In-depth interviews with Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims in Malaysia and Singapore
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August 26, 2020
** Religion & Public Life
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** On the intersection of science and religion ([link removed])
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Much recent research and discussion on the relationship between science and religion has taken place in a Western context, primarily through a Christian lens. To better understand the ways in which science relates to religion around the world, Pew Research Center engaged a small group of Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists in Malaysia and Singapore to talk about their perspectives.
These one-on-one, in-depth discussions ([link removed]) reinforced the conclusion that there is no single, universally held view of the relationship between science and religion, but they also identified some common patterns and themes within each of the three religious groups.
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** Will the coronavirus permanently convert in-person worshippers to online streamers? They don’t think so ([link removed])
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One-third of U.S. adults have watched religious services online or on television in the past month, and a little over half of them – or 18% of all adults – say they began doing this for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic.
So what does this bode for the future? By the time the COVID-19 pandemic has finally run its course, will Americans have lost the habit of going in person to a church, synagogue, temple or mosque?
On the contrary, in a mid-July Pew Research Center survey ([link removed]) , most U.S. adults overall said that when the pandemic is over, they expect to go back to attending religious services in person as often as they did before the coronavirus outbreak.
** Media mentions
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Most people are looking forward to a return to in-person church services - poll ([link removed])
Aug. 20 - Christian Today
Amid the pandemic, are Americans virtually church-hopping out of ease or envy? ([link removed])
Aug. 16 - Deseret News
** In the news
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Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns as head of Liberty University, will get $10.5 million in compensation ([link removed])
Aug. 25 - The Washington Post *
U.S. presses other Muslim nations to establish ties with Israel ([link removed])
Aug. 25 - The New York Times *
‘Dangerous levels of contempt’: Trump deploys a convention to attack Dems on religion ([link removed])
Aug. 25 - Politico
Outspoken atheist, arrested in Nigeria for blasphemy, hasn’t been seen since ([link removed])
Aug. 25 - The New York Times *
Grieving families urge ‘life, no parole’ sentence for NZ mosque gunman ([link removed])
Aug. 24 - Reuters
Black and White evangelicals once talked about ‘racial reconciliation.’ Then Trump came along ([link removed])
Aug. 21 - The Washington Post *
Hungary’s Orban calls for central Europe to unite around Christian roots ([link removed])
Aug. 20 - Reuters
South Korea’s latest church-linked coronavirus outbreak is turning into a battle over religious freedom ([link removed])
Aug. 19 - CNN
Abortion fight evolves, overshadowed in 2020 but with huge stakes ([link removed])
Aug. 18 - The New York Times *
More U.S. churches sue to challenge COVID-19 restrictions ([link removed])
Aug. 13 - The Associated Press
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