New developments, including the increasing diversity of faith communities and the advent of worship through streamed services, have rendered the IRS definition of a church outdated.
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Many houses of worship no longer need as much space as they once did, or struggle to keep up with the bills. For some, redevelopment to include housing provides a new way to live out their mission.
Two scholars of nonprofits explain what is and isn’t permissible.
A fire that destroyed St. Anne’s Church in Toronto serves as a reminder that cultural legacy needs to be conserved and protected from disaster.
The building was celebrated for murals by Group of Seven artists and designated a National Historic Site, yet has struggled to pay to renovate its leaking roof.
Some churches operate huge business enterprises and collect rent on extensive property holdings. This income isn’t taxed.
A stained-glass window, which shows Jesus as a Black man for the first time, tells a story not only of race but of gender, class and ethnicity.
In addition to destroyed buildings, there’s an entire underground world – filled with untold numbers of artifacts, bones and ruins – that are exposed and damaged by the digging of trenches.
The new note will be sustained for a relatively ‘brief’ two years.
A professor who has researched the Universal Life Church unpacks why many couples now prefer to hand-pick loved ones to perform their ceremonies.
This is a green light for creating the largest-ever compensation fund for sex abuse claims.
Donkeys and palm leaves are both associated with Christianity’s Palm Sunday – but their symbolism couldn’t be more different.
Several members were killed March 9, 2023, in Germany. Many people hold stereotypes about Jehovah’s Witnesses but are unfamiliar with their beliefs.
A scholar of British history explains how the ornate church and its significance to the monarchy have changed over centuries.
The Catholic Church’s membership numbers are growing fastest outside Europe and the Americas, and Catholics’ priorities look very different across the world.
Incidents of terror attack on churches in Nigeria don’t happen in a vacuum. They are driven by jihadism, pastoral conflicts and related criminality.
In a country where Christians are a minority, understanding how religious groups use traditional arts and music to convey their faith and identity is important to preserve their cultural legacy.
Just as Christians in the 1800s were persecuted for embracing foreign teachings, today the regime in power vilifies civil society and opposition political parties as foreign agents.
Temples are often open to the public for a period after construction or renovation, but only church members may enter once religious ceremonies begin.
Lviv is an important Renaissance and baroque urban centre in Eastern Europe, and its two remaining synagogues survived mass destruction in the Second World War.
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Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of American Religious History, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Director, Purdue University
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Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
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Associate Professor of Art History, The University of Texas at Austin
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Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Lethbridge
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Director of Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity, Calvin University
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Consultant and Associate Professor of Theology, Australian College of Ministries, Sydney College of Divinity, University of Divinity
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Professor of Music, University of New Hampshire
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Professor and Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art, Department of Art History & Art Conservation, Queen's University, Ontario
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Researcher, University of California, Irvine
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Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, College of the Holy Cross
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Medical Anthropologist & Public Health Specialist, Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Baylor University
