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Newsweek: Flory on Trump’s Waning White Evangelical Support
Donald Trump’s approval rate among white evangelicals has slipped since the onset of the pandemic in March. What does this signify for Trump’s re-election campaign? In an article about the 2020 Republican …
How Will Evangelicals Vote in 2020?
CRCC created “The Varieties of American Evangelicalism” to help journalists and observers of political life understand the nuances of Evangelicals highlighted and exposed by their overwhelming political support for Donald Trump. In …
How Will Evangelicals Vote in 2020?
CRCC created “The Varieties of American Evangelicalism” to help journalists and observers of political life understand the nuances of Evangelicals’ political engagement, highlighted and exposed by their overwhelming political support for Donald …
What research can be done during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person social science research is no longer possible. At USC, the Office for the Protection of Research Subjects currently prohibits in-person “community and field-based” research entirely. It …
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Inspired by the legacy and work of the late John Lewis, Najuma Smith-Pollard moderates a discussion with Umar Hakim-Dey of ILM Foundation and Salam Al-Marayati of Muslim Public Affairs Council about racial …
Will Our Sense of Solidarity Fall Victim to the Pandemic?
I recently argued in a piece for Religion News Service that the pandemic is leading religious institutions and our moral perceptions through a process of creative destruction, one in which an increasing …
How Congregations Can Heal and Grow in the Face of Trauma
Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis (Pepperdine University) speaks about how pastors, congregational leaders and members can think about facing trauma. She talks about how people can heal and grow in response to traumatic life …
How Congregations Can Build and Nurture Relationships in Digital Spaces
Amanda Quraishi (Institute for Digital Civic Culture) provides insights on developing new and nurturing established relationships in a digital context when most are physically distanced. This was recorded as part of the …
Adaptive Approaches to Congregational Leadership
Quentin P. Kinnison (Fresno Pacific University) speaks on reimagining congregational leadership from a problem-solving approach to an adaptive approach that partners with congregants as together they face challenges and pursue new opportunities. …
From Competition to Collaboration – Creating Thriving Congregations
Eric Marsh (Long Beach Church Collective) has been successful in developing multiple collaborative initiatives among churches, other religious organizations, and the public sector in Long Beach, California. He provides some thoughts on …
A Spark To Set a Fire of Innovation: Reimagining Church
The following is excerpted from Richard Flory’s remarks at the first round in CRCC’s series “Conversations on Thriving Communities.” The goal of Reimagining Church Initiative is to bring together a group of …
RNS: Flory on Harvest Crusade Transforming Into a Cinematic Experience
Tens of thousands of people gather in Anaheim’s Angel Stadium every August for the Harvest Crusade, a weekend-long evangelistic event featuring Christian music artists and special guests. But this year, amid a …
LA Times: Najuma Smith-Pollard on Human Kindness and Grief During a Pandemic
Amidst a devastating pandemic with a rising death toll, the Los Angeles Times shares stories of human kindness and grief in an article that features an interview with Najuma Smith-Pollard, Program Manager …
KCRW: Farrag on the Role of Spirituality and Prayer in the Black Lives Matter Movement
Is Black Lives Matter a spiritual movement? In KCRW’s weekly podcast, Life Examined, Jonathan Bastian talked with Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and Professor of Pan-African Studies at …
What Opportunities Does Crisis Present to Thriving Congregations?
Our initial conversation was organized around the question: How can congregations proactively and positively face the challenges and opportunities represented by the Covid-19 pandemic? This broad theme will be focused in three …
Chao-hwei Shih: Buddhist Nun Leads Asia’s Fight for Gay Marriage
This article was originally published in Harvard Divinity Bulletin, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. BUDDHIST MASTER THE VENERABLE Chao-hwei Shih beamed at two 30-year-old brides kneeling before her …
Faith, hope and creative destruction: religious responses to COVID-19
This article was originally published in Religion News Service, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. (RNS) — In France, a hip female rabbi has improbably developed a large interfaith …
RNS: France’s ‘hip’ female rabbi draws Muslims, Christians and Jews in a time of crisis
This article was originally published in Religion News Service, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. (RNS) — On Tuesday nights at 8:30 p.m., tens of thousands of people throughout France …
RNS: In Togo, a Catholic nun fights COVID-19 for the sake of her AIDS patients
This article was originally published in Religion News Service, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. (RNS) — “Here, people won’t die from COVID-19 but mostly from its consequences,” said Sister …
RNS: India’s pioneering transgender activist defends gains in pandemic
This article was originally published in Religion News Service, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. KOLKATA, India (RNS) — Well past midnight one day in late June, Ranjita Sinha, a …