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Using AI to Interpret The Bhagavad Gita

Two researchers did an experiment to extract meanings from different translations of the sacred Hindu scripture, Bhagavad Gita, and found common meaning among them. Many translations have been done of…

15 May 2022 · 2 min read

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Spiritual Preservation Comes in Many Forms

For whom do the bells toll? In Appleton, Wisconsin, it’s for the parishioners of Zion Lutheran Church, and it’s thanks to the sturdy hands and generous heart of Gary Neumann.…

14 May 2022 · 2 min read

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Beyond Labels & Exclusion: Multifaith Roundtable Explores Paths to Understanding

Who are you? What do you believe? Can we still work together, despite our differences? These are questions often asked of faith leaders and clergy, and the last is generally…

15 April 2022 · 10 min read

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How Life in England in the Middle Ages Revolved Around the Church—Particularly at Easter

As Easter approaches, an article on History Extra, the official website of BBC History Magazine, explains that in Medieval England, although everyone was expected to attend church every week, the…

13 April 2022 · 2 min read

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Religious News From Around the Web February 14, 2022

Macron’s Government Seeks to Reshape Islam in France; Religious Liberty and Biden’s Most Likely Supreme Court Picks; Arizona Tries a Compromise between Religious Liberty and LGBTQ Rights; Methodists Clarify Disaffiliation…

14 February 2022 · 3 min read

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Religious News From Around the Web February 7, 2022

Blasphemy and Apostasy Punished; Winter Olympics — Thawing of China’s Treatment of Religious Minorities? China May Restrict Religious Expression Following Olympics; Streaming Online a Godsend for Churches and the Isolated;…

7 February 2022 · 3 min read

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Religious News From Around the Web May 17, 2021

Vatican Cautions Bishops on Refusing Communion, German Catholic Priests Defy Rome to Bless Gay Couples, Supreme Court to Take up Abortion Cases, China Eliminates Religion from School Grounds, Lutherans Elect…

17 May 2021 · 3 min read

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Religious News From Around the Web May 10, 2021

SF Archbishop Says No to Pro-Choice Catholics, Religious Freedom in Trouble Globally, Saudis May Ban Foreign Hajji Visitors Again, Utah Compromise Finds Middle Ground in Religious, LGBTQ Rights, Zarathustra, the…

10 May 2021 · 2 min read