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LA Times: CRCC on the Impact of Covid-19 on Religious Groups
Mosques generally raise a significant portion of their funds during Ramadan. But due to Covid-19, people are not coming in to pray and break fast together. The LA Times interviewed Brie Loskota on …
COVID-19 Resources for Faith Communities with Joshua Dubois
Joshua DuBois of Values Partnerships, former faith adviser of Barack Obama, shares what faith leaders need to know about accessing government resources to help their organizations with the economic impact of the …
Imam Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye: Bringing Peace to Warring Nigerian Communities
This article was originally published in Premium Times, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. For the greater part of May 2, 2004, 40-year-old Amina Abubakar endured nine-month-old pregnancy …
Religious Leadership in the Face of COVID-19: A Multifaith Discussion
In this multifaith discussion, Los Angeles-area religious leaders discuss the challenges—personal and professional—of guiding a community through pandemic. What do the religious spring holidays tell us about this moment? What is the …
VOA News: Rwandan, Armenian Genocides Remembered in April
April 7 marks the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide. To mark the day, Voice of America featured Donald and Lorna Miller’s new book, Becoming Human Again: An …
Jacques Mourad: The Syrian Catholic Priest Who Stayed
This article was originally published as the cover story of the March 2, 2020 issue of America Magazine, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. It became clear that …
Ismael “Melo” Moreno: A Voice of Opposition in Honduras
This radio documentary was produced by KALW’s The Spiritual Edge, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. To hear this and other profiles, subscribe to The Spiritual Edge podcast in your …
Michael: A Former Israeli Soldier Questions His Country and Faith
This radio documentary was produced by KALW’s The Spiritual Edge, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. To hear this and other profiles, subscribe to The Spiritual Edge podcast …
Ahmed Toufiq: The Quiet Sufi Behinds Morocco’s Islamic Affairs
This article was originally published in Religion Unplugged, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. In the cavernous dining room of an artist-friend, Ahmed Toufiq quickly eats a fresh …
Can Religion Help Survivors Regain Their Humanity? A Reflection on the Rwandan Genocide
The following article originally appear in Tui Motu InterIslands Magazine, a New Zealand publication. One of the first survivors that I interviewed in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide told me that his …
Fachruddin Mangunjaya: Fusing Faith, Education and Environmentalism
This article was originally published in Global Landscapes Forum, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. When Fachruddin Mangunjaya was researching his master’s dissertation in 2006 on attitudes toward …
Church in the Wake of COVID-19: Helpful Info & Tips for Congregations
In the wake of COVID-19, the USC Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement has compiled an infographic with helpful facts and tips for congregations with information from the Center for Disease Control …
KPCC, U.S. News, Teen Vogue & RNS: CRCC on Community in the Face of COVID-19
In the wake of COVID-19, communities across the world are undergoing immense changes and facing great uncertainties. Brie Loskota appeared on KPCC’s Take Two to discuss how communities should respond during these …
Securing Faith Communities in the Era of Mass Shootings – Keynote Address
Brie Loskota was the keynote speaker at the Faith Communities Security Summit, hosted by Biola University on March 3, 2020. Loskota is a board member of the LA Emergency Preparedness Foundation, one …
When What You Do Is Who You Are: The Intersection of Jewish Organizational Culture and Identity
“By the time Shabbat comes around, I don’t want to see another Jew or think about anything Jewish.” I have heard variations on that statement countless times over the years that I …
Tuenjai Deetes: Helping the Stateless in Thailand
This video was published in DW Women, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality.
Reimagining Impact: An Evaluation of the Avanath/CORCDC Partnership
This study examines the social impact of community service organizations that are affiliated with church groups in Southern California. In our work with many such faith-based groups, we have found that, while …
Becoming Human Again: An Oral History of the Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi
Becoming Human Again: An Oral History of the Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi By Donald E. Miller with Lorna Touryan Miller and Arpi Misha Miller (University of California Press, 2020) Genocide involves …
Back-Pocket God: Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Emerging Adults
Back-Pocket God: Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Emerging Adults By Melinda Lundquist Denton & Richard Flory (Oxford University Press, 2020) More than a decade ago, a group of researchers began …
Deseret News: Flory on Justin Bieber’s Christianity
Why does it seem that everyone is buzzing about Justin Bieber’s faith? Deseret News interviewed Richard Flory on the allure of celebrity Christians. Here is an excerpt: That’s been the case for …