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Indian nuns and priests join women activists to demand end of crimes against women and ensure their rights and empowerment ahead of the national election in May. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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A Filipino Catholic laywoman who quit her job to become a full-time volunteer catechist is slated for sainthood. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. 

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Minority Christians in India continue to face threats and harassment as hardline Hindu groups push for a Hindu-centric cultural and religious nationalism. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia. 

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One person died and 53 were injured when part of the second floor of a Catholic church collapsed during a packed Ash Wednesday Mass in the Philippines. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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An airstrike on a school in Myanmar’s Demoso township in Kayah state killed four children, all boys aged 12 to 14, and injured at least 15 other children. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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In this episode Gage Hunt, John Iamaio, and special guest Sasha Hallock dive into the relationship between Christianity and art. Is Christian art always cheesy? Is there tension between art and Christian belief, the artist and the pulpit? How does a Christian worldview empower or inhibit engagement in art? Is Christian theology perhaps uniquely compatible with the posture of the artist? This episode explores these topics and more. 

Sasha Hallock is an Iranian American artist living and working in New York City.
He did not grow up in a religious home, but became a Christian while studying, painting, and drawing in college. Alongside his work as a practicing artist, he works with Transform Arts in the Arts and Culture division of Cru, an international nonprofit. 

Resources Mentioned in the episode or Recommended by Sasha

For Additional Reading:
Art and Faith A Theology of Making by Makoto Fujimura
Image Journal - Art Faith Mystery
Letter to Artists - Pope John Paul II

Artist Communities:
Forefront - Rochester, NY
Renaissance - NYC
Art House Dallas - Dallas, TX
Transform Arts - National art and faith organization with residency opportunities

Follow Sasha:
Sashahallock.com - Sasha Hallock's website for art
@Sashahallock - Sasha Hallock Instagram

Cute Animal Videos:
@Pandalalai - Cute Animal Instagram 

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Catholics in China welcomed three new bishops who were ordained with the approval of the Vatican and the communist government within a week. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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फिल्म 'द केरल स्टोरी' को लेकर विवाद जारी है और यह मामला अब सियासत तक जा पहुंचा है. इसी कड़ी में मुस्लिम यूथ लीग की केरल राज्य समिति ने फिल्म 'द केरल स्टोरी' में लगाए गए 'आरोपों' को साबित करने वाले व्यक्ति को एक करोड़ रुपए देने का एलान किया है. दरअसल सुदिप्तो सेन की यह फिल्म 32,000 महिलाओं के धर्म परिवर्तन की कहानी है जो राज्य से गायब हो गई थीं और आईएसआईएस में शामिल हो गई थीं. आरोप लगाए जा रहे हैं कि फिल्म में गलत तथ्य दिखाए गए हैं और इसके जरिए लोगों को एक विशेष समुदाय के खिलाफ नफरत के बीज बोने की कोशिश की गई है. अब मुस्लिम यूथ लीग की केरल राज्य समिति ने फिल्म की कहानी सच साबित करने की चुनौती दी है और साबित करने वाले व्यक्ति को एक करोड़ का इनाम देने की बात कही है.

भारत पिछले कई सालों से अमेरिका के धार्मिक स्वतंत्रता आयोग के निशाने पर है. आयोग ने लगातार चौथे साल भारत को धार्मिक स्वतंत्रता को लेकर ब्लैकलिस्ट में जोड़ने की सिफारिश की है. आयोग ने कहा है कि धार्मिक अल्पसंख्यकों, खासकर मुसलमानों के लिए भारत में स्थिति बिगड़ती जा रही है. सोमवार को अपनी वार्षिक रिपोर्ट में अंतरराष्ट्रीय धार्मिक स्वतंत्रता पर संयुक्त राज्य आयोग (USCIRF) ने फिर से अमेरिकी विदेश मंत्रालय से भारत को 'विशेष चिंता वाले देश' (Country of Particular Concern, CPC) के रूप में नामित करने का आह्वान किया. 

In this episode of editorial Mr Sujit Nair speaks about the so called Love Jiahd and the trailer of The Kerala Story.

Amrit Singh is a High Momentum Life Coach who has studied Kundalini Yoga for over 30 years. This intensive study of yoga has enabled Amrit to deeply understand and connect with his clients. In 1999, he moved from Europe to India to deepen his exploration of yoga and meditation. After 20 years in India, he relocated to Valle de Bravo in Mexico. His true passion has always been helping people through one-on-one coaching, with a special focus on supporting people to create the freedom they need while doing what they love.

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Rethinking Scripture Podcast - 

Episode 41: The Rethinking Conversion Project

April 25, 2022 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall 

In today’s church culture, someone’s conversion is surrounded by certain expectations. Conversion is often understood as a “personal decision for Christ” that happens at a church alter, or maybe an outreach event. And when that decision is memorialized by some rendition of the “sinner’s prayer”, only then is it considered official. But what if our modern understanding of conversion isn’t at all like what the biblical text shows. Then we may need to “rethink conversion”. 

Referenced Resources:

• Hall, Gregory D. - The Rethinking Conversion Project - https://rethinkingscripture.com/rethinking-conversion/

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• Intro/Outro - "Growth" by Armani Delos Santos
• Transition Music - produced by Jacob A. Hall

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Is it possible for anyone to change their mind anymore? 

Matt Croasmun welcomes theologian and ethicist Nichole Flores (University of Virginia) onto the show for a discussion of changing our minds in political and religious contexts. They discuss the meaning of intellectual, political, and religious conversion; how aesthetic and emotional experience of beauty is often the key ingredient in changing one's mind and behavior; the value of open-mindedness and intellectual humility as well as the value of a firm sturdiness and courageous conviction; and the role of changing one's mind in a life worth living.

About Nichole Flores

Nichole Flores is a social ethicist who is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. She studies the constructive contributions of Catholic and Latinx theologies to notions of justice and aesthetics to the life of democracy. Her research in practical ethics addresses issues of democracy, migration, family, gender, economics (labor and consumption), race and ethnicity, and ecology. Visit NicholeMFlores.com for more information.

Show Notes

• Recovery mode from 2020 general election
• 538 Podcast and Nate Silver as original demographic determinist
• Is it possible for us to change our minds?
• "I'm a Christian and I believe that conversion is possible."
• "I live in the world as if it were possible to change one's mind."
• Political conversion and mind-changing
• Changing one's mind can be the result of a conversion
• Political conversion focuses as much on a profound experience
• Anecdote: A Catholic student who voted for Donald Trump because of abortion
• Registering for a political party is a little like getting married...
• "Catholics like to think of ourselves as politically homeless... maybe political misfits is the better category."
• A political party should not be a place of comfort.
• Charles Taylor, hypergoods, and the impossibility of reasoning oneself into a "firmer grip"
• Changing your mind about American Football: "Young men shortening their lives for my entertainment."
• "I remember when I quit football ... I knew the shift happened when I turned on a game and I felt sick ... This shift was on the affective level."
• Treating students like "brains on a stick" or "free floating rationalities"
• How does the importance of affective emotional role in conversion shape an approach to teaching?
• "Learning is a version of changing your mind."
• Community of the beautiful: gathering around a shared aesthetic experience
• Social-political commitments that can change theological commitments
• Mutual encounter with the world and the other
• "The church is the light of the world. The church is bringing joy and hope to our society. But also the church is being chastened by what we encounter in society. And we are seeing where we can more fully image the body of Christ."
• The open-mindedness of an annoyingly sturdy Christian. "I want to get that knowing eye-roll."
• The value of intellectual humility
• What is the role of changing one's mind in seeking a life worthy of our humanity.
• Compromise: Negative or Positive
• "The unassailable value of human life created in the image of God: That's a value worth fighting for, worth holding onto."

Production Notes

• This podcast featured Matt Croasmun and Nichole Flores
• Edited and Produced by Evan Rosa
• Hosted by Evan Rosa
• Production Assistance by Martin Chan
• A Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/about
• Support For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give

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The ladies discuss recent calls to #CancelNetflix over controversial French film Cuties (Mignonnes) and if it’s acceptable for young girls to re-enact being sexualised for the purposes of social commentary, whether Britain still needs a monarchy in the 21st century, the health and safety issues associated with prostitution and why sex work should be decriminalised in the UK, and if they would convert to another religion to be with the person they love.

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