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Released: 2-Sep-2021 1:05 PM EDT
High Holidays 2021: Hope for a Post-Pandemic World
Cedars-Sinai

As the nation heads into the second Jewish High Holiday season during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cedars-Sinai Senior Rabbi and Director of Spiritual Care Jason Weiner, PhD, is thinking about renewal, a common theme during the holidays that call for repentance and atonement before the Jewish new year.

Released: 1-Sep-2021 1:35 PM EDT
FSU experts available to comment on 20-year anniversary of 9/11 attacks
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: September 1, 2021 | 1:15 pm | SHARE: Twenty years ago, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks shocked the world. The attacks led to profound changes in American society, two decades of war in Afghanistan and ramifications that continue to be felt today.Florida State University’s nationally regarded experts in emergency management, homeland security, grief, trauma and religion are available to speak to media about the lingering consequences of 9/11: Audrey Casserleigh, professor, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program and Senior Fellow at the Center for Disaster Risk Policy aheffron@fsu.

Released: 26-Aug-2021 3:05 PM EDT
Cultural backlash: Is LGBTQ progress an attack on Christianity?
Washington University in St. Louis

New research from Washington University in St. Louis explains why some Christians view recent LGBTQ progress as a threat and offers possible interventions to reduce such all-or-nothing beliefs.

Released: 26-Aug-2021 2:50 PM EDT
Experts available to discuss 20th anniversary of 9/11
DePaul University

As the United States approaches the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in 2001, DePaul University faculty and experts are available to give commentary and insight. Their expertise is wide-ranging, including foreign relations, diplomacy, history and religion.

Released: 19-Aug-2021 3:00 PM EDT
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Breakthrough Cases and COVID Boosters: Live Expert Panel for August 18, 2021
Newswise

Expert Q&A: Do breakthrough cases mean we will soon need COVID boosters? The extremely contagious Delta variant continues to spread, prompting mask mandates, proof of vaccination, and other measures. Media invited to ask the experts about these and related topics.

Released: 17-Aug-2021 4:30 PM EDT
University of Miami Pediatrics Chair Promotes Faith-Based Initiative to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations among Blacks and Latinos
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Concerned about relatively low COVID-19 vaccination rates among U.S. Blacks and Latinos, Glenn Flores, M.D., chair of pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is helping to guide a faith-based initiative addressing one of the nation’s most pressing healthcare challenges.

Released: 6-Aug-2021 2:35 PM EDT
Partnering with Clergy to Prevent Domestic Violence
University of Georgia

Online simulations are helping Korean American clergy learn how to better support victims of intimate partner violence in their communities

Released: 28-Jul-2021 12:25 PM EDT
A Group’s Moral Values May Help Determine the Likelihood of Hate-Motivated Harmful Acts
University of Southern California (USC)

From attacks on synagogues and mosques to the COVID-era spike in anti-Asian sentiment, the past couple of years, unfortunately, have seen no shortage of acts of hatred.

Released: 9-Jul-2021 4:40 PM EDT
Hoklotubbe receives international award for first book
Cornell College

Cornell College Assistant Professor of Religion Chris Hoklotubbe has received a prestigious award for his book, “Civilized Piety: The Rhetoric of Pietas in the Pastoral Epistles and the Roman Empire.”

Released: 2-Jul-2021 6:05 PM EDT
Study Examines Relationship Between Concern About COVID-19 and Belief in Science and Faith
Arizona State University (ASU)

A new study from Arizona State University has shown that people in the U.S. relied more on science than religion to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The research team assessed faith and science mindsets – how people perceived faith in God or scientific information – as the pandemic progressed. People who had a stronger science mindset were more concerned about COVID-19 in the early months of the pandemic. Faith mindsets were not directly related to concern about the pandemic.

Released: 2-Jul-2021 3:15 PM EDT
"El Futuro is Here" Explores Ways of Creating Culturally Responsive Campus Ministries
Dominican University

Dominican University presents "El Futuro is Here!," a national virtual conference exploring ways of creating more culturally responsive campus ministries for Latinx students.

Released: 2-Jul-2021 2:35 PM EDT
Researchers identify brain circuit for spirituality
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

More than 80 percent of people around the world consider themselves to be religious or spiritual. But research on the neuroscience of spirituality and religiosity has been sparse.

Released: 29-Jun-2021 12:20 PM EDT
DeKay Examines Factors That Affect How Little Rock Congregation Members Prioritize Community Issues
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

UA Little Rock is investigating the influence of income, politics, and religion on how people prioritize important community issues.

Released: 29-Jun-2021 12:05 PM EDT
Little Rock Congregations Study Dialogue Reveals How Congregations, Nonprofits Can Work Together to Address Community Issues
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Little Rock Congregations Study (LRCS) research team at UA Little Rock worked with a team of students from the UA-Clinton School of Public Service to host a series of community dialogue discussions during the spring semester to explore how congregations and nonprofits in Little Rock can come together to make an impact on important community issues.

Released: 16-Jun-2021 11:00 AM EDT
Story Tips from Johns Hopkins Experts on COVID-19
Johns Hopkins Medicine

NEWS STORIES IN THIS ISSUE: - Stressed About “Returning to Normal”? Here Are Tips to Ease Into the Transition - Be Your Brother’s Keeper: Steps for Faith-Based Communities to Reopen Safely

Released: 13-May-2021 10:30 AM EDT
Pandemic stigma: Foreigners, doctors wrongly targeted for COVID-19 spread in India
Monash University

The Indian public blamed foreigners, minority groups and doctors for the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the country during the first wave, due to misinformation, rumour and long-held discriminatory beliefs, according to an international study led by Monash University.

   
Released: 13-May-2021 8:55 AM EDT
A Novel Strip Test Kit to Detect 5 Types of Prohibited Meat in Halal Food in One Go
Chulalongkorn University

An all-in-one Strip Test — a fast, easy and accurate test kit to detect the DNA of 5 forbidden meat in a single test is the latest innovation from the Chula Halal Science Center.



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