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Religion and the Los Angeles Mayoral Race
CRCC Research Director Richard Flory and Reverend Mark Whitlock have appeared in a Neon Tommy article where they discuss the religious implications of the current Mayoral Race in Los Angeles. An excerpt …
Boko Haram, West African terrorism and the push for amnesty
This article was originally published in The Global Post An excerpt from the article: “The current push to find a negotiated solution to interreligious violence originated with the Sultan of Sokoto, the …
LGBT-Inclusive Pentecostal Churches Growing in Brazil
This article originally appeared in GlobalPost. RIO DE JANEIRO — Last fall, the Rev. Marcio Retamero was invited to testify before members of the Brazilian congress, where he talked about human rights generally …
Celebrating Lent: Why non-religious millennials are choosing to sacrifice
CRCC Research Director Richard Flory has been quoted in an article appearing on the KPCC website. Flory discusses the ways that non-religious young adults still take part in some traditional religious practices …
Faith, Trauma and Emotion: Pentecostalism in El Salvador
Pentecostal churches have grown in El Salvador since the end of the country’s civil war. CRCC Senior Writer Nick Street shows the appeal of Pentecostal worship and its role in responding to …
The Renewalist Movement at Brazil’s Nossa Sehnora del Penha Church
Women and young people are often the first in the family to go to Pentecostal and Charismatic Catholic services. Get a peek at a service at Nossa Sehnora del Penha (Our Lady …
Breaking Down the Wall between Church and State
CRCC Research Associate Rebecca Sager has co-authored an article published in the Oxford Journal of Church and State. The paper explores the role of government in the promotion or facilitation of religion …
The Faith-Based Initiative: 17 Years of Making Religion an Official Part of Government Seem Normal
Many have forgotten about the faith-based initiative by now. The once contentious and controversial set of policy initiatives, created by the conservative evangelical movement with the purported goal of encouraging religious organizations …
Creative Expressions of Jewishness
This month, the Yiddish Book Center will launch a new program called Tent: Encounters With Jewish Culture, which is based on the belief that “modern culture can inspire us to think imaginatively …
LA Dreamers: Our African-American Pioneers
Reverend Cecil ‘Chip’ Murray has been featured in a KTLA broadcast that profiles his work in the Southern California community since the 1992 L.A riots. An excerpt from the piece: “Reverend Cecil …
California County Profiles
The following listings include racial demographics and statistics on minority faith congregations for California counties. To view the information, click on the county name. Alameda County Alameda County: Population: 1,510,271 (2010) Race …
Syria stains the world’s conscience
This commentary was originally published in The Financial Times. When Libya’s Muammer Gaddafi threatened to go street to street and house to house to snuff out his opponents, Barack Obama addressed Americans …
Religion and Conflict in Nigeria: Learning to Play Well With Others
This post originally appeared on Huffington Post Religion. “On a brilliantly sunny Monday morning at the start of the rainy season, a couple of dozen young men gathered for a game of …
Whitlock: Black History Month, Our Story
This post originally appeared in the Orange County Register. “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” —Marcus Garvey We all have …
Crying for a Fallen Cardinal: Mahony and the Sex Abuse Crisis
I have followed the news of Cardinal Roger Mahony with great sadness. Though he did not commit abuse, he covered up the abuse of others and, thereby, allowed it to continue. I …
How Megan Fox Got the Holy Spirit
This commentary was originally published in The Wall Street Journal. In an interview with Esquire that is generating a surprising amount of buzz—and not just because she appears on the magazine’s cover …
L.A.’s First Jewish Mayor?
Since the mid 1950s Los Angeles has been the second largest Jewish community in the United States, but has never had a Jewish mayor. New York, by contrast, elected its first Jewish …
Obama offers compromise on birth control health coverage
The Obama administration has proposed a compromise over the mandated coverage of contraceptives in the Affordable Healthcare Act that was approved by Congress in 2012. Officials state that the proposed mandate will …
Second Acts: Portraits from Christian Renewal Movements in Brazil
The name Silas Malafaia was on everyone’s lips. A sociologist at a secular university near Brasilia, the rector of a Catholic seminary in Campinas, a Pentecostal lawyer in Sao Paulo and a …
The Presidential Inauguration as Civil Religion
The recent controversy over the presidential inaugural benediction provides a nice opening for considering the role such acts play in America today. One might ask why in a pluralistic, disestablished society we …