San Fernando Valley: Interactive Map of Religious Congregations
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Los Feliz: Interactive Map of Religious Congregations
The Boxer’s Prayer
This post originally appeared on Huffington Post Religion. Many professional athletes pray before they compete, but boxers’ prayers are special. On a recent Saturday night, Artur Szpilka was carried from the ring …
Congregational Leaders Survey
CRCC developed a survey for congregational leaders that can be used in either conjunction with the congregational research app or on its own. The survey takes about 10 minutes to administer and …
Database: Religious Groups in Southern California
In 2013, CRCC obtained a database of religious congregations in the five-county region that makes up Southern California. We have worked extensively with the database to make it more easily useable for …
Brie Loskota Named Executive Director of CRCC
The USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture starts its 20th year with a new leader. Brie Loskota was appointed CRCC’s executive director by Dani Byrd, interim dean of the USC Dornsife …
Religious, Spiritual and “None of the Above”: How Did Mindfulness Get So Big?
This post originally appeared on Religion Dispatches. The ever-growing popularity of mindfulness—from corporate boardrooms to inner-city schools—has finally made my academic interest a conversation-starter at dinner parties. “Ah, the Buddha was talking about cognitive …
The Economist: Charismatic Christianity Thrives Among People on the Move
The Economist featured Donald Miller’s work on Pentecostalism in a series of stories in the January 23, 2016 issue. Miller has studied Pentecostal and charismatic renewal movements around the world, and through …
Why Terrorists Can’t Win in World’s Largest Muslim City
A few minutes after newswires began to buzz with reports of a terrorist attack in Indonesia, I received a text from a friend at the Los Angeles Times. “My Starbucks in Jakarta …
OC Register: Bridging the Racial Divide on Sunday Morning
The Orange County Register covered the story of a mostly white Evangelical and mostly Black church coming together following last year’s racially motivated shooting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in …