Articles of Faith Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/simran-jeet-singh/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:06:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Articles of Faith Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/simran-jeet-singh/ 32 32 The makers of the unconventional superhero film ‘American Sikh’ https://religionnews.com/2024/01/09/the-makers-of-the-unconventional-superhero-film-american-sikh/ https://religionnews.com/2024/01/09/the-makers-of-the-unconventional-superhero-film-american-sikh/#respond Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:05:34 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4126547 (RNS) — Sikh Captain America — a turbaned version of the Marvel comic book hero — hits the big screen.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/01/09/the-makers-of-the-unconventional-superhero-film-american-sikh/feed/ 0 We can’t take democracy for granted https://religionnews.com/2023/12/14/we-cant-take-democracy-for-granted/ https://religionnews.com/2023/12/14/we-cant-take-democracy-for-granted/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2023 21:06:26 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4124008 (RNS) — Racial and religious minorities depend upon the values of pluralism and the rule of law for our rights to be protected.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/12/14/we-cant-take-democracy-for-granted/feed/ 0 ‘On 9/11 there was a sense of unity in the country. We’ve taken a collective step back.’ https://religionnews.com/2023/09/08/on-9-11-there-was-a-sense-of-unity-in-the-country-weve-taken-a-collective-step-back/ https://religionnews.com/2023/09/08/on-9-11-there-was-a-sense-of-unity-in-the-country-weve-taken-a-collective-step-back/#respond Fri, 08 Sep 2023 20:14:16 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4109522 (RNS) — A surgeon who volunteered at Ground Zero recalls the aftermath.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/09/08/on-9-11-there-was-a-sense-of-unity-in-the-country-weve-taken-a-collective-step-back/feed/ 0 San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s mission to heal our cities with compassion https://religionnews.com/2023/09/06/san-antonio-mayor-ron-nirenbergs-mission-to-heal-our-cities-with-compassion/ https://religionnews.com/2023/09/06/san-antonio-mayor-ron-nirenbergs-mission-to-heal-our-cities-with-compassion/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:17:46 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4109008 (RNS) — Good public policy, the mayor says, happens when we’re standing on compassion.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/09/06/san-antonio-mayor-ron-nirenbergs-mission-to-heal-our-cities-with-compassion/feed/ 0 What Rainn Wilson learned in his last days of being Dwight Schrute https://religionnews.com/2023/04/27/what-rainn-wilson-learned-in-his-last-days-of-being-dwight-schrute/ https://religionnews.com/2023/04/27/what-rainn-wilson-learned-in-his-last-days-of-being-dwight-schrute/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:51:17 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4091254 (RNS) — You don’t have to be famous to know the basic key to satisfaction.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/04/27/what-rainn-wilson-learned-in-his-last-days-of-being-dwight-schrute/feed/ 0 India has turned a manhunt into mass repression. Journalists need to ask why. https://religionnews.com/2023/03/27/india-has-turned-a-manhunt-into-mass-repression-journalists-need-to-ask-why/ https://religionnews.com/2023/03/27/india-has-turned-a-manhunt-into-mass-repression-journalists-need-to-ask-why/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:51:19 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4086112 (RNS) — As several countries slide toward fascism, journalists' questions become more necessary and urgent.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/03/27/india-has-turned-a-manhunt-into-mass-repression-journalists-need-to-ask-why/feed/ 0 Why we need to seek the discomfort of others https://religionnews.com/2023/02/10/why-we-need-to-seek-the-discomfort-of-others/ https://religionnews.com/2023/02/10/why-we-need-to-seek-the-discomfort-of-others/#respond Fri, 10 Feb 2023 20:49:16 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4080658 (RNS) — People ask me why I put myself in these positions of discomfort and uncertainty.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/02/10/why-we-need-to-seek-the-discomfort-of-others/feed/ 0 Bad weather is here. How to see it as grace. https://religionnews.com/2023/01/23/bad-weather-is-here-how-to-see-it-as-grace/ https://religionnews.com/2023/01/23/bad-weather-is-here-how-to-see-it-as-grace/#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:29:59 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4078015 (RNS) — Our cultural views on resilience are too limited.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/01/23/bad-weather-is-here-how-to-see-it-as-grace/feed/ 0 In Sikh founder’s life, a model for letting justice guide our democracy https://religionnews.com/2022/11/08/in-sikh-founders-life-a-model-for-letting-justice-guide-our-democracy/ https://religionnews.com/2022/11/08/in-sikh-founders-life-a-model-for-letting-justice-guide-our-democracy/#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:11:46 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4001305 (RNS) — How the life of my faith’s founder and the civic values of Election Day are connected.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2022/11/08/in-sikh-founders-life-a-model-for-letting-justice-guide-our-democracy/feed/ 0 The simple Sikh teaching that can inspire us to resist hating those who hate us https://religionnews.com/2022/07/27/the-simple-sikh-teaching-that-can-inspire-us-to-resist-hating-those-who-hate-us/ https://religionnews.com/2022/07/27/the-simple-sikh-teaching-that-can-inspire-us-to-resist-hating-those-who-hate-us/#respond Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:59:23 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=3984369 (RNS) — Guru Nanak teaches that when we practice seeing the good in one another, we enter into a positive loop.

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