Religion Unplugged

Peru has had Martín Vizcarra, Manuel Merino and Francisco Sagasti all serve as president within a single week amidst political chaos and religiously devisive pandemic restrictions. Board Member of The Media Project, Reynaldo Aragón, spoke to Christian Rosas, an evangelical political analyst from Lima, about the ongoing crisis.

MinistryWatch Episode 54: A Conversation with Religion Unplugged’s Paul Glader Here at MinistryWatch, we bring you news about Christian ministries, as well as the latest in charity and philanthropy, all designed to help us become better stewards of the resources God has entrusted to us. Today, I’m pleased to welcome back to the program Paul Glader. Paul is the editor-in-chief at Religion Unplugged...

Religion Unplugged wraps up the 2020 Election in a roundtable discussion with editors and contributors including data journalist and political scientist Ryan Burge. The next big question on religion and politics: What does the future of voting for people of faith look like? Big moves among Hispanic Catholic and Evangelical communities in Florida, Black Churches in states like Georgia, and some sur...

First time gun buyers looking to protect themselves during a potentially dangerous election are fueling mass FIREARMS buying trends across the country. Many of these people have never shot a gun before or been proponents of gun control themselves and are struggling to find ways to learn about, purchase and practice firearms without paying organizations that promote extremist rhetoric. RUP EXECUTIV...

Ministry Watch Episode 50: A Conversation with Religion Unplugged’s Paul Glader Here at MinistryWatch we bring you news about Christian ministries, as well as the latest in charity and philanthropy, all designed to help us become better stewards of the resources God has entrusted to us. Regular listeners to the program know that this month we began these “MinistryWatch Extra” episodes. We will con...

Sherry Sacino's story writing platform Global StoryMakers is working to overcome the conflict between literacy education and cultural and religious erasure. By creating reading programs and publishing public domain books written by and about local communities, Sacino hopes to bring new stories to children that they can identify with more than common Westernized or Anglocentric education progra...

A new book by Todd Von Helms addresses head on some of the biggest questions people have about christianity. In a year where institutional trust is in crisis across politics, religion and science, Before You Leave, For College, Career, and Eternity is an answer for students preparing for college, ministers struggling with difficult questions, and long-time christians struggling with their faith. P...

This summer, the Jesus movement group Saturate OC hosted revivals along beaches in Southern California, baptizing thousands and leading them in outdoor worship just as Gov. Gavin Newsom banned singing in places of worship. Parker Green, its co-founder, talked to Religion Unplugged about what the new Jesus movement is, getting his first misdemeanor and why he thinks American Christianity as it is w...

Professor Ben Quash is the Director of the Centre for Arts and the Sacred at King's College in London. In partnership with the National Gallery, London, Quash and a team of art historians and theologians catalogue and write thevcs.org , a publication dedicated to the relationship between Christian theology and scripture through historical and contemporary art. Senior contributor and chairwoman...

Anne Hendershott, sociologist and historian talks with Paul Glader about the history of New York City and how the cultural hub weathered crises throughout the the 20th Century. While many are asking "Can New York City bounce back?" there may already be an answer. 

Ministry Watch Episode 36: A Conversation with Religion Unplugged’s Paul Glader Hello, everyone. I’m Warren Smith and I’d like to welcome you to the MinistryWatch podcast. Here at MinistryWatch we bring you news about Christian ministries, as well as the latest in charity and philanthropy, all designed to help us become better stewards of the resources God has entrusted to us. Regular listeners to...

On December 29th, 2019, Keith Thomas Kinnunen shot and killed Tony Wallace and Richard White at the West Freeway Church before being shot down by Jack Wilson, a member of the church security team. Bobby Ross Jr. interviews Glenda White, looking back on the tragedy, the recovery of the church, and her struggle with how to reconcile ensuring safety in the aftermath of violence with the faith based c...

Mohammed bin Salman’s sudden rise and increasingly brutal actions against citizens, journalists and his own family are documented in the forthcoming Blood and Oil, a new book from award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters Justin Scheck and Bradley Hope. Paul Glader’s conversation with Scheck details MBS’s rise, highlights the big questions for the future of Saudi Arabia and includes a reading fr...

ReligionUnplugged teams up in the first of a series of MinistryWatch Extra episodes, Paul Glader, the executive editor of ReligionUnplugged, is a guest on the MinistryWatch podcast, talking with MinistryWatch President, Warren Smith. MinistryWatch Episode Notes "Ep. 28 Warren Smith Talks with Paul Glader of Religion Unplugged" This is the first of our “MinistryWatch Extra” episodes. Today’...

Sportswriter and feature writer Jordan Ritter Conn talks to Religion Unplugged about The Road From Raqqa, his debut narrative non-fiction book from Penguin Random House that tells the story of two Syrian brothers born and raised in the city that would become the capital of ISIS. Ritter Conn explores the harrowing journey of how they each left Raqqa at different times and eventually found new lives...

The Russian Orthodox Church consecrated the new and controversial Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces in June 2020. Senior contributor and board member Roberta Ahmanson interviewed art historian and Byzantinist Alexei Lidov to investigate the controversy both on the right and the left of the Russian Orthodox community, and to discuss the broad implications of change in the Russian Orthodox Churc...

One Tough Out  is a new memoir from legendary Minnesota Twins baseball player Rod Carew. The book explores his struggles with health, and the role of his faith and family to get him through it. Senior contributor, Bobby Ross Jr. talked with talks to Carew about the his memoir and what he thinks about ongoing concerns of systemic racism in America and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Police brutality protests have expanded to small towns and suburbs while many of the same communities have begun to lift quarantine restrictions, bringing Main Street to the center of the national conversation about health, faith and civil rights. Religion Unplugged's  executive editor Paul Glader interviews documentary journalist John Miller about his film “Moundsville,” recently released on...

In 1947, John Perkins' family, sharecroppers in Mississippi, put him on a train to California after white police officers shot and killed his brother "for talking too loud." There, Perkins encountered Jesus and a growing conviction that the Bible affirms human dignity of every race above all other philosophies. He has spent decades developing under-served communities as a civil rights...

Sybil Archibald creates art that explores the fundamental elements of spirituality. Her work is inspired by her experiences living with scleroderma, an autoimmune rheumatic disease sometimes described as a mummification of the body's tissues.  Archibald does not practice a particular religion, but she has studied medieval spiritualism and draws from that knowledge and imagery to produce her ow...

Has Africa's history of outbreaks with HIV, AIDS and Ebola better prepared faith communities to manage COVID-19? To find out, Roberta Ahmanson interviews Dr. Nyaradzo Murefu, a Christian chemist who has led research in HIV prevention and immunology, established the first African lab to study drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (how drugs absorb into the body) and helped produce Africa's f...

Before COVID-19 became a global pandemic and people rushed to buy extra food, hand sanitizer and toilet paper, thousands of Americans were already prepared for such an event: "preppers." Many have gradually stockpiled food, guns and even secret, remote motorhomes for years, creating complex survival and escape plans. Their beliefs are often rooted in theology more than fear and anxiety, an...

Our chairwoman at The Media Project and Senior Correspondent at ReligionUnplugged.com , Roberta Ahmanson Interviews a special guest and author. Roberta is a world traveller, an author herself, an award winning religion reporter, a philanthropist, an art collector and a voracious reader. When the coronavirus broke out, Roberta naturally thought we should interview the provost of the university of O...

In the wake of Covid19, the physical rituals of faith are being removed. As religious communities in major cities and towns around the world are faced with the removal of holy water and prayer rugs or having their services completely cancelled until further notice, there is a new question. How do you reach a congregation if you can’t leave your own home? We messaged every member of The Media Proje...

In the wake of Covid19, the physical rituals of faith are being removed. As religious communities in major cities and towns around the world are faced with the removal of holy water and prayer rugs or having their services completely cancelled until further notice, there is a new question. How do you reach a congregation if you can’t leave your own home? We messaged every member of The Media Proje...