillip Neri in 1575, is finding a following among young Catholics in England at a time when other parts of the church are in decline. The Oratorians came to […]
On/File: May/June 2013
A Continuing Survey of New Groups, Movements, Events,and People Impacting Religion 01: The worship immersion tour run by the interfaith organization Faith House in New York guides visitors through the city’s religious communities during three or four day retreats. Faith House director Samir Selmanovic, a Seventh Day Adventist pastor from Croatia, started the tours to […]
On/File: March/April 2013
Cornerstone Church in San Diego has become one of the most prominent second-generation Hispanic megachurches. The congregation seeks to minister to those from “hood to the highrise,” with its members ranging from successful lawyers to excons. Pastor Sergio De La Mora founded the church with seven others in 1998 and since then Cornerstone has attracted […]
On/File: January/February 2013
Within a few months of each other, Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) and Texas A&M University-Kingsville were among the first secular U.S. universities to create housing specifically for Catholic students. With the cooperation of the Diocese of Orlando, FIT broke ground for the Marty Star of the Sea Catholic Student Residence in December. In October, […]
On/File: November/December 2013
The recent appointment of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury was an intentional attempt to smooth over the deep fissures that mark the world’s Anglican communion over the issue of homosexuality. Welby lacks episcopal experience, having only been a bishop for a year, but he makes up for it by his experience as a peacemaker: […]
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