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$A female robot with four arms, in the image of the Hindu goddess Kali, stands against a dark blue background, surrounded by colorful digital graphics and glowing geometric shapes.$

Why AI resembles a charismatic religious leader

Morgan Shipley, Michigan State University

$Rows of people, seen from behind, face forward and hold up programs during a religious service.$

Why the closing prayers of Judaism’s holiest holiday focus on repairing relationships with each other

Reuven Kimelman, Brandeis University

The ethical cases for immigration as a human right

J. Toby Reiner, Dickinson College

$A persons hold a sign at a rally, which says, 'Love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:39)' and 'Thou shalt not murder.'$

The story of Little Italy’s Feast of San Gennaro is the story of how Italian immigrants became American

Clare Whitton, University of Oxford

$A group of men wearing green, white and red hats play brass instruments while marching in a parade.$

What Wendell Berry meant to Christian farmers going green

Sydney Giacalone, University of Virginia

$Someone wearing jeans and a green jacket cups soil in their hands.$

Even the Buddha experienced challenges with meditation: Historical texts reveal its potential downsides

Pierce Salguero, Penn State

$People seated in rows on yoga mats meditate with their eyes closed.$

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$Men and women stand in separate rows, bowing their heads in prayer.$

Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began

Iqbal Akhtar, Florida International University

What Jefferson and Madison would have thought about ‘rededicating’ the US to God

Steven K. Green, Willamette University

$A black and white postage stamp with a small red illustration of a hand holding a flaming sword, and the words 'I have sworn...Hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.'$

For 2 centuries, Latter-day Saints have revered religious freedom – but their definition is evolving

Benjamin Park, Sam Houston State University and Nicholas Shrum, University of Virginia

$A tall white building with dramatic spires stands amid trees on a day with bright blue sky.$

How enslaved African Muslims resisted bondage through their faith and writing

Nareman Amin, Michigan State University and Leila Tarakji, Michigan State University

$Two portraits displayed side by side. On the left is a man wearing a headdress and a white robe, with a Qur'an suspended around his neck. On the right is a signed black-and-white sketch depicting a man in a high-collared jacket.$