Week of February 6, 2017 Archives

RealClearReligion AM Update

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


Tuesday, February 7
The Greatest Myths About Science and Religion
Justin Taylor The Gospel Coalition
Spiritual Therapy Eyed as Possible Treatment for PTSD
Crux
NASCAR and the Rise of Cultural Christianity
Doug Thompson in all things
The Complicated Legacy of Bishop Eddie Long
Jonathan L. Walton Religion & Politics
Confessions of a Catholic Convert to Capitalism
Arthur C. Brooks America
What Is the "Free Speech Fairness Act?"
Kimberly Winston Religion News Service
What's Ressentiment Got to Do With It
Martin E. Marty Sightings
Evangelicals in Exile: Donald Trump and Billy Graham
Matthew Milliner First Things
Trump's Evangelical Support Is Wide. But How Deep?
Harry Bruinius CSM
Cardinal Burke Meets With Nationalist in Rome
Stephanie Kirchgaessner The Guardian
Forging Alliances Between U.S. Jews and Muslims
Barbara Demick Los Angeles Times
Do Atheists Count as a Religious Group?
Bobby Ross Jr. GetReligion


Wednesday, February 8
A Minister, a Rabbi, and a Buddhist Take Drugs for Science
Carolyn Gregoire HuffPo
From a Buddhist Perspective, Boredom Is Fascinating
Josh Korda Lion's Roar
How Theology Is Like Dancing
Aristotle Papanikolaou Christian Century
A Foundational Puzzle: Who Wrote the Torah?
Adam Kirsch Tablet
BYU Launches Online Mormon College Program
Peggy Fletcher Stack Salt Lake Tribune
Why It Took 5 Years to Give Away D. L. Moody's College Campus
Sarah Zylstra CT
Trump Interview Throws Spotlight on Christian Broadcaster
Adelle M. Banks RNS
5 Faith Facts About Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Emily McFarlan Miller Deseret
Trump's Church Politics Idea Has Wide Reach, Beyond GOP Base
Bill Barrow AP
Steve Bannon Carries Battles to the Vatican
Jason Horowitz New York Times
Vetting the Executive Order
Robert P. George & Angela Wu Howard First Things
Muslim Refugees Find a Home in Trump Country
Robert Samuels Washington Post


Thursday, February 9
What Happened When a Black and White Church Merged
Julie Zauzmer WaPo
Fostering Virtual Faith: Online Church Seeks Believers
Jonathan Pitts Baltimore Sun
Dorothy Day: Future Saint, Imperfect Parent
James Martin America
A Bright Future for (Some) Seminaries
Christian Scharen Christian Century
The Book of Job’s Cold Comfort for Those Who Suffer
Jeffrey Weiss RNS
I'm Pro-Life, and Pro-Refugee
Scott Arbeiter New York Times
100 Evangelical Leaders Sign Ad Denouncing Refugee Ban
Daniel Burke CNN
Trump Moves Leave LGBT, Religious Groups Wary
David Crary & Rachel Zoll AP
Trump's Religious Freedom Order Won't Help the Baker or Florist
Kate Shellnutt CT
Steve Bannon Aligns With Vatican Hard-Liners Against Pope
Sylvia Poggioli NPR
Muslims Were Banned From America Before
Andrew Lawler Smithsonian Magazine
Fragile Atheism and the Faith of Christopher Hitchens
Larry Alex Taunton First Things


Friday, February 10
Archaeologists Excavate Cave That Housed Dead Sea Scrolls
Rebecca Hersher NPR
No Bibles in Iowa: The Curious Case of Cedar Rapids
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra TGC
Christians at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival
K. Pastore Christianity Today
America's New Ministers
G. Jeffrey MacDonald Christian Science Monitor
What Churches Can Bring to the Battle Against Servitude
The Economist
What Is the True Meaning of Mercy?
Matthew Schmalz RealClearReligion
Evangelicals and the Loss of Prophetic Imagination
Sharon Miller Mere Orthodoxy
The Heresy of Declaring the U.S. a "Christian Nation"
Sufjan Stevens Washington Post
Free Pastors From the Johnson Amendment
Tony Perkins Religion News Service
Evangelicals and the Benedict Option
Rod Dreher The American Conservative
Has the Time Come to Name "Trumpism" a Heresy?
Charles C. Camosy Crux
Pope Francis Reveals How He Shrugs Off Stress
The Guardian
Saturday, February 11
Mississippi Retains Standing as Most Religious State
Frank Newport Gallup
Leading Buddhist Magazine Takes a Hard Look at SBNR
Ira Rifkin GetReligion
Songs of Worship: Why We Sing to the Lord
David W. Stowe RealClearReligion
Taking Responsibility for the Reformation
Peter J. Leithart First Things
You Can Now Read the Whole Talmud Online - For Free
Lilly Maier Forward
A Refugee Family Finds Love and Compassion in America
Colby Itkowitz WaPo
Trump Is Right: We Should Prioritize Persecuted Christians
Johnnie Moore RNS
How Ritual Chicken Sacrifices Helped Halt the Travel Ban
David Ovalle Miami Herald
Sending Letters on Religious Values to U.S. Leaders
Kristin E. Holmes Phil. Inquirer
The Place of Religion in Public Schools
Colin Macleod & Benjamin Justice The Atlantic
Protestants and Supreme Court
Mark Tooley Juicy Ecumenism
How Russia Became the Leader of the Global Christian Right
Casey Michel Politico
Monday, February 13
Dorothy Day: A Saint for Difficult People
James Parker The Atlantic
"The Young Pope" Takes an Anxious Look at the Danger of Doubt
Wade Bearden CT
Monk Spreads Buddhist Thought With 140-Character Tweets
Lakshmi Singh NPR
Can the Swastika Ever Be Redeemed?
Kimberly Winston Religion News Service
Deseret News Reporter Talks Religion Journalism
Tony Gill Research on Religion
When Muslims Talk to Zionists
David Heim The Christian Century
Spreading the Faith: Lessons From U.S. History
Philip Jenkins Patheos
One Congregation's Struggle to Bring a Family to America
Lisa Belkin Yahoo! News
Conflicts Between Immigration Sweeps and Religious Freedom
Philip Bump SL Trib.
What Christian Colleges Gain With Trump
Joshua Wilson & Amanda Hollis-Brusky RCEd.
Can Liberation Theology Speak to Catholics Today?
G. Jeffrey MacDonald The Gazette
Where in the World Could Pope Francis Move the Political Needle?
John Allen Crux


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