Religion Online
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In atheist China, the spiritual market is going online
From traditional Taoist rituals conducted via video call to Western-influenced practices like tarot reading, new online cultures are emerging.
Haoyang Zhai, The Conversation
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Gamified Hinduism: Dissecting the zero-sum logic of digital nationalism
In its digitised, nationalised iteration, Hinduism is losing the capaciousness and generosity that characterise its poetic and practiced forms.
Ajay Gandhi
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Delhi University professor charged for Facebook post allegedly insulting goddess Durga
A teachers’ body that filed the complaint accused him of making a ‘mischievous attempt to hurt people’s feelings’.
Scroll Staff
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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May global fiction: Six hot-off-the-press books to take you on a world literary tour
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Blessed are the tweets: The five golden rules of religious PR
To avoid coming a cropper like the Church of England, religious groups should follow these handy hints.
Yaakov Wise, The Conversation
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As Lent begins, Catholic Church in Mumbai launches app that suggests 40 earth-saving ways to fast
App also helps users locate the nearest church and request other people to pray for them.
Aarefa Johari