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In the Easter story, women are the first to proclaim the resurrection – but churches today are still divided over female preachers
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (826+ words) Professor of Religious Studies, Wake Forest University Mary Foskett wrote a successful NEH grant and a Hanes Foundation grant for the WFU Humanities Institute. She serves on boards for the Foundation for Theological Education in Asia and the Pacific, Feminist…...
Hamnet’s forest witch: how Agnes Hathaway chimes with the growing interest in ‘green witchcraft’
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (849+ words) Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Strategic Marketing, University of Bath Lorna Stevens does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations…...
Anne Hathaway’s inshallah moment has gone viral. Here’s what it means, and when it should be used
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (834+ words) Three days ago, People magazine posted a clip from an interview with actor Anne Hathaway, who is currently on a global press tour. One of the questions concerned Hathaway’s feelings about ageing. In her response she – a non-Muslim – casually threw the…...
Pauline Hanson calls Australia ‘Judeo-Christian’. But the term is a meaningless modern invention
4+ week, 2+ day ago (815+ words) One Nation leader Pauline Hanson argues Australia is “predominately a Judeo-Christian society” and should live under “one cultural umbrella”. The term “Judeo-Christian” is shorthand, here, for a set of values that privilege Western culture. As a term, it explicitly excludes…...
Orthodox Judaism is making space for women’s religious leadership – even without traditional ordination
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (665+ words) An updated version of this article was published on April 30, 2026. Read it here. When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For…...
Nuns have always sat between freedom and control. Now they’re in the social media spotlight
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (920+ words) From viral TikToks to podcasts, Catholic nuns and religious sisters are gaining new visibility in digital spaces. They’re sharing their daily lives, their beliefs and what gives their life meaning. Their stories present religious life as an inspiring and purposeful…...
A journalist’s journey through faith and identity
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (437+ words) News about what we’re doing and where we’re going Senior Religion + Ethics Editor, Director of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative Alongside experiencing the uniqueness and piety of Islam in Malaysia during the year, I had visited sacred spaces associated with…...
First woman archbishop of Canterbury can’t preside over communion in hundreds of churches
11+ mon, 6+ day ago (699+ words) Lecturer in Religion, York St John University Sharon Jagger has received past funding from Women and the Church. York St John University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. As an academic specialising in gender and the church,…...
AI godbots: religious leaders warn of ‘alarming consequences’ when machines speak in the name of God
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1708+ words) I (Adam) am chatting with the “Apostle Stephen”, an online chatbot created by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, a church founded in Nigeria in the 1950s with a growing global following. He is, to be honest, a bit pushy for…...
Tibetan Buddhist nuns are getting advanced degrees − and the Dalai Lama played a major role in that shift
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (708+ words) Darcie Price-Wallace received funding from a Fulbright Grant for her dissertation research. Now, thanks to a greater emphasis on women’s education in recent years, Tibetan Buddhist nuns are increasingly becoming teachers and abbesses. In monastic institutions and in Buddhist centers…...