On a beautiful Sunday, under sunny skies and a light breeze, people gathered at CenterPoint church for the first Sunday services since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed during a speaking event at nearby Utah Valley University. Inside the evangelical church, the air felt heavy. (Peñaloza, NPR)
Read MoreKirk’s Sept. 10 murder swiftly produced a range of responses among religious communities. Many on the evangelical Christian right see Kirk as a martyr who died while proselytizing for the Christian faith and religiously informed conservative ideals. Other nonwhite and non-evangelical faith voices, see his legacy as more complex and polarizing. (Adams et al., USA Today)
Read MoreThe 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards have wrapped and the drama category, not surprisingly, provided the most drama with HBO Max’s first-year medical drama “The Pitt” collecting the top prize along with lead actor for Noah Wylie and supporting actress for Katherine LaNasa. (Crust, Los Angeles Times)
Read MoreOn religious apps, tens of millions of people are confessing to spiritual chatbots their secrets: their petty vanities and deepest worries, gluttonous urges and darkest impulses. Trained on religious texts, the bots are like on-call priests, imams or rabbis, offering comfort and direction at any time. (Jackson, The New York Times)
Read MoreThe existence of animal chaplains, who offer spiritual care for people with pets, for people who work with animals and for animals themselves, is just one example of how Americans are increasingly reexamining the relationship between humans and the natural world, and in the process changing their religious and spiritual beliefs and practices. (Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Read MoreDream Exchange and its leadership team have extensive ties to the Church of Scientology and entities connected to the religious institution, according to financial and other records reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and people familiar with the company’s inner workings. (Dugan & Osipovich, The Wall Street Journal)
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