Community Dynamics
CRCC in the NewsThe Hill: Richard Flory on the Religious Right’s Criticism of Trump’s Immigration PoliciesThe controversy over child separation at the southern border is forcing many conservative Christian leaders to be more critical of Donald Trump than they have in the past. Though some believe this …Topics: Christians and Christianity, Community Dynamics, Government and Religion, Immigration, International Affairs and Policy, Political Attitudes and Values, Religious Affiliation, Religious Leadership- VideoFaith and the #MeToo Movement
CRCC in the NewsThe Aspen Institute: Loskota on Tackling Hate Through Interfaith InitiativesBridging faith communities is essential to combat violence against minorities and create partnerships to tackle the challenges that face society. The Aspen Institute interviewed CRCC Executive Director Brie Loskota for a podcast …Topics: Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Faith-Based Organizations, Media, Political Attitudes and Values, Population Trends, Religious Affiliation, Religious Leadership- VideoSpiritual Healing Networks in Long Beach
CRCC in the NewsHow are Religious Congregations Talking About the Election in 2016?Each election season brings questions about the role of religion in politics and the separation of church and state. In 2016, the presidential campaign also has introduced questions about the importance of …Topics: Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Political Attitudes and Values, Voting and Elections
CommentaryMade in Los Angeles – How One Church Changed With Its CommunityAt her old church, church leaders looked “at me like a sinner for plucking my eyebrows!” remembered Sonia. The church’s gender-specific regulations, imported from the congregation’s mother church in El Salvador, also …Topics: Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Latinos, Millennials, Pentecostals and Pentecostalism, Place and Religion, Southern California, Transnational
ReportFuture50 – LA’s Next Generation of Interfaith LeadersThe USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, in partnership with the Interreligious Council of Southern California (IRC), is pleased to announce the selection of a talented and diverse group of faith …Topics: Community Dynamics, Interfaith/Multifaith Movements, Religious Leadership, Religious Pluralism, Southern California
CommentaryL.A.’s Congregations Raise New Questions About Multiracial ChurchesThe Southern Baptist Convention is turning its attention to race this month, with its policy arm changing the topic of its annual spring summit from bioethics to multiracial churches. The move revealed …Topics: Christians and Christianity, Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Multi-ethnic / Multi-racial Congregations, Race and Culture
ArticleThe “Nones” Are AlrightThis article originally appeared on Al Jazeera America. This article argues that far from becoming morally rudderless secular citizens, many religiously unaffiliated people are seeking ways of forming meaning and identity as …Topics: Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Millennials, Religious "Nones", Social Services
ArticleMuslim Women Create A Mosque of Their Own in Los AngelesThis post originally appeared on Religion Dispatches. The day before the inaugural jumma, Friday congregational prayer, at the Women’s Mosque of America, M. Hasna Maznavi, who serves as the project’s President, was …Topics: Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Muslims and Islam, Religious Beliefs and Rituals, Southern California
ArticleFirst All-female Mosque Opens in Los AngelesThis post originally appeared on Al Jazeera America. The first women-only mosque in the United States opened its doors in Los Angeles on Friday with an inaugural jummah, or prayer, by Edina …Topics: Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Gender, Muslims and Islam, Religious Beliefs and Rituals, Southern California
CommentaryMindful TogethernessMindfulness is everywhere. From die-hard new atheists like Sam Harris to tech-gurus like Chade-Meng Tan, it is attracting a surprisingly diverse audience. Like yoga in recent decades, this derivation of a traditional …Topics: Buddhists and Buddhism, Community Dynamics, Creativity and Innovation, Meditation and Prayer