{"id":34165,"date":"2026-07-12T04:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/faith-and-fifa-religion-at-the-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T04:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:04:40","slug":"faith-and-fifa-religion-at-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/faith-and-fifa-religion-at-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith and FIFA: Religion at the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"everlit-audio-embed\"><\/div>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block;width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.image-caption {<br \/>\n    display: none;<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>.pod-stream-buttons {<br \/>\ndisplay: flex;<br \/>\njustify-content: center;<br \/>\nmargin-bottom: 1.5rem;<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>.post-thumbnail  {<br \/>\ndisplay: none;<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>.stream-button {<br \/>\nflex: 1 1;<br \/>\nmargin-right: 0.5rem;<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>.stream-button:last-child {<br \/>\nmargin-right: 0;<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>.stream-button a {<br \/>\ndisplay: flex;<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>.stream-button object, .stream-button img {<br \/>\nwidth: 100%;<br \/>\nheight: 100%;<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>.wp-remixd-voice-wrapper {<br \/>\n    display: none !important;<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Have you noticed how faith and belief have been showing up on one of the biggest stages in sports? From prayer circles to Islamic sujood, religion is shining bright at the World Cup. Religion News Service&#8217;s <strong>Madhiha Anis<\/strong> wrote about the various expressions of faith and belief on the global stage in an article headlined &#8220;From<em> Christian Prayer Circles to Sujood, Religion Is All Over the 2026 World Cup.&#8221; <\/em><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\" class=\"sc-cwHptR jEdUKv\">She joins host <\/span><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\" class=\"sc-cwHptR jEdUKv\"><strong>Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush<\/strong><\/span><span data-slate-leaf=\"true\" class=\"sc-cwHptR jEdUKv\"> to explore her observations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s striking how these rituals aren&#8217;t just rituals&#8212;they&#8217;re powerfully real expressions of identity and hope. It&#8217;s a reminder that behind every goal, there&#8217;s a person carrying their beliefs, their culture, their whole self into the match.<\/p>\n<p>Also with us: RNS National Reporter <strong>Jack Jenkins<\/strong>, with his take on the Cup as well as how religion is influencing our political debates, particularly around the anniversary of America&#8217;s 250th year and during midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/07\/11\/faith-and-fifa-religion-at-the-world-cup\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff .image-caption { display: none; } .pod-stream-buttons { display: flex; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; } .post-thumbnail { display: none; } .stream-button { flex: 1 1; margin-right: 0.5rem; } .stream-button:last-child { margin-right: 0; } .stream-button a { display: flex; } .stream-button object, .stream-button img { width: 100%; height: 100%; } .wp-remixd-voice-wrapper { display: none !important; } [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}