Living Religion Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/khyati-joshi/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Mon, 07 Aug 2023 23:34:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Living Religion Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/khyati-joshi/ 32 32 Vivek Ramaswamy and the limits of ‘God talk’  https://religionnews.com/2023/08/07/vivek-ramaswamy-and-the-limits-of-god-talk/ https://religionnews.com/2023/08/07/vivek-ramaswamy-and-the-limits-of-god-talk/#respond Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:00:11 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4105297 (RNS) — Evangelical attacks on the Hindu candidate show that in politics, 'religious' still means 'Christian.'

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/08/07/vivek-ramaswamy-and-the-limits-of-god-talk/feed/ 0 Nikki Haley says she’s Christian, but it’s complicated https://religionnews.com/2023/02/16/nikki-haley-says-shes-christian-but-its-complicated/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:12:25 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4081443 (RNS) — Dogged by questions about her faith, what is she trying to prove?

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]]> DEI is more than race and gender. It’s faith, too. https://religionnews.com/2022/10/11/dei-is-more-than-race-and-gender-its-faith-too/ https://religionnews.com/2022/10/11/dei-is-more-than-race-and-gender-its-faith-too/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:52:17 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3996800 (RNS) — People of different faiths shouldn’t have to miss important work events to celebrate their holidays.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2022/10/11/dei-is-more-than-race-and-gender-its-faith-too/feed/ 0 SCOTUS puts government back in the business of funding religious education https://religionnews.com/2022/06/23/scotus-puts-government-back-in-the-business-of-funding-religious-education/ https://religionnews.com/2022/06/23/scotus-puts-government-back-in-the-business-of-funding-religious-education/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:44:56 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3978491 (RNS) — This ruling allows taxpayers to be compelled to pay tuition to schools that expressly discriminate.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2022/06/23/scotus-puts-government-back-in-the-business-of-funding-religious-education/feed/ 0 India’s dark turn from model of religious pluralism to cautionary tale https://religionnews.com/2022/06/10/india-once-offered-the-world-a-model-of-religious-pluralism-not-any-more/ https://religionnews.com/2022/06/10/india-once-offered-the-world-a-model-of-religious-pluralism-not-any-more/#respond Fri, 10 Jun 2022 16:37:13 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3975975 (RNS) — We need to see ourselves in India’s religious minorities.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2022/06/10/india-once-offered-the-world-a-model-of-religious-pluralism-not-any-more/feed/ 0 Why ‘Merry Christmas’ is better than ‘Happy Holidays’ for Americans of all faiths https://religionnews.com/2021/12/17/merry-christmas-happy-holidays-donald-trump-war-on-christmas-religious-freedom/ https://religionnews.com/2021/12/17/merry-christmas-happy-holidays-donald-trump-war-on-christmas-religious-freedom/#respond Fri, 17 Dec 2021 18:18:35 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3946046 (RNS) — 'Happy Holidays' does nothing to change the privilege that Christians enjoy in the United States.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2021/12/17/merry-christmas-happy-holidays-donald-trump-war-on-christmas-religious-freedom/feed/ 0 Meet the Hindu god Rama, an immigrant https://religionnews.com/2021/11/04/meet-the-hindu-god-rama-an-immigrant/ https://religionnews.com/2021/11/04/meet-the-hindu-god-rama-an-immigrant/#respond Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:08:55 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3938130 (RNS) — How the Diwali story lights our path in the U.S.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2021/11/04/meet-the-hindu-god-rama-an-immigrant/feed/ 0 The battle over CRT is a manufactured crisis. Here’s why we still have to fight it. https://religionnews.com/2021/08/18/the-battle-over-crt-is-a-manufactured-crisis-heres-why-we-still-have-to-fight-it/ https://religionnews.com/2021/08/18/the-battle-over-crt-is-a-manufactured-crisis-heres-why-we-still-have-to-fight-it/#respond Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:23:02 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3920433 (RNS) — Teachers and administrators are bracing for an attack that is rushing toward them like a tsunami.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2021/08/18/the-battle-over-crt-is-a-manufactured-crisis-heres-why-we-still-have-to-fight-it/feed/ 0 For Indian American Hindus, loving India doesn’t mean holding back our criticism https://religionnews.com/2021/06/02/for-indian-american-hindus-loving-india-doesnt-mean-holding-back-our-criticism/ https://religionnews.com/2021/06/02/for-indian-american-hindus-loving-india-doesnt-mean-holding-back-our-criticism/#respond Wed, 02 Jun 2021 15:09:04 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3903454 (RNS) — We must examine how ethnic pride results in soft-pedaling our criticism of the Indian government.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2021/06/02/for-indian-american-hindus-loving-india-doesnt-mean-holding-back-our-criticism/feed/ 0 The swastika and the 4 H’s https://religionnews.com/2021/03/24/the-swastika-and-the-4-hs/ https://religionnews.com/2021/03/24/the-swastika-and-the-4-hs/#respond Wed, 24 Mar 2021 14:16:03 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3887656 (RNS) — Banning the swastika, or writing laws that treat it as only a Nazi symbol, would violate the First Amendment. Just as important, bans sidestep the real issue such as dealing with our differences and coexisting as Americans.  

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