Richard Flory
CRCC in the NewsThe Christian Science Monitor: CRCC on How to Raise a ‘Good Person’ in Fractured TimesDuring a time when morals have become a matter of individual preference rather than societal norm, the Christian Science Monitor wrote about how families are teaching their kids about how to live. …Topics: Diane Winston, Richard Flory
ArticleKumu Hina and Walter Ritte: ‘A very Hawaiian place’This article was originally published by Indian Country Today, with the support of CRCC’s global project on engaged spirituality. HONOLULU, Hawai’i — It’s a weekday evening rush-hour in Honolulu, and Hina Wong-Kalu is driving us …Topics: Engaged Spirituality, Environmental Justice, Gender and Sexuality, Indigenous Spiritualities, Nick Street, Politics, Racial Justice, Richard Flory, Spiritual Exemplars
ArticleCRCC Looks Back at 2021 and Looks Forward to 2022It is hard to believe that we are just weeks away from the end of 2021 and a new year is on the horizon. The year has continued to be difficult for …Topics: Richard Flory
CommentaryBuilding on the Past, With an Eye to the Future – A Reflection from CRCC’s New Executive DirectorRichard Flory shared the following reflection upon the announcement of his appointment as CRCC’s executive director, effective July 1, 2021. Thank you all for the notes of congratulations and kind words of …Topics: Richard Flory
CRCC in the NewsLA Times: Why Are Christian Groups Allowed To Discriminate? Power and PrivilegeThe Los Angeles Times published the below letter to the editor from CRCC’s Richard Flory: To the editor: Op-ed article writers Rachel S. Mikva, Corey D.B. Walker and Reza Aslan are rightly …Topics: Evangelicalism, Faith-State Relations, Politics, Religious Literacy and Pluralism, Richard Flory
BookReligion in Los Angeles: Religious Activism, Innovation and Diversity in the Global CityReligion in Los Angeles: Religious Activism, Innovation and Diversity in the Global City Edited by Richard Flory and Diane Winston (Routledge, 2021) Why has Los Angeles been a hotspot for religious activism, …Topics: Books, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Diane Winston, Hinduism, Innovation and Change, Interfaith/Multifaith Movements, Judaism, Pentecostalism, Religious Leadership, Richard Flory, Southern California
ArticleJerry Falwell Jr. will leave behind a very different legacy from his influential fatherThis article was originally published by The Conversation. Jerry Falwell Jr., son and namesake of the founder of the evangelical Moral Majority movement, has resigned as president of Liberty University. The resignation …Topics: Evangelicalism, Politics, Religious Leadership, Richard Flory
CommentaryA Spark To Set a Fire of Innovation: Reimagining ChurchThe following is excerpted from Richard Flory’s remarks at the first round in CRCC’s series “Conversations on Thriving Communities.” The goal of Reimagining Church Initiative is to bring together a group of …Topics: CMCCE, Richard Flory, Thriving Congregations, weforum
BookBack-Pocket God: Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Emerging AdultsBack-Pocket God: Religion and Spirituality in the Lives of Emerging Adults By Melinda Lundquist Denton & Richard Flory (Oxford University Press, 2020) More than a decade ago, a group of researchers began …Topics: Books, Religious Affiliation, Richard Flory
CommentaryHow California’s Megachurches Changed Christian CultureThis article was originally published on The Conversation. The popular view of California is of a liberal, godless region, a land of possibilities that is open to experimentation in all things. As …Topics: Christianity, Evangelicalism, Innovation and Change, Richard Flory, Southern California