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Crossroads Podcast: Of Course Journalists Picked Pope Leo For Newsmaker Of The Year
(ANALYSIS) Faith and politics collided as a U.S.-born pope emerged, Donald Trump returned to power, immigration crackdowns intensified across the U.S. and churches faced violence. At the same time, a Muslim mayoral win stirred debate, while...
religionunplugged.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Year In Review: Religion Unplugged’s Top 10 Most Popular Articles Of 2025
In a special year-end edition, Weekend Plug-in counts down the Top 10 most popular Religion Unplugged stories from the past 12 months.
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December 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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December 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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The Year Faith-Based Films Grew Up: The Top 10 Movies Of 2025
(ANALYSIS) There’s no doubt that faith-based films blew up in 2025. Whether that’s in the faith-based film industry putting out record-breaking theatrical releases of “The Chosen” and other Jesus movies or Hollywood exploring religion with a...
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December 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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15 Thoughts If Your Church Is Hosting A Christmas Eve Service
(ANALYSIS) Because questions about a Christmas Eve service come up every year, here are my thoughts to consider if your church is planning a Christmas Eve service this year. I published many of these thoughts last year but have added a few for...
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December 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Journey to Bethlehem
I watched Journey to Bethlehem a while back. I planned to do so when it was the appropriate time, around Christmas, but didn’t manage to get to it then. After that another Christmas came and went and I still failed to return to it. As this...
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December 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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From the Archives: On My Invitation as a Jew to Participate in Advent and Christmas by Ivy Helman.
This was originally posted Dec. 8, 2019. I attend Czech classes twice a week. This time of year the courses focus on Christmas. I’ve attended three different schools over the last five years, and all handle Christmas similarly. Even though the...
feminismandreligion.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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‘They Liked It’: Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Still Matters After 60 Years
(ANALYSIS) “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the beloved animated television program, turns 60 this year. It is hard to imagine that it almost did not air. Network executives thought it moved too slowly for a Christmas special. They also were...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Call for Applicants: “Representing Religion in Museums” 20-27 June, New York City
The 2026 APRIL Summer Colloquium will bring together curators, community organizers, academics, and artists to explore the ways religion is represented, reified, and recreated in museums.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Once An Early Reformation Capital, Prague Now Home To Tiny Protestant Minority
Czechia was once a harbinger of the Protestant Reformation, but now pastors face an uphill battle as the Protestant population drops below 2%.
religionunplugged.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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A Missed Goodbye, or Perhaps Not
Add excerpt here. The post A Missed Goodbye, or Perhaps Not appeared first on April Online.
www.aprilonline.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Explore The Quirky Side Of Europe: Angela Youngman Will Be Your Guide
“Religion is more than simply attending services; it is in the way we behave towards others,” Youngman said. “Showing religion in action and how it has affected culture, art and life around the world is important. My articles for Religion...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Peter d'Errico and I discuss Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States (1955)
Seventy years ago, the U.S. Solicitor to the Supreme Court applied Vatican Papal Bulls, the Bible, and a Distinction between Christian People and Heathens and Infidels to Native Nations and Peoples
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December 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Why Families Should Have A Christmas Movie Tradition
Why do I think Christian families should have a “Christmas movie” tradition in which there are a few (very few) wonderful flicks that they watch as part of its “traditional” (small “t”) festivities linked to Christmas?
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December 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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In First Celebration Since The Gaza War, Bethlehem’s Christmas Tree Shines Bright Again
(ANALYSIS) For the first time since 2022, a giant Christmas tree glows over Bethlehem. Its red, green and yellow lights shimmer above Manger Square, casting warm light on the West Bank city. As thousands flood the area this time of year, the...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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The Rest of the Christmas Story by Beth Bartlett
Every day another story of ICE agents randomly arresting and detaining immigrants – these are the chronicles of these times in the US. A few days ago, the news broke of ICE agents trapping two construction workers on the roof of a construction site...
feminismandreligion.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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A Prayer for Winter Solstice, by Molly M. Remer
A Prayer for SolsticeWinter’s Crone,cave tender,cauldron keeper,mother of time,guide us into stillness,into a time of deep rest and reflection.Unwind our knotsand soothe our scurrying,remind us how to listen,how to be still,how to turn inward and...
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December 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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This Christmas, How Should Jesus’s Mother Mary Be Honored?
(ANALYSIS) How should Christians honor the Virgin Mary’s unique status as the mother of Jesus Christ? How speak of her? What believe about her?
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December 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Weekend Plug-In Year In Review: The Best Religion Journalism Of 2025
It’s the best of the Godbeat, 2025 version. Many of the nation’s top religion journalists pick their top piece of the year.
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December 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Medieval peasants probably enjoyed their holiday festivities more than you do
The Middle Ages weren’t as dreary and desperate as you’d think, and peasants often had weeks of idle time during the holidays. On Christmas Day, the party was just getting started.
theconversation.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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The End of Antisemitism: How the Fight Against Hate Became a Weapon of Repression
By insisting that Israel deserved special treatment because of Jewish suffering the Israeli state and its supporters reinforced and exploited the very logic of antisemitism they claimed to oppose. The post The End of Antisemitism: How the Fight...
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December 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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New York Moves Toward Legalizing Doctor-Assisted Suicide
Oregon was the first state to approve physician-assisted suicide in 1997. In addition to Washington D.C. and Illinois, the practice is legal for adults in California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Vermont...
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December 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Medieval Peasants Had More Christmas Fun Than You — And More PTO
(ANALYSIS) They drank more, slept more and had more than six weeks of celebrations.
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December 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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“Thou Shalt Not Kill – Abraham Kuyper and the AI Revolution” by Anders Liman
New York, New York by Mario Hains (CC-BY-SA-3.0). In November 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public, and within five days, the chatbot had acquired one million users. By January 2023, it had become the fastest-growing consumer application in...
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December 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Tomba, Berlant and the Inconvenience of Revolution
Last weekend I joined a group of delightful young scholars to discuss Massimiliano Tomba’s recent book, Revolution and Restoration: The …Continue reading →
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December 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM