Week of January 9, 2017 Archives

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Monday, January 9
Kim Burrell Reveals Black Church Split on LGBT Issues
Kate Shellnutt WaPo
There's Nothing Unbiased About Secularism
Jeffrey F. Kirby Crux
The Religious Affiliation of Congress vs. America
David Iaconangelo CSM
Lessons From Huston Smith's Exploration of Religious Experience
Don Lattin RNS
A Man Recently Broke Into My Church. Good on Him, I Say
Giles Fraser The Guardian
9 Things You Should Know About J. R. R. Tolkien
Joe Carter The Gospel Coalition
The Grammar of the Incarnation
Stanley Hauerwas ABC Religion & Ethics
A Syrian Refugee in Toledo Pines for His Family
Ari Shapiro NPR
New Documentary Tells the Story of Jews in the U.S.
Jesse Bernstein Tablet
There Is a New Head of Catholic Relief Services
Kim Lawton Deseret News
Pope Francis, Argentina, and Economics
Tony Gill Research on Religion
Is ISIS Truly Islamic?
Omer Aziz The New Republic


Tuesday, January 10
Why We Rage About Religion on Facebook
Mona Abdel Fatil RealClearReligion
Putting Faith and Sports on the Same Team
Claire Martin New York Times
The Metaphysical Moment
Martin E. Marty Sightings
New Book Explores an Early Mormon Dichotomy
Peggy Fletcher Stack Salt Lake Tribune
The Exponential Growth of Classical Christian Education
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra TGC
Supreme Court to Hear Church-State Case From Missouri
Brian Kaylor Word&Way
It's Immigrants Who Have Made America Great
Blase Cupich Chicago Tribune
Hundreds Join the Rev. William Barber's "Moral March"
Paul Duggan Washington Post
Gay Couple Will Pastor Historic Baptist Church
Lauren Markoe Religion News Service
How Martin Luther Has Shaped Germany for Half a Millennium
The Economist
From Upper-Class Debutante to "A Nun's Story"
Harriet Sherwood The Guardian
Vatican Doctrine Czar Sees No Need for Correction of Pope
Ines San Martin Crux


Wednesday, January 11
The Obama Presidency: "War on Religion" or "Amazing Grace"?
Adelle M. Banks RNS
President Trump, Therapist in Chief?
Carl R. Trueman First Things
A Note of Discord? The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Trump
Joseph Stuart R&P
What America's Founders Really Thought About the Bible
Daniel L. Dreisbach TGC
Church Shouldn't Be This Hard
Tom Ehrich The Washington Post
"The Young Pope" and Good Catholic Art
Nick Ripatrazone America Magazine
Meet the Bishop-Elect of Salt Lake City's Catholic Diocese
Kelsey Dallas Deseret
An Emerging Catholic Dialogue With Muslims
James Martone Catholic Philly
In Rome, Restoring a Vast Repository of the Jewish Past
John Hooper WSJ
Breitbart's Man in Rome: A Gentle Voice in a Strident Chorus
Jason Horowitz NYT
How Will U.S. Policy Affect Middle East’s Christians in 2017?
Mark Pattison Crux
Everything You Wanted to Know About Karma
Thanissaro Bhikkhu Tricycle


Thursday, January 12
Kirk Franklin Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gospel
Vinson Cunningham The New Yorker
St. Augustine's Concubine Speaks
Zoe Romanowsky Aleteia
Contemplating Death at the Edge of the Continent
Laura Turner Catapult
The Life and Death of Evangelicalism's Little Magazine
John Schmalzbauer Comment
The Winners of the 2016 National Jewish Book Awards
Jonathan Zalman Tablet
Jared Kushner: The Most Influential Jew in the World?
Jane Eisner Forward
Little Has Swayed White Evangelicals' Views on Obama
Antonia Blumberg HuffPost
In Tucson, Arizona, Cultures Combine at 300-Year-Old Catholic Mission
NPR
What's Missing in the Teaching of Islam
Kishwar Rizvi RealClearReligion
What Do Buddhists Think of Pervasive Buddha Branding?
Morwenna Ferrier Guardian
Holidays Highlight Issues Facing the Church Around the World
Ines San Martin Crux
The Favorite Bible Verses of 88 Nations
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra Christianity Today


Friday, January 13
Trump and Billy Graham's Complicated Family
Sarah Pulliam Bailey Washington Post
Mormon Tabernacle Choir No Stranger to Political Flak
Peggy Fletcher Stack SLT
Religious Freedom Advocates Divided Over LGBT Rights
Kelsey Dallas Deseret News
Religious Freedom Sees Signs of Hope
Charles C. Haynes Green Bay Press-Gazette
An American Religious Tradition Takes a Step Closer to Extinction
Ed Simon RD
Two Books About Muslim Identity
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar New York Times
2016 Delivered a Mixed Bag for Jesus on the Big Screen
Steven D. Greydanus Crux
What We Can Learn from Father Mulcahy
Marcus Brotherton
McDonald's Near Vatican to Offer Free Meals to Homeless
Josephine McKenna RNS
France's Catholic Moment
Samuel Gregg First Things
Russian Yoga Teacher Arrested Under New Law
Tom Balmforth The Guardian
Countries Where It's Hardest to Be a Christian
Jeremy Weber Christianity Today
Saturday, January 14
What Shaped King's Prophetic Vision?
Kenyatta R. Gilbert RealClearReligion
Coretta Scott King on Faith, Materialism, and Grief
Adelle M. Banks Deseret News
King's Birthday Is Not the Only Thing on January 16
Frederick Clarkson RNS
The MLK Pilgrimage to Israel That Never Was
Sam Kestenbaum Forward
Jews Must Fight for the Civil Rights of Muslims
Marc Schneier JTA
Donald Trump Invites Critics to Pray at Inauguration
Elizabeth Dias Time
What Trump's Choice of Inauguration Prayer Leaders Means
Tom Gjelten NPR
The National Cathedral's Role in Trump's Inauguration
Sarah Pulliam Bailey WaPo
Evangelical Leaders Reject Compromise on LGBT Rights
Kate Shellnutt CT
LDS Leak: The Morality of Mormon Money
Matthew Crandall RealClearReligion
"The Young Pope" Is Beautiful and Ridiculous
James Poniewozik New York Times
Catholics Should Be Open but Wary on Technology
Dwight Longenecker Crux


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