Week of January 30, 2017 Archives

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Monday, January 30
Pop-Up Spiritualists: Soothers Hit the Streets
Henry Alford New York Times
Why These Christians Go to Sundance Every Year
Allison Pond Deseret News
Most Churches Hold Sunday Services, Super Bowl or Not
Aaron Earls LifeWay
Only 1 in 7 Senior Pastors Is Under 40
Kate Shellnutt Christianity Today
Theology Isn't Math; But It Is Theology
George Weigel First Things
New York City, the "Evangelical Gotham"
Tony Gill Research on Religion
The Conflict Cutting to the Souls of Christian Conservatives
Matt Lewis Daily Beast
A Refugee Message in Sunday's Liturgy
Julie Zauzmer & Sarah Pulliam Bailey WaPo
Most Religious Groups Come out Against Trump Refugee Order
Rachel Zoll AP
Cardinal Cupich: Trump's Refugee Ban "A Dark Moment"
Michael O'Loughlin America
Will Muslims Be Forced Into a Religious Test?
Shadi Hamid Salt Lake Tribune
Should Non-Jews Be Conservative Synagogue Members?
Ben Sales JTA


Tuesday, January 31
Does God Give a Holy Hoot About the Super Bowl?
Kimberly Winston RNS
Religious Art Discovered Alive!
Martin Marty Sightings
A Gay Activist's Journey to Christian Fundamentalism
Andrew Lapin NPR
Do Jews, Christians, and Muslims Worship the Same God?
Peter Ochs ABC R&E
What the Bible Says About Welcoming Refugees
Matthew Schmalz RealClearReligion
Evangelical Leaders: Travel Ban Violates Religious Beliefs
Lois Beckett Guardian
Important Catholic Leaders Condemn Trump's Travel Ban
Sarah Pulliam Bailey WaPo
Who's Listening to Religious Leaders on Refugees?
Daniel Burke CNN
What Do Critics of Refugee Ban Really Think About America?
Mark Tooley The Hill
There Has Never Been an America Without Muslims
Amir Hussain Religion & Politics
Why Evangelicals Are Speaking Out Against Betsy DeVos
Laura Turner Politico
Eric Metaxas Defends Trump's First Week in Office
Emma Green The Atlantic


Wednesday, February 1
How the Mormons Plan a City for 500,000 in Florida
Claire Provost The Guardian
The Vatican Museums' New Innovative Director
Francis X. Rocca Wall Street Journal
Will "Silence" Raise Awareness of Religious Persecution?
Chandra Johnson Deseret
How Distrust of Unbelievers Runs Deep in American History
Leigh Schmidt RCR
Falwell Tapped to Lead a Higher-Ed Panel
Sarah Pulliam Bailey & Nick Anderson WaPo
Calvinism, Calvin College, and Betsy DeVos
Abram Van Engen Religion & Politics
How ERLC Became the Premier Evangelical Advocacy Group
Jacob Lupfer Patheos
For Many Evangelicals "It's the Supreme Court, Stupid"
Ed Stetzer Christianity Today
For Catholics, Trump SCOTUS Pick May Stir Both Hopes and Fears
John Allen Crux
Why the Abortion and Refugee Debates Matter
C.C. Pecknold ABC Religion & Ethics
These Muslims Who Voted for Trump Still Support Him
Sarah Harvard Mic
Behind the Viral Photo of Muslim and Jewish Children
Vikki Ortiz Healy Chicago Trib.


Thursday, February 2
National Prayer Breakfast: What Does Its History Reveal?
Diane Winston RCReligion
Is Being Christian a Key Part of Being American?
Kathryn Casteel FiveThirtyEight
Trump's Muslim Ban Looks Like Mormon Ban
W. Paul Reeve Deseret News
How the Travel Crackdown Is Affecting American Debate on Islam
The Economist
Do Refugees Understand the Bible Better Than Us?
Casey Strine RealClearReligion
Three Things About Trump's Order and Christian Refugees
Staff Crux
Pope Francis Is the Anti-Trump
James Carroll The New Yorker
Conservative Christian Leaders Praise Trump's SCOTUS Pick
Ian Lovett WSJ
Here's What Evangelicals Want From Trump Next
Sarah Pulliam Bailey Washington Post
Long-Running Texas Evolution Debate Has Big Classroom Impact
Will Weissert AP
Can "Gavin Stone" Raise Christian Movies from the Dead?
E. Stephen Burnett CT
Homeless Find Rest in Faith-Based Shelters More Than Others
Adelle Banks RNS


Friday, February 3
After Obamacare: The Future of Christian Healthcare Sharing
Kate Shellnutt CT
Dr. Oz Begins "Faithful Fridays" Segments
Nicola A. Menzie Faithfully Magazine
Faithfully Engaging the Immigration Debate
Kelsey Dallas Deseret News
Tallying Up Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
Peter J. Leithart First Things
Evangelicals Protest Trump Travel Ban Outside Prayer Breakfast
Jon Ward Yahoo!
Donald Trump Declares a Vision of Religious Nationalism
Emma Green The Atlantic
Trump Wants To End Ban on Churches Endorsing Candidates
Alissa Wilkinson Vox
Middle East Christians Fear Trump Ban Will Backfire
Yaroslav Trofimov WSJ
Neil Gorsuch Belongs to a Notably Liberal Church
Julie Zauzmer Washington Post
Inside the Changing U.S. Catholic Church
Leah Libresco America
Why the Vatican Thinks Priests Should Learn About Art
Hannah Brockhaus Crux
Scientology and the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard
Alec Nevala-Lee Longreads
Saturday, February 4
Is Artificial Intelligence a Threat to Christianity?
Jonathan Merritt The Atlantic
God Blesses Super Bowl Athletes, Not Their Teams
Kate Shellnutt Christianity Today
Author Lee Strobel on "The Case for Christ," Now a Movie
Emily McFarlan Miller RNS
What I Lost Growing Up in a Home With No Religion
Susan Pashman Forward
Faith-Based Ministry to the Homeless May Shape HUD
Alice Lloyd Weekly Standard
Kansas City Clergyman Seeks Way to Pastor Across the Political Divide
NPR
The Reason Pro-Lifers Focus on Abortion
Matthew Lee Anderson Vox
What You Need to Know About Trump and Religious Liberty
Kelsey Dallas Deseret
Political Endorsements, Churches, and Trump
Mark Landler & Laurie Goodstein NYT
Prophetic Moral Challenge After the National Prayer Breakfast
William Barber NBC
The Top Candidates for U.S. Envoy to Vatican
Francis X. Rocca Wall Street Journal
Why Do Many Americans Believe Islam Is Not a Religion?
Michael Schulson WaPo
Monday, February 6
Super Bowl LI and the Ultimate Sin
Terry Mattingly GetReligion
The Vague Christianity of Folk Rock
Teresa Donnellan America
How Christianity Become the Dominant Western Religion
Michael Kulikowski Aeon
The Reformation: Division Is Not Always a Scandal
Jennifer Powell McNutt CT
The American Story: Who Are We?
Ross Douthat New York Times
The Evangelical Response to Trump
Lulu Garcia-Navarro NPR
How the Johnson Amendment Quiets the Pulpit
Leslie Loftis Arc
American Muslims Push Themselves Into Politics
Jennifer Levitz & Ian Lovett WSJ
Over 200 Americans Took Religious Vows Last Year
Crux
Catholicism Still Emerges at the Margins of Europe's Political Races
Economist
Five Myths About Anti-Semitism
Yair Rosenberg Washington Post
Listen: Is Religious Freedom Good for the Economy?
Tony Gill Research on Religion


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