Richard Flory, CRCC director of research, was quoted in an LA Weekly article about Blake Mycoskie of TOMS shoes and his suspected involvement with Focus on the Family and other controversial groups. Mycoskie, who has come underfire since he spoke...
The Templeton Report, the newsletter of the John Templeton Foundation, reported on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative's meetings in Quito, Ecuador, in May. PCRI is funded by a grant from the Templeton Foundation and is headed by CRCC Executive...
NY1, New York City's 24-hour-news channel, featured American Muslim Civil Leadership Institute alumna Linda Sarsour and her recent acheivement: Winning a Brooklyn Do-Gooder Award. She is the director of the Arab American Association of New York and a fellow at...
CRCC Managing Director Brie Loskota moderated a panel at the Religious Pluralism Public Forum, sponsored by the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission last Wednesday at the Van Nuys City Hall Chambers. Panelists included: Imam Jihad Turk, Religious Director...
The Passing the Mantle Clergy and Lay Leadership Institute held its first session with its new class of fellows last week at USC's Ronald Tutor Center. The 2011 class of fellows gathered on the University Park campus on July 14-15...
CRCC Managing Director Brie Loskota and USC Dean of Religious Life Varun Soni spoke at the sixth annual Summer Institute in Public Diplomacy, held by the USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School from July 17 to July...
The Religion News Service quoted Diane Winston, CRCC senior fellow and Knight Chair in Media and Religion at USC's Annenberg School for Journalism in a story about politicians' aversion to religious labels during their campaigns. Winston commented on Michele Bachmann's...
The CDD News, Los Angeles Community Development Department newsletter, featured the Religious Pluralism Public Forum, which CRCC Managing Director Brie Loskota moderated in June and was sponsored by the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission. The panel, held in...
USC Dornsife News wrote about the Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative's conference in Quito, Ecuador, in May. The article quotes CRCC Executive Director Don Miller, coordinator of PCRI, along with featuring the projects of grantees Karrie Koesel (Where Faith Thrives:...
In Los Angeles, the sense of impending doom in the air and on the news makes it seem like the world will end this weekend. Not quite, but close enough - 10 miles of the 405 freeway will close for...
Diane Winston, CRCC senior fellow and Knight Chair in Media and Religion at USC's Annenberg School for Journalism, reviewed the controversial book "Inside Scientology: The Story of America’s Most Secretive Religion" by Janet Reitman for The Washington Post. An excerpt:...
Donald Miller has observed Pentecostal and charismatic services around the globe. In May 2011, he visited indigenous Pentecostal churches in Quito, Ecuador, where he captured footage of prayer, worship, and dance. Miller, Leonard K. Firestone Professor of Religion and executive...
Voice of America featured the Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative in an article and video about Pentecostalism being the fastest-growing form of Christianity. PCRI is coordinated by CRCC Executive Director Don Miller and funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Miller...
The Denver Post quoted Diane Winston in an article about the rise of religion and religious characters on primetime television. "Our collective anxieties are being dealt with on TV," Winston told The Denver Post. Winston comments on several TV series...