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Community, counselling, purpose: churches and faith-based organisations have an influence on people’s mental health.

Faith and mental health

How faith-based organisations are promoting mental health

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by Sabine Schwirner
Global crises leave psychological scars. At the same time, certain circumstances promote resilience.

Our view

Strengthening mental health worldwide

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by Maren van Treel
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (left) during an election campaign tour in Ayodhya in support of BJP candidate Lallu Singh (right).

Hate speech

The ecosystem of hate

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by Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee
India’s President Droupadi Murmu.

Head of state

The ambivalent role of India’s president

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by Arun P. Ghosh
Divorce is also a recurring theme at the Aurat Marches (Women’s Marches) on International Women’s Day.

Mental health

When divorce becomes a stigma

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by Mahwish Qayyum
Gaza is now a place of ruins.

Gaza war

My radicalisation

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by Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles
Protests against Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill at the Ugandan High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, 2023

Sexual minorities

Human rights for all

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by Rita Schäfer
Procession on the way back from a tree planting campaign in the Mantogera church forest near Addis Zemen, Amhara region, 2019.

Religion and sustainability

The sacred forests of Ethiopia

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by Christoph Schneider-Yattara
by Peter M. Borchardt
Mahatma Gandhi in London in 1931: His public display of humility was quite effective politically for several reasons.

Hinduism

Emphasising Hinduism for political purposes

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by Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee
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