Election Beat 2020: The influential roles of white evangelicals and ‘religious nones’
Scholar Thomas E. Patterson considers the roles of white evangelicals and the religiously unaffiliated in the 2020 election.
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6 reporting tips for covering Islam in America
Hannah Allam, who has reported on the lives of American Muslims for many years, shared six tips for providing an accurate portrayal of Muslims and Islam in America.
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Crisis pregnancy centers often provide false, misleading information
Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are pro-life organizations that often offer women incorrect, incomplete or misleading information about their reproductive options. This explainer delves into the information these centers promote.
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Anti-Semitism continues to hurt German pocketbooks
Jews have long been associated with finance and banking. Today, people in areas of Germany that historically experienced the highest levels of anti-Semitism are economically worse off, new research shows.
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Muslims in Europe: Considering anger among immigrants’ children
A new paper examines “victimization by proxy” and finds European-born Muslims more likely than their immigrant parents to endorse radical ideology or violence.
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Religious faith may reduce stress, helping believers live longer
Worship, by reducing stress, may be the secret to longer and healthier lives.
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‘Spotlight’ on the future of investigative journalism: A talk with Boston Globe editor Walter V. Robinson
2016 talk by Walter V. Robinson, editor at large for The Boston Globe, on his newspaper’s investigation into the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal and the Oscar-nominated film that’s based on it.
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France, Islam, terrorism and the challenges of integration: Research roundup
2015 review of research related to Muslims in France, and the terrorist attacks on the French satirical news outlet Charlie Hebdo and a chemical plant near Lyon.
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Opposition to Muslims and the Muslim headscarf in Western Europe
2014 study by the WZB Berlin Social Science Center on attitudes towards Muslims and headscarf legislation in Western Europe.
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Religion and intergroup conflict: Findings from the Global Group Relations Project
2013 study by Arizona State University in Psychological Science exploring how the degree to which religion permeates groups interacts with incompatibility of values and the competition for resources.
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