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AnnouncementCRCC Launches Compelling Preaching InitiativeThe USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture is launching a new project that seeks to help faith leaders think about their preaching in an ever-changing social and cultural landscape. With support …Topics: Black Church, Catholicism, Christianity, Evangelicalism, Media and Technology, preaching, Religious Leadership
ResourcesEthnographic Religion ReportingThis reporting guide was originally published on Religion Link, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. When asked to make predictions about newswriting for 2021, Kevin D. Grant, co-founder & …Topics: Engaged Spirituality, Media and Technology, Spiritual Exemplars
CommentaryThe Moral Power of Stories: How Exemplars Help Us Find Meaning and PurposeWhat has more emotional salience, an abstract moral principle such as love or justice or a good story of someone whose life commitments exemplify these values? Shortly after I finished my Ph.D. …Topics: Donald E. Miller, Engaged Spirituality, Media and Technology, Spiritual Exemplars- VideoUnveiling the Heart of 100 Humanitarians
ReportStories of Social Change: Spirituality in ActionA multimedia exhibit A global team of journalists and researchers at the University of Southern California produced more than 100 stories about people dedicated to working for positive social change as …Topics: Engaged Spirituality, Media and Technology, Spiritual Exemplars
CommentaryDonald E. Miller: ‘Spiritual exemplars’ change the media narrative about religionThis article was originally published on Religion News Service, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. Media stories about religion often focus on corruption in religious institutions, politicians’ alliances with conservative Christians and …Topics: Donald E. Miller, Engaged Spirituality, Media and Technology, Religious Leadership, Spiritual Exemplars
CommentaryThriving (or Just Surviving): 2023 Trends to Watch in Religion and SocietyIf CRCC’s annual trends to watch have been growing more ominous in recent years, then 2023 feels like a pivotal year for many of the issues we’ve been tracking: Like our final …Topics: Christianity, Evangelicalism, Media and Technology, Politics, Racial Justice, Southern California, Thriving Congregations, trends
CommentaryStudent Reflection: Curating Religion: Pluralistically, Singularly, or Not At All?By Caris White Caris White is a student at Dartmouth College studying religion and art history. The following blog post was an independent project she worked on during a summer internship with …Topics: Christianity, Evangelicalism, Media and Technology
CommentaryPandemic Year 3 Predictions: Adjusting to New “Normals” in 2022Since 2016, CRCC has shared the trends in religion and society that we see shaping the coming year. What started as light-hearted predictions has grown more ominous over the years. Anybody surprised …Topics: Black Church, Christianity, Evangelicalism, Media and Technology, Politics, Protest Movements, Religious Leadership, Religious Literacy and Pluralism, trends
AudioMehool Sanghrajka: A Jain Tech Innovator Combines A Religious And Worldly Perspective In EducationThis radio documentary was originally 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 …Topics: Engaged Spirituality, Media and Technology, Spiritual Exemplars