Week of December 19, 2016 Archives

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Monday, December 19
Website Plans to Showcase Leaked Mormon Documents
Peggy Fletcher Stack SLT
Al Mohler on Defining "Truth" in This Media Age
Terry Mattingly GetReligion
Congregants' Quiet Agony at the Dylann Roof Trial
Kevin Sack New York Times
Maryland Church Ordered to Evict Homeless or Pay Fine
Brandon Ambrosino Yahoo!
Obama Approves Expansion of Religious Freedom Act
Tom Strode Christianity Today
The US Has Already Tried Registering Muslims. It Didn't Work.
Angilee Shah PRI
Why Conservative Churches Grow and Liberal Churches Shrink
David Haskell DMN
Looking Back at 2016: The Catholic Church in the US
Ines San Martin Crux
Christian Politicians Shape Europe's Least Religious Countries
Rick Noack WaPo
Church, State Seeing Eye to Eye in Putin's Orthodox Russia
Nataliya Vasilyeva ABC
The Actual War on Christians
Samuel Tadros The Atlantic
Hanukkah: The Festival of Religious Freedom
Jonathan Sacks ABC Religion & Ethics


Tuesday, December 20
How Christmas Became a Christian Feast
Andrew McGowan ABC Religion & Ethics
Duke Ellington's Christmas Gift
Peter Manseau Smithsonian
Why Millions Watched This Church Christmas Video
Kate Shellnutt Christianity Today
"Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays?"
Emily McFarlan Miller Religion News Service
A Sabbath "Church" for Salt Lake City’s Unchurched?
Peggy Fletcher Stack SL Tribune
Interfaith Events Expand in Wake of 2016 Election
Jeff Brumley Baptist News Global
Anti-Trump Evangelical Faces Backlash
Tom Gjelten NPR
Where Will Ivanka Trump Attend Synagogue?
Julie Zauzmer & Colby Itkowitz WaPo
Virgin Mary, Career-Killer
Candida Moss The Daily Beast
Suicide Among Priests?
Martin E. Marty Sightings
Amoris Laetitia and Everything After
Ross Douthat New York Times
Aleppo Presents a Moral Dilemma for Christian Leaders
The Economist


Wednesday, December 21
A Sacred Light in the Darkness: Winter Solstice Illuminations
Ruben Mendoza RCR
Do They Know It's Hanukkah?
Ted Olsen Christianity Today
Christmas and Hanukkah, Together Again
Samira Mehta Religion & Politics
Christian Hip-Hop Lands on Music Row
Nate Rau The Tennessean
What People Talk About Before They Die
Kerry Egan CNN
Methodist Theologian Tom Oden's Journey
Terry Mattingly On Religion
White Evangelicalism Has Always Been Right Wing
Neil J. Young Religion Dispatches
The Virtues We Need in a Post-Truth World
The Editors Christian Century
Former Church Member Launches "Mormon Wikileaks"
Michael Chandler WaPo
The Catholic Church Turns to Science to Investigate Miracles
Kelsey Dallas Deseret
Pope Francis Names New Female Director of Vatican Museums
Francis Rocca WSJ
Looking Back to 2016: The Global Catholic Church
Ines San Martin Crux


Thursday, December 22
O Click, All Ye Faithful: Church Expands Online
Harriet Sherwood The Guardian
Why God Is a Curvy, Black Woman in "The Shack"
Katie Mettler Washington Post
A Rare Film That Treats Religion as a Serious Subject for Art
Emma Green Atlantic
For Cash-Strapped Monks, Selling Fruitcakes Is a Saving Grace
Jodi Helmer NPR
Jesus Christ, Businessman
Ellen Wayland-Smith RealClearReligion
Why Muslim-Jewish Cooperation Matters for America
Eboo Patel RNS
Trump's Inaugural to Include Interfaith Prayer Service
Rachel Zoll Associated Press
Catholic Surprise: Another Way Trump Is Remaking the GOP
F.H. Buckley NY Post
Looking Back at 2016, the Year of Surprises: Pope Francis
Ines San Martin Crux
The Lesson of the Menorah
Shia Altman Times of Israel
The Secret History of Christmas in Bethlehem
Richard Morgan Travel + Leisure
In Turkey's Home of St. Nick, Far From North Pole, All Is Not Jolly
Tim Arango NYT


Friday, December 23
"Silence" Offers a Window Into the Minds of the Faithful
Grazie Pozo Christie USN
Fallen and Alone in "Manchester by the Sea"
Stephen Prothero Killing the Buddha
Hanukkah Overlaps With Christmas This Year, But Not Every Year
Josh Hafner RNS
New Traditions: What American Muslims Do on Christmas
Neda Ulaby NPR
Survey Says Fewer Christians Pray for Refugees
Kate Shellnutt Christianity Today
Do the SBC's Resolutions Contain a Partisan Caveat?
David French National Review
Evangelicals of Color Are Disappointed in White Evangelicals
Elizabeth Evans RD
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Will Sing at Trump's Inauguration
Tad Walch Deseret
Catholic Educator Fired for Refusing to Teach Birth Control
Kristine Guerra WaPo
How Pope Francis Became the Leader of the Global Left
Francis X. Rocca WSJ
Pope in Christmas Speech Blasts Vatican Resistance to Reform
Nicole Winfield AP
No, Christians Have Not Brought Persecution Upon Themselves
John Allen Jr. Crux
Saturday, December 24
‎360° Pictures: Christmas Scenes From Around the World
Reuters
7 Facts About Christmas in America
Aaron Earls Facts & Trends
More Perfect Union Behind "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
Jim McDermott America
The True Meaning of Christmas at a Live Nativity
John Woodrow Cox Washington Post
Christmas: Incomprehensible Word, Uncomprehending World
N.T. Wright ABC R&E
Why Christmas Is Radical
John Gehring Religion News Service
How Dickens Changed Christmas
Ray Cavanaugh Christian Today
Unique Menorahs Make Hanukkah Special for Many Families
Kelsey Dallas Deseret
Why It's Not Wrong to Wish Muslims Merry Christmas
Mustafa Akyol New York Times
For Iraq's Christians, Christmas Cheer Tinged With Despair
Hamza Hendawi AP
A Village Christmas Story: No Gifts But Lots of Joy
Edward Mabaya NPR
"Silence" Is One of the Finest Religious Movies Ever Made
Alissa Wilkinson Vox


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