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Looking at Jesus In Paintings
Note from Prof. Krieger: I have been working in City Heights in San Diego, and documenting the churches there. I have a book in progress on “pollution” and one of its foci …
Families and Faith: How Religion is Passed Down across Generations
Families and Faith Vern L. Bengtson, With Norella M. Putney, and Susan Harris, Authors (Oxford University Press: 2013) CRCC hosted the grant that enabled the collection of interview data for this project, …
Reflections on “Preachers of LA” and the Prosperity Gospel
“Preachers of LA,” is a new reality show on Oxygen, chronicling the outsized lives of celebrity pastors living a life of prosperity. Over 1.2 million viewers watched the show’s premiere, but what …
Spirituality and Religion on “TakePart Live”
CRCC Managing Director Brie Loskota appeared on an episode of Pivot TV’s TakePart Live along with The OpEd Project director Zeba Khan and comedian David Harris to discuss changing views of religion …
Brazil’s Sleeping Giant: The Protestant Church
Driving through Rio de Janeiro last week, I saw the phrase “O Gigante Acordou” or “The Giant Woke Up” scrawled across dozens of concrete walls, highway overpasses and World Cup-related construction sites. …
New Oxygen reality show “Preachers of LA” sparks controversy
A new reality TV show featuring pastors “living the God life” in Los Angeles has sparked a wave of controversy. Will Oxygen’s “Preachers of LA,” encourage exhibitionism and open the church to …
Obamacare and the Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
Our nation cannot fully celebrate the freeing of slaves 150 years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Black poverty, unemployment, poor health care, inadequate housing and a variety of social ills remain unaddressed. President …
The Jewish Journal: A Jew and a Muslim?
CRCC’s Brie Loskota was quoted The Jewish Journal‘s article “A Jew and a Muslim?” Loskota reflects on the idea of the non-profit company, NewGround. An excerpt from the article: NewGround is itself …
Engagement
In dysfunctional societies, some renewal movements are beginning to engage civic institutions and religious “others” to effect positive social change. A fleet of rented minivans from God Bless Nigeria Church pulled up …
Adaptations
Just as Christian renewal movements are shaping the cultures where they are growing, they are also shaped by the imperative to find common values in pluralistic societies. “Joy is in the house!” …
Evolutions
Movements associated with the first wave of global Christian renewal have become institutionalized, sparking new renewalist impulses in the developing world. Glory Moses, a pastor’s daughter, is no spiritual slacker. Other 20-year-olds …
Origins and Growth
When dramatic social change upends conventional forms of belief, the seeds of renewalist religion begin to stir. The Los Angeles Times was not pleased by events unfolding at the Apostolic Faith Gospel …
Introduction
Renewal Movements in Campinas, Brazil reflecting trends playing out across the global South “You said you’re part of a project researching Pentecostalism,” said Renata Strohmenger. “But I’m not sure that’s who we …
Forward
In 2008 the John Templeton Foundation gave a grant to the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at USC to study Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity, one of the fastest-growing religious movements in …
Moved by the Spirit: Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in the Global South
Nick Street reports on new trends in Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. The report includes information on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative and photographs by Nick Street and Donald Miller. Download …
Addressing Issues of Justice and Race after Trayvon Martin Case
Rev. Mark Whitlock, executive director of the USC Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement, published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Sentinel on the George Zimmerman trial verdict. “How do people living …
Spirit and Power: The Growth and Global Impact of Pentecostalism
Spirit and Power: The Growth and Global Impact of Pentecostalism Donald E. Miller, Kimon Sargeant, and Richard Flory, editors (Oxford University Press: 2013) From the publisher’s description: Pentecostalism is …
Latino Ministry in Southern California: A Preliminary Report on Latino Churches
Arlene Sánchez-Walsh provides an overview of important issues facing Latino Protestant churches in Southern California. Download a PDF of the report
Religion and Public Diplomacy
Religion and Public Diplomacy Philip Seib, editor (Palgrave Macmillan: 2013) Religion and Public Diplomacy discusses the volatile consequences that can be a result of mixing religion, new communications technologies …
Principled Pluralism: Report of the Inclusive America Project
Brie Loskota participated on an Aspen Institute panel on religious pluralism in the United States. The distinguished panelists contributed to a publication that “discusses proven strategies for managing America’s religious diversity in …