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Leading from Abundance: Why Hospitality is Essential to Leadership

Survey: Congregation-led Property Development in California

Richard N. Pitt - Center for Religion and Civic Culture

For Juneteenth, a Black pastor from Texas reflects on freedom, America, and the fight for belonging | Faith and Leadership

You're invited: Level Up Careers and Communities

Reimagining America Summit Tickets, Saturday, June 20  •  8:30 AM - 8 PM | Eventbrite

CRCC Survey | Congregation-led Property Development in California Survey

May 20th Economic Empowerment Youtube: Watch models of mutual aid explained

When We All Get to Heaven: Eureka Street Productions

April 29th Economic Empowerment: Rev. Eddie Anderson & Rabbi Joel Simmonds

A Gubernatorial Mission from God | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera

Wellness and Wellbeing: Caring for Self and Community

Inside a Southern California church, where Muslims, Jews and Christians all pray | LAist

Youth and Elders: Fostering Intergenerational Connections

Aging and Elders: Fostering Intergenerational Connections with Gretchen Alkema (Part 2)

Apply Today: Journalism Fellowship for Stories for Change in American Religion Initiative

Stories of Change in American Religion - Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Join the Economic Empowerment series

Bekah Estrada: When the Earth is on Fire 5/22/2024 - YouTube

Environmental Justice and Spiritual Exemplars

Watch economic empowerment videos

Wealth-Building Resources

The Window on Death Row: Zoom

Opinion: A different kind of Good Friday comes to Ocean Beach – San Diego Union-Tribune

A Guide to Religion in America: Finding Stories of Change - Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Churches Come Together for Good Friday in Ocean Beach

Writing for Religion Publications

CRCC's Expertise - Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Info Webinar: Journalism Fellowship for Stories for Change in American Religion Initiative

A Multi-Faith Response to the Current Constitutional Crisis - YouTube

Rinse, Repeat, Ramadan — KEN CHITWOOD

Healing Heartwork Toolkit: Exploring Self - Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Rev. Dr. Cecil L. "Chip" Murray Sings "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

State of American Religion Webinar Registration - Zoom

Flourishing in Ministry Program Offers Coaching to SoCal Pastors

Flourishing in Ministry Program Offers Coaching to SoCal Pastors

Contributor: The deep, soul-sustaining truth of the '6-7' meme - Los Angeles Times

6 to 7 Trends to Watch in Religion and Society in 2026

Levan Book Chat—Jessica X. Zu, Just Awakening - Event Calendar

Humanitarian Aid on Trial | Event | SOF/Heyman

After the Fire: Voices from Black Altadena, One Year Later

Satellite Ministries: The Rise of Christian Television in the Middle East - UCLA Humanities

47th Annual MLK Lecture & Celebration

In Minneapolis, George Floyd-era faith networks reignite after Renee Good's killing by ICE

Home Page - Center for Religion and Civic Culture

A House of Worship Without a Home - Christianity Today

New Study Examines Faith and Organizing Networks After Los Angeles Wildfires | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

“We Save Us” – 2025 Trends to Watch in Religion and Society | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

What can a pastor say to people who have lost everything?

A Year After 2025’s Devastating Wildfires, Help Continues for Los Angeles Communities

Bayreuth research on Muslim life in Latin America and the Caribbean receives funding

New Year’s Eve celebrates St. Silvester – the 4th-century pope whose legend shaped ideas of church and state

Keep Christ in Christmas? First, keep Christ in Christian

'No Kings' Anti-Trump Protests: The Rise Of Religious Authoritarianism

Community involvement a great way to overcome divisions | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

We’re still fighting for migrants’ dignity in Los Angeles | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Sister JoAnn Persch, longtime immigrant activist, dies at 91 - Chicago Sun-Times

Pat Murphy and Joann Persch: Two Nuns Determined to Help Detained Immigrants | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Flourishing in Ministry Program Offers Coaching to SoCal Pastors | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Reimagining Church: A Toolkit | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Watch Economic Empowerment Sessions | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Wellness and Wellbeing: Caring for Self and Community | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

“We Save Us” – 2025 Trends to Watch in Religion and Society | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

New Study Examines Faith and Organizing Networks After Los Angeles Wildfires | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

How Two New York Times Reporters Cover Christianity in Trump’s Polarized America - The New York Times

Support Our Work | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Gavin Newsom's rhetoric is getting more biblical

CRCC e-newsletter: Nov 2025

Native American Heritage Month – Culture Journey

SNAP at a Crossroads: Resources for Government Shutdown

SNAP/CalFresh & MediCal Resources (Nov 2025)

Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican Muslims both remix what it means to be Boricua

Cal OES Seeks Applications for State and Federal Grants to Boost Nonprofit and Faith Community Safety | Cal OES News

Zoom Webinar: SNAP at a Crossroads

SNAP Cut Questions? Join our webinar for answers

Nica Aquino: Searching for Home | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

The Christian Case For ‘No Kings’ Protests

Read the latest CRCC newsletter

Zoom Webinar - Scams: How They Affect Seniors, Teens, and How to Protect Your Loved Ones

Pat Murphy and Joann Persch: Two Nuns Determined to Help Detained Immigrants

What is Diwali, the Indian festival of lights?

Contributor: Trump's ultimatum to USC and others is a dismally researched document - Los Angeles Times

Bloomsbury Partnership with the Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Ken Chitwood's New Book: Borícua Muslims

As Willow Creek turns 50, the onetime 'church of the future' redefines success

CNN features Dr. Hussein Rashid, former professor at Harvard

Read about Georgia's peace cathedral

Febe Armanios Book: Satellite Ministries

Reimagining Church: A Toolkit | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Preaching with the Sciences | Catholic Theological Union

Still Positive on Synodality | Commonweal Magazine

I’m learning to let go of ‘preaching pretty’ | The Christian Century

E-Newsletter: Crossroads

Making Mortals Into Martyrs

Marueen K Day Book Talk: Catholicism at a Crossroads

The Bible Says So…or Does It? - Reveal

Umar Hakim-Dey, a pillar of SoCal’s Muslim community, has died | LAist

Healing Heartwork Toolkit: Exploring Loss | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Flickers' Encore: Breaking Boundaries - Award Winning Shorts Showcase - Laemmle.com

Conservative Christians argue empathy can lead to sin | AP News

Contributor: Why Christians rush to label Charlie Kirk a martyr - Los Angeles Times

A Church Beyond Belief – ProgressiveChristianity

Program Overview | Worshiping Communities Grants | Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

Antichrist or Armageddon? Peter Thiel rethinks apocalypse from Silicon Valley.

Churches Are Closing – And Taking Their Economic Impact With Them

For a small Charlotte church, selling some land has meant finding its soul

Black Church Planting Summit - Church Planting Initiative

What Happened After Jemar Tisby Started A Network for Black Christians? | Sojourners

Nonprofit Security Grant Program | FEMA.gov

Pope demands end to the 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting

Lessons from Hurricane Katrina: How Faith Communities Can Save Lives | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Muslim-Jewish friendships on campus are commonplace — and extraordinary

By ‘focusing on the family,’ James Dobson helped propel US evangelicals back into politics – making the Religious Right into the cultural force it is today

'There really is no escape': Faith leaders help immigrants face court as ICE arrests rise

Speak to the Earth, and It Will Teach You

Opus Dei Catholic who led Dallas ICE lawyers now defends immigrants

Economic Empowerment with Rev. Everett Bell

On Growth: Sustainable Funding with Emery Younes, First Citizens Bank (Part 1)

On Growth: Sustainable Funding with Rev. Dr. Mark E. Whitlock (Part 2)

Jimmy Swaggart’s rise and fall shaped the landscape of American televangelism

A Case for Connection with Rev. Terry W. Brooks

Flourishing in Ministry with Rev. Chris Adams, PhD

How Faith Leaders Can Use Media

How Faith Leaders Can Work with Media - Journalist Panel for Compelling Preaching Program

Pre-Order Chitwood Anthology: Engaged Spirituality

Telling good religion stories — KEN CHITWOOD

RNS/IA Religion Journalism Fellowship

A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Iran war tests the harmony of Los Angeles' huge Iranian community

Home Insurance Workshop (Residents Impacted by Eaton Fire)

American Christian Nationalism, Christian Zionism, and the Middle East

We're still fighting for migrants' dignity in Los Angeles

Hartford Event: American Christian Nationalism, Christian Zionism, and the Middle East

As Germany’s far right builds ties with US conservatives, churches push back

ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution - Christianity Today

Opinion: Community involvement a great way to overcome divisions

Meet the Winners of the GGSC’s “Spreading Love Through the Media” Reporting and Production Grants

ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court

On Money, A Critical Part of Making an Impact - Economic Empowerment with Rev. Steven Johnson

The Rise of Network Christianity: How Independent Leaders Are Changing the Religious Landscape (Global Pentecost Charismat Christianity)

Minnesota shooting suspect allegedly attended a Bible college popular among Christian nationalists

The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy

Flourishing in Ministry Interest Form

Rage and Prayer in Los Angeles - Dissent Magazine

'No Kings' Anti-Trump Protests: The Rise Of Religious Authoritarianism

Why The Pope Matters In A World Of Rivalries

DISASTERS & RELIGION APP

Eid Surprise | A Tiny, Wonderful Rebellion Against the Tyranny of Time Has Begun (Published 2023)

On Growth: Sustainable Funding with Emery Younes, First Citizens Bank (Part 1)

How Much Power Does the Aga Khan Have, Really?

L.A. Honors 10th Annual Day of Religious Pluralism with Interfaith Gathering - Los Angeles Sentinel

Best Practices in Economic Empowerment with Renée Bizer (Part 1)

5/28: Economic Empowerment

Churches Are Closing – And Taking Their Economic Impact With Them

This capitalist commune is trying to cure L.A.’s loneliness. Plus there's free coffee

A study found Black Christians often distrust American Muslims. A new program hopes to change that

Medicine River by Mary Annette Pember

No matter who the next pope is, US Catholics stand ‘at a crossroads’ − a sociologist explains

The politics of the Catholic Church after Pope Francis - Roll Call

5/7: On Growth: Blueprints for Sustainable Funding

Sustainable Funding & Economic Empowerment

USC presents Presidential Medallions, university’s highest honor

Economic Empowerment Video w/Rev. Steven Johnson: On Money, A Critical Part of Making an Impact

'God walks with us through the ashes.' A poignant Ash Wednesday after LA wildfires

Wealth-Building Resources

Economic Empowerment Series - VIRTUAL Registration, April 9, 23, May 7

CRCC Newsletter: Best Practices in Economic Resilience and Sustainability

Tell Governor Gavin Newsom to Pardon Sithy Bin!

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Awarded 2025 Templeton Prize – Templeton Prize

Mosque founder dies

Disaster Chaplaincy Training

Book talk and lunch with Mara Einstein, ‘Hoodwinked: How Marketers Use the Same Tactics as Cults’

Wellness and Wellbeing: Bishop Byron L. Smith Sr.

NewGround: Apply for Facilitation Training – May 28-29

Wellness and Wellbeing: Dr. Kimiko Yamada

Healing Heartworks Part Three: Safety, Creating Moments of Sakina

“We Save Us” – 2025 Trends to Watch in Religion and Society

When Disasters Create Unlikely Alliances | Essay

Catholic Women in Leadership Report: Maureen K. Day

We Save Us: 2025 Trends To Watch in Religion and Society

Standing up to Jewish hate means standing up to all hate

BeWell - National Research | Jewish Together

“We Save Us” – 2025 Trends to Watch in Religion and Society

Pete Hegseth's belief in Christian dominion should deeply trouble American Jews

US Election 2024 – Religion, Resistance and the Power State - William Temple Foundation

Healing Heartwork Toolkit: Exploring Self

Cultural Catholics: The loosely-tethered half of the American church

Hispanic Catholics Report: maureenkday.com

Reflective Leadership Grants - Duke Divinity Leadership Education Application

Healing Heartworks Part Two: Forgiveness

What Faith Aid and Relief Groups Lose in Trump’s Funding Freeze

Opinion: The problem with JD Vance's theology of mass deportation

YouTube: Mushin Hendricks

USC Events | Black History Month SC Family Reunion

Roots of Justice Convening — California Conference for Equality and Justice

USC Visions & Voices: Book Talk with Author Jonathan Haidt and Dean Varun Soni

Wellness and Wellbeing: Caring for Self and Community

‘Chaos’ and ‘Confusion’ for Faith-Based Nonprofits After Funding Freezes

Is This the End of USAID? - Christianity Today

Empathy for immigrants sounds like Christianity 101. Here's why some say it's a sin.

Faith communities help LA fire victims with shelter, necessities while planning for future

Rents rise faster after disasters, but a federal program can help restrain excesses

January Newsletter: How Wildfires Affected and Activated Faith Communities

What can a pastor say to people who have lost everything?

Fires Don’t Discriminate—Nor Should Recovery, Say LA Faith Leaders

Housing aid and advice for displaced fire victims

Fire victims can get aid from the feds. How to apply for FEMA and avoid potential scams

Financial Disaster Recovery - Operation HOPE

Wellbeing: Caring for Self and Community

Thriving Congregations: A Series on Leadership

Elected Officials, Faith Leaders, and Community Advocates Share Words of Encouragement for 2025  - Los Angeles Sentinel

Giving to USC for a Print Copy of "Joy Comes in the Morning”

Share your priorities with CRCC & Download “Joy Comes in the Morning”

Preaching Into our Post-Election Divides

Electoral After-shock: What’s Next for Health and Social Equity?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

The Colonized God

Meet the Local Heroes 2024 Nominees and Honorees

Native American Heritage Month Celebration

Engaging faith for a sustainable urban future | Global Sustainability | Cambridge Core

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The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy

MAGA-vangelicals

How a growing Christian movement is seeking to change America

Trump Will Always Be With Us – Rev. Cecil Murray on the Election

The People behind Evangelicals for Harris

How Will Evangelicals Vote in 2024?

New Book Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Civic Culture

Bringing Religion Reporting—and Understanding—to Nigeria

Thriving Congregations: A Series on Leadership

5 kinds of American evangelicals and their voting patterns

'Evangelicals for Harris' goes to war with Franklin Graham

A New Morning at Parchman Prison

Cultural Catholics on Amazon

Why Can’t We Grieve for All the Dead? | Essay | Zócalo Public Square

What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry by Stephanie Saldaña

Chris Herlinger: Solidarity and Mercy: The Power of Christian Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine

Finding Common Ground: Muslims and Jews Bridging the Gap | CBS Reports

Spiritual Exemplars

RNS: Abyssinian Baptist Church’s Kevin Johnson has history of following prominent clergy

Passing the Mantle 2.0: The Murray Legacy - Zoom Registration

‘What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry’ book talk with journalist and scholar Stephanie Saldaña

Indigenous Rituals In Mexico: Connecting With The Land And Community

Resiliency Within VoiceAmerica | New Ground | By ‏‎Resiliency Within‎‏ | Facebook

AI Tips for Preachers

The Islamic Secular by Sherman A. Jackson

King Jermaine Jones: The Mindset for Building Wealth with Entrepreneur

Grammy Award-winning music producer remembers Rev. Cecil Murray

Studying Faith: Qualitative Methodologies for Studying Religious Communities

Faith leaders meet at White House for climate goals

Protect Your Finances: How to Avoid Fraud and Predatory Practices - Economic Empowerment Session

Loneliness is on the rise. Here’s why and what to do

Creating a Social Enterprise: Thriving Congregations with Meymuna Hussein-Cattan

Fishing | Oikos Institute Conference

A church offers training in faith and finance

Wealth-Building Resources for Faith Communities & Leaders

‘I love this work, but it’s killing me’: The unique toll of being a spiritual leader today

Preview Video: The Jazz of Leadership

How Then Shall We Live? A Conversation Series

Quaiser Abdullah

Black Music Month: How Sweet the Sound

For Religious Leaders in Training - ICJS

Abolitionist Sanctuary: The Triumph of Black Motherhood: Prisons, Pews, and Protests

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95

Compelling Preaching Cohort| Mailchimp

AMCLI Donation: Help young Muslim leaders take off with a donation to AMCLI

When the Earth is on Fire 5/22/2024

Doctor missionaries and long tale of leprosy in Nigeria - Prime Progress NG

Prime Progress announces fellows for inaugural Religion for Change Fellowship - Prime Progress NG

City of Los Angeles proclaims May 19 ‘Father Greg Boyle Day’

Preaching the Gospel of Justice

Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

Father Greg Boyle: A Modern-Day Mystic — The Priest Behind Homeboy Industries

International student earns four bachelor’s degrees

2024 Shurden Lectures: Whose Country Is It Anyways?

May 3, 1992: Rev. Cecil Murray Preaches as the Fires of the L.A. Riots Burn

Rest in Honor, Rev. Dr. Cecil L. "Chip" Murray

Influential L.A. rabbi Sharon Brous wants to heal a 'world on fire'

Rev. Cecil Murray's Circle of Support | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Apply Now to AMCLI! Application Link

Los Angeles’ Pastor, the Rev. Dr. Cecil L. Murray, Dies at Age 94

Is Donald Trump losing evangelical Christians?

Rev. Cecil Murray Archive | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

USC Digital Library's Rev. Cecil Murray Archive

September 16, 2001: Rev. Cecil Murray's post-9/11 Sermon

Environmental Justice and Spiritual Exemplars

The religious significance of the solar eclipse

Healing Heartwork Toolkit: Exploring Joy

Whose Country is it Anyway?

Inspired Generosity

Tell it Slant - Rev. Dr. Amy Butler's Keynote at Compelling Preaching Conference

Healing Heartwork Toolkit: Exploring Loss

Healing Heartwork Toolkit: Exploring Self

About AMCLI | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

LACMA Taste and Sound Series

Anti-immigrant pastors may be drawing attention – but faith leaders, including some evangelicals, are central to the movement to protect migrant rights

Book Talk - God's Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Compelling Preaching Conference

NEW DATE: Levan Book Chat—Diane Winston, Righting the American Dream

Connecting With God And Others: How Chaplains Support Denver’s Unhoused

USC Votes – University Relations

Disaster Chaplain Certification & Religious Literacy Training

Event Details | USC Visions & Voices

The Fight for Black Lives is a Spiritual Movement

Rev. Cecil Murray Archive | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

What if preaching were an ongoing conversation?

Faith in Action: Religion and Spirituality in the Polycrisis

Report – How Faith Molds Society And Why Media Needs to Care

Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S.

2024 Trends in Religion and Society: Predictions

USC Black History Month Kickoff

Growing rice in Louisiana: A path to justice, for Black farmers

Trojans amplify stories of marginalized communities in ‘Nobody Knows: (Un)Muted Voices’

Event Details | USC Visions & Voices

2024 Trends in Religion and Society

Looking toward the Electric Future - Daily Trojan

After Thay: Plum Village Reckons With the Loss of Its Founder

US Senate Candidates Debate at Bovard Auditorium

An overlooked and undercounted group of Arab American and Muslim voters may have outsized impact on 2024 presidential election

Spiritual Exemplars

Family-owned Skid Row grocery store to be sold to Black-led nonprofit

Sunday Assembly: Atheists Find Community at Godless Church

Church without God: How secular congregations fill a need for some nonreligious Americans

Black Churches Hardest Hit By The Pandemic, But Did More To Promote Vaccines

EPIC Webinar Series: From Surviving to Thriving, New Congregational Research for a New Year - Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations

Sarah Zouak: Leading a Laboratory of Muslim Feminism in France

Do What You Can, Where You Are, With What You Have - John Templeton Foundation

USC CRCC Newsletter, Dec. 2023

4 books to reset your perspective in the new year

Donald E. Miller Retires from the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Sister True Dedication: 3 questions to build resilience -- and change the world

The Black Churches Lifting Up Climate Resilience

The unexpected way spirituality connects to climate change

Meet the Local Heroes 2023 Honorees

Environmental Justice and Spiritual Exemplars

CRCC Launches Compelling Preaching Initiative

Julia Lieblich

Pioneering Latina public radio journalist Maria Martin dies at 72

Maria Emilia Martin

Engaged Buddhism: Bridging Spirituality and Social Activism for Lasting Change

Spiritual Exemplars Around the World

The Radical Resistance and Radical Acceptance of Spiritual Exemplars

Giving to USC

A Season of Gratitude

Local Heroes Honoree: Meymuna Hussein-Cattan, Empowering Refugees, Immigrants and Communities In Need

Gopal D. Patel Ted Talk: The unexpected way spirituality connects to climate change

Sister Norma Pimentel: The Hands and Voice of God for Migrants at the US/Mexico Border

Event: Gustavo Gutiérrez: Between Memory and Prophecy

Parveena Ahanger: A Grieving Mother’s Fight for the Disappeared of Kashmir

Immaculate Heart: Women of Integrity

Spiritual Exemplars: The Pragmatism and Mystical Perspective of William James

BOOKS | Rhonda Roumani | Author | Journalist

Nica Aquino: Searching for Home

Zoom Link: Asia in Conversation Fall 2023 - Nov. 3rd

Community-Engaged Research to Power Social Change | Lunch and Learn Series

‘I Love You. I Am Sorry’: One Jew, One Muslim and a Friendship Tested by War

ShakeOut – Fire Safety & Emergency Planning

50 Years of the Templeton Prize Video

Edward James Olmos inspires crowd at USC’s Latinx/e Heritage Month closing event

Is religion good for you? The answer is complicated, new global Gallup report finds.

5 Tips to Help Emergency Managers Build Partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations

Multi-Faith Neighbors Network LA-Area Retreat Registration Form

Why They Cross the Mediterranean: Italy’s ‘Guardian Angel of Refugees’ in Conversation with a Survivor of the 2013 Lampedusa Shipwreck

RSVP for South LA Community Forum

Remembering Nick Street: CRCC’s Storyteller

Honor Rev. Murray's 94th birthday with a gift to the Murray Center

USC News: Spotlight shines on spiritually engaged humanitarians in ‘Stories of Social Change’ exhibit

EXHIBIT: Stories of social change - Spirituality in action

RNS: France’s ‘hip’ female rabbi draws Muslims, Christians and Jews in a time of crisis

Call for applications: CIL Journalism Fellows - Chaplaincy Innovation Lab

Women of Integrity: Immaculate Heart Community

Without this Black Catholic priest, affirmative action wouldn’t be alive and thriving in Brazil.

Episode 37: Reagan’s Religious Vision for America and the Impact Today — The Revealer

Studying Faith: Qualitative Methodologies for Studying Religious Communities

We Need Heroes: Countering Cultural Despair with an Exhibit of Exemplars

Christian nationalism worldwide: A roundup of reporting and resources | ReligionLink

Stories of Social Change: Spirituality in Action

Unveiling the Heart of 100 Humanitarians | Donald E. Miller, University of Southern California

Community Resilience Centers - Strategic Growth Council

What Is Muharram? Everything to Know About the Sacred Month

Mexico: Zapotec water rights and self-governance – a positive precedent for water justice - Minority and Indigenous Trends 2023: Focus on water

People in the pews: Who’s missing, who’s hiding, who’s comfortable on the couch?

Ethnographic Religion Reporting | ReligionLink

Hate crimes see dramatic jump 20% over last year in LA County

Opinion | A Tiny, Wonderful Rebellion Against the Tyranny of Time Has Begun

Inclusive Spiritual Connections Through Virtual Reality

This is 30: On LIFE

Zapotec communities capturing much-needed water | 🌱💦In southern Mexico, people are using simple methods to get and keep the water they need for farming and their livestock. | By DW Global Ideas | Facebook

Pastor Rick Warren takes on SBC over ordaining women

Pat Robertson's lasting influence on American politics: 3 essential reads

What women who stay can tell us about migration

Rev. Alex Escoto: Seeking a Way Out of Suffering | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Samuel Chu: Hong Kong Issues Warrant for an American Citizen, Activist and Pastor’s Son

The Fight for Black Lives is a Spiritual Movement

Swedish Ecologist Revives Old Norse Myths And Rituals To Tackle Environmental Crises

After Thay

Forgiveness key to overcoming genocide, says African peace activist

Fijians in Transnational Pentecostal Networks

The 2023 Power of Diversity: Asian 100

Russell Jeung: He Started A Movement to #StopAAPIHate

Members of LAPD disciplinary panels say they're excluded because of policing views

Finances for Seniors: Retirement, Estate Planning and Elder Fraud

Wealth-Building Resources for Faith Communities & Leaders

Homeownership & Rental Resources

Budgeting & Personal Finance

101 Years After the Armenian Genocide: Pass These 3 Lessons on to your Children

Communality: A Possible Solution to Environmental Protection

Engaged Spirituality at COP26 – UN Climate Talks

Wealth-Building Resources

Jean Gakwandi: Rwanda Ministry Brings Genocide Survivors Hope

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Healing Heartwork Toolkit: Exploring Joy

A grain farmer applies Buddhist principles to preserve the land — and maximize taste

"Get Your Custom Economic Empowerment Playlist"

Essay | Our Many Jesuses

Muslim Asylum Seekers Face a Unique Plight at the US-Mexico Border

Part Two: Forgiveness: Comedic Relief, Belief and Creating Ease

Shifting Your Mindset About Church Leadership: Thriving Congregations Conversation with Quentin P. Kinnison

🏛️ #RNA2023: The News That Has Religion Writers' Attention This Week 🔌

Engaged Spirituality Directory

'Spiritual exemplars' change the media narrative about religion

'Stranger at the Gate,' an Oscar nominee on love after hate

Layli Miller Muro: Protecting the Rights of Migrants

The Twenty-First Century: The New Normal

Where We Have Been, Where We May Be Moving: The Impact of the 21st Century on American Jewry

Say A Little Prayer For Gen Z – How Young Folks Are Finding (Or Moving Away From) Religion

Progressive Group Roiled by Accusations Diversity Leader Misrepresented Her Ethnic Background

Jacques Mourad: The Syrian Catholic Priest Who Stayed

Solidarity & Spirituality Webinar

AMCLI: Apply Today!

'He Gets Us' organizers hope to spend $1 billion to promote Jesus. Will anyone care?

Primary Source Documents Related to the Struggle for Black Freedom | USC Libraries

Huda Abu Arqoub: Building the Land Her Grandfather Knew

RNA's EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT RELIGION REPORTING (CHANDLER AWARD)

The Survivor | Official Trailer | HBO

Thriving (or Just Surviving): 2023 Trends to Watch in Religion and Society

Holistic Resilience: Why Some Spiritual Exemplars Question Suffering as a Path to Resilience

American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Facing COVID and Other Crises, Boulder Church Learns to Listen, Adapt - Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations

One in Four Americans Have Been Served by Chaplains

What’s the true history of Christmas? Should I be scared of Krampus? Find out in these holiday stories from our scholars > News > USC Dornsife

COLLIDER Artist-In-Residence Program | Louisville Free Public Library

How the Digital Divide & Digital Reluctance Impact Churches During the Covid-19 Pandemic - Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations

Lizzo used People's Choice Awards speech to 'amplify marginalized voices' of these 17 activists

Why they broke with Hindu nationalism: Four former zealots speak out

‘Fanaticism is all about aggression’: One man's journey from a Hindu nationalist to a humanist

Eboo Patel Is Leading Interfaith America Into The New Era Of Religious Diversity

#GivingTuesday: Give to USC

Student Reflection: Curating Religion: Pluralistically, Singularly, or Not At All?

NAIMS: Visions and Voices | ISPU

Sarah James: Fighting for What’s Sacred in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Did faith fall off a cliff during COVID? New study says no.

Winona LaDuke and Tom Goldtooth: A Spiritual Perspective on Climate Change

Anton Treuer: The Ojibwe Language Warrior

Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family

Articles written by USC Dornsife scholars for The Conversation garner more than 10 million reads > News > USC Dornsife

The Row L.A. – A Skid Row Church Ministers on the Streets of Los Angeles

Laundry Love California: A Story Map

Rachel Sumekh: The Young Jewish Woman Of Color Leading America’s Effort To End Hunger On College Campuses

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DISASTERS & RELIGION APP

Hate Speech Rises On Twitter After Elon Musk Takes Over, Researchers Find

Remembering Edmund Kaszibuloh Koroma: A Savior and Peace Builder

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Made to Flourish | Faith, Work and Economic Wisdom

LARRP – The Los Angeles Regional Reentry Partnership

Fountain of Life Covenant Church - In the City

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Service Area 6 Clergy Collaborative - Department of Mental Health

Jobs & Internships | Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services

Service Area 6 Clergy Collaborative - Department of Mental Health

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NorCal Chaplaincy Training | DMT | October 2022

Finding Accountability and a Moral Agenda After Revelations of Racism in City Hall

Meeting Info - Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

The Politics of Buddhist Modernism

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Young Colombian activist brings light to the displaced communities

Judaism's holiest day of the year is approaching. What is Yom Kippur? When does it start?

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Stones that Have Weathered Many Storms: A Reporter’s Notebook from a Human Rights Defender’s Place of Solace

Lara Aharonian: Advocating for Armenia’s Vulnerable Women

Eight over 80: Ruth Messinger's long second act honors 'an obligation to respond'

Rev. Dr. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray Retires from University of Southern California

Passing on the Kindness: A Conversation on Faith & Social Entrepreneurship

An “Everybody Friendly, Artist-Driven, God-Optional” Jewish New Year

As Kids Head Back to School, Help Your Child Make a Friend of 'Strangers in Jerusalem'

50 years of Title IX - Daily Trojan

Principles of Digital Civic Culture Ebook

Calling on saints and spiritual guides, activist advocates for Armenia's vulnerable women

Opinion: What I learned after meeting a Catholic nun who supports abortion rights

The Nigerian school with a radical idea: Teaching Boko Haram’s kids

Thema Bryant: Churches play a crucial role in providing mental health support and advocating for better policy

Refugee to refugee, Afghan resettlement worker draws from faith and experience

Q & A with Sr. Agatha Chikelue, committed to building peace in Nigeria

Rev. Najuma: Democrats Navigate Nuanced Views on Abortion Among Black Voters

India’s pioneering transgender activist defends gains in pandemic

Choosing Joy Over Happiness: Why An American Catholic Doctor Stayed Put In Sudan’s Civil War

Opinion | A profile of Caroline Bundy and the Way Station

When LA's wounds left a nation scarred

LA Times: L.A. Residents Process Massacre in Buffalo, NY

Seeking a Way Out of Suffering | Center for Religion and Civic Culture

Insider NJ: A Tribute To Asian-American And Pacific Islander Heritage Month In New Jersey

Shaily Gupta Barnes: An Anti-Poverty Policymaker Finds New Meaning in Hindu Texts

Samuel Chu: Hong Kong Issues Warrant for an American Citizen, Activist and Pastor’s Son

Brother Chân Pháp Dung: Where the Search for Simplicity Leads

Sunita Viswanath: A New Kind of Allyship with Black Lives Matter

Russell Jeung: He Started A Movement to #StopAAPIHate

Sri Lanka’s Dual Crisis: Ethnic Conflict & the Debt Economy — Jamhoor

Thirty Years Later: Remembering LA’s 1992 Civil Unrest and Reimagining Social Action

May 3, 1992: Rev. Cecil Murray Preaches as the Fires of the L.A. Riots Burn

Healing Heartwork Pt. 3: Safety, finding the way between soul-care and self-care

Communality: A Possible Solution to Environmental Protection

Engaged Spirituality at COP26 – UN Climate Talks

Muslim chaplains forge a new way of thinking about Islam in secular places

This April, Chicago has a rare opportunity for interfaith cooperation

Healing Heartwork Toolkit: Exploring Loss

The Afterlife of Digitally Networked Protest Movements

Healing Heartwork Toolkit

Buddhists confront anti-Asian violence with peaceful perseverance

Student Reflection: Researching Healing Justice with Dignity and Power Now

St. Brigid, the compassionate, sensible female patron saint of Ireland, gets a lot less recognition than St. Patrick

Construya su Riqueza: Un almuerzo y aprendizaje virtual - Build Your Wealth Webinar in Spanish

Spiritual Leaders Managing: Mental Health & Trauma within the Church

Disaster Chaplain Training

That Something Within

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Taizé, a musical monastic community, formed in response to a global crisis. Today, it faces new ones: climate change and sex abuse.

In Oaxaca, Indigenous farmers mourn Catholic activist who championed their rights and rituals

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Rev. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray: A Life of Faith and Service

‘A very Hawaiian place’

Black History Month: Celebrating health, wellness and Black Joy - Press Room USC

Viewpoint by Fazlun Khalid: Faith, Nature & the Climate Crisis

What would Jesus do at an Israeli military checkpoint? This Palestinian pastor wants to know

Video: COVID-19 Is Highlighting Spiritual Needs In Health Care

Two women of opposing faiths unite to protect sacred Candomblé space

Muslim Futurism: Definitions, Explorations, Future Directions

Pandemic Year 3 Predictions: Adjusting to New “Normals” in 2022

A spiritual perspective on climate change

How Can Philanthropy Help Rehabilitate US Democracy? (SSIR)

Neris Gonzalez: ‘My Dreams Will Never Be the Same’

Predictions 2021: An Uphill Struggle

CRCC Looks Back at 2021 and Looks Forward to 2022

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National survey on youth and religion raises concern about Gen-Z Jews

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AMCLI Through the Years – Founders’ Reflection

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#CelebrateAMCLI: AMCLI’s Origins

#CelebrateAMCLI: Difficult Conversations

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Rabia Chaudry launches anthology podcast Nighty Night with Kast Media

The Maras of Privilege

Crisis Care & Faith Communities

Fears and Allies

The Spiritual Edge Sweeps Religion News Association Radio Awards

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Learning Collaborative Series

Share a birthday message with Rev. Cecil "Chip" Murray

In Orthodox Georgia, Women Are Pioneering Tourism To A Muslim Valley Hit Hard By War

Teachers Turn to Mindfulness After a Stressful Pandemic Year

A Jain Tech Innovator Combines A Religious And Worldly Perspective In Education

Noe Kasali On Funeral Rituals During Ebola

Kushil Gunasekera: ‘The More You Give, the More Will Be Yours to Give’

Teachers turn to mindfulness after a stressful pandemic year

Dr. Mohammed Elgazzar: Saving Lives Across the Battle Lines

July 13, 12:00pm Energy and Restoration: Finding strength from ourselves and our community

“Making It to the Other Side” by Rev. Dr. Najuma Smith-Pollard

Richard Flory Named Executive Director of CRCC

Jean Bouchebel: Retired from World Vision, But Not Serving God and Refugees

Modi silent on Muslim philanthropist’s offer of medical supplies for India

A Prayer for Mothers at George Floyd Memorial

Dean Issacharoff: A Former Israeli Soldier Questions His Country and Faith

CRCC May 2021 Newsletter

“Living to Serve” by Sarbjit Singh

Art And Spirit Inspire Regina Evans' Mission To Rescue Sex Trafficked Youth

Calling On Ancient Maya Wisdom To Heal Guatemalan Widows

Imam Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye: From Enemies to Friends Building Peace

An Anti-Poverty Policymaker Finds New Meaning in Hindu Texts

In wake of Chauvin trial, what can faith leaders learn from the Rodney King LA riots?

Healing Heartwork Toolkit

Pat Murphy and Joann Persch: Two Nuns Determined to Help Detained Immigrants

Ela Gandhi: New Book Shares The Life And Lessons of Anti-Apartheid Activist

The Women Sustaining Sufism—and an Activist—in Tunisia

Ida Puliwa: How A Stranger’s Kindness Transformed A Village In Malawi

‘I can't give in’: The Togolese nun caring for Aids patients amid Covid-19

Rev. Cecil L. "Chip" Murray: A Life of Faith and Service

Sonic Fields of Protection in Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 Pandemic