The Latest Breaking News from Religion

For a brief moment in the summer of 2023, the surprise No. 1 song “Rich Men North of Richmond” focused the country’s attention on a region that often gets overlooked in discussions of the U.S. economy. Although the U.S. media sometimes pays attention to the rural South — often concentrating…

Congress & BJP in Madhya Pradesh use X for campaigning: Both parties targeted women & caste, INC more on corruption, BJP on religion & “anti-Sanatani” Congress.

‘Most people … don’t want to live in a theocracy,’ says Rep. Jared Huffman. But Congress is more religious than the people it serves.

Jeff Tweedy's new book is his tribute to the songs and songwriters that inspired him to start making music in the first place — and then to keep doing it for a long time.

Young woman protests PM Modi's speech at Hyderabad event by scaling tower. She protests against caste categorization, provocation based on religion, and increasing atrocities against women. PM stops speech, appeals to woman to scale down. Police intervene, woman descends, PM resumes speech.

Noel Cox, The Influence of the Common Law on the Decline of the Ecclesiastical Courts of the Church of England, 3 Rutgers J. L. & Religion 1 (2001-2002): "If there is one lesson to be learnt from the experience of the Church courts since the Reformation, it is that their…

Kharge accuses BJP of doublespeak on caste census, Modi of using religion for votes. Kharge says Congress is party of Hindus, Modi trying to create atmosphere of hate. Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra to unite people with love, BJP unable to counter it.

Lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay sought for a direction to use the “proper meaning” of the term “religion” and not use it as a synonym of “dharma” in official documents.

Filmmaker Saeed Akhtar Mirza calls for unification of all religions, faiths & philosophies to stop fascist forces. Kerala is a bastion of forces against hate, which stems from perceptions of history. RSS trying to regain credibility of priests & clerics. Fascist forces using tech to assault science; democratic forces must…

Abortion has become an increasingly polarized, political issue in the United States since 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the constitutional right to an abortion. This decision threw the question of abortion rights back to states.

Karbala Rivayat is performed during the first 10 days of the Muharram month. The singers who performed in Bengaluru last week were passionate performers from various communities in the village of Agasanur which has a unique syncretic tradition.