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As corporations compete for the best of a new generation of workers, they are finding the price for productivity and loyalty is meaningful community and higher purpose. While some corporations have been accommodating employees’ spiritual values since the 1970s, the idea that the workplace should feed the soul arrived with the millennials, who began entering corporate life two decades ago, experts say. Though often less religious in their private lives, they brought expectations that work would provide a calling, not just a paycheck. Those whose faith is important in their lives, meanwhile, want their values to be recognized if not adopted by corporate leaders. RNS national reporter Kathryn Post looks at how work has become especially likely to replace religion in hubs such as Seattle, Portland, Cambridge and Silicon Valley, where religious affiliation is lower. But not everyone sees this as a good development.
Religion News
AP-NORC poll details rift between lay Catholics and bishops
The hardline stances of many conservative Catholic bishops in the U.S. are not shared by most lay Catholics. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. By David Crary/The Associated Press
Woman buoyed by support after viral pastor confrontation
An Indiana woman says she has felt "overwhelming support" from people all over the world after she confronted her pastor. She says he started a years-long sexual relationship with her when she was 16 and he was in his late 30s. By Peter Smith/The Associated Press
Delegates also repealed membership guidelines instructing pastors not to officiate same-sex marriages. By Kathryn Post/Religion News Service
Shootings expose divisions on gun issue in faith communities
The recent surge of mass shootings in America has led to debates in faith communities over what is “pro-life.” Those advocating for more gun regulation are challenging conservative Christians pushing to abolish abortion and grant unlimited access to guns. By Deepa Bharath and Holly Meyer/The Associated Press
How to make a thousand witches with one Supreme Court decision
Magic has always been, in lore and in life, a tool of the oppressed. By Heather Greene/Religion News Service
Commentary and Analysis
Rabbi Sally J. Priesand's ordination by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion opened the doors to hundreds of women becoming rabbis. By Carole B. Balin for The Conversation
Boycotts and media outrage won’t change India’s attacks on its own Muslim citizens. By Omar Suleiman/Religion News Service
A scholar of Greek classics revisits the texts to bring lessons on how to honor the lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. By Joel Christensen for The Conversation
The far-right today shares more than just ideas with white supremacists of yesterday – they also share some pagan-inspired symbols. By Helen A. Berger for The Conversation
A mounted rider plays a Berrante, an ox horn musical instrument, during a parade culminating the religious tradition, "Folia do Divino Espirito Santo" or Feast of the Divine, in the rural area of Pirenopolis, state of Goias, Brazil, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Celebrated in the period of Pentecost, Christian residents celebrate on what they believe is the coming of the Holy Spirit on the apostles of Jesus Christ. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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