Week of April 10, 2017 Archives

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Monday, April 10
For Coptic Christians, Another in a Long String of Attacks
Alan Gomez USA Today
What Happened to the Jerusalem Temple's Menorah?
Candida Moss The Daily Beast
The Growing Interest in "Christianese"
Patrick Cox Public Radio International
A Closer Look at Christians Who Don't Go to Church
Kate Shellnutt Christianity Today
Author Anne Lamott: "Mercy Is Our Only Hope"
Emily McFarlan Miller RNS
How to Avoid Anti-Judaism This Easter
Amy-Jill Levine ABC Religion & Ethics
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Passover
The Editors Tablet
A Lost American Religion
Fergus M. Bordewich Wall Street Journal
Do the Culture Wars Really Represent America?
Emma Green The Atlantic
Charles Chaput: A Bishop of Consequence
George Weigel First Things
Catholics Surge in Africa, But Priest Shortages Persist
Josephine McKenna Crux
The Religious Response to Syria's Travails Is Prolix and Confused
The Economist


Tuesday, April 11
Catholics Build Intentional Community of Like-Minded Believers
Tom Gjelten NPR
Catholic Schools Need a Business Model
Joe Nocera Bloomberg View
Professor Teaches Twitter Course on "City of God"
Kelly Seegers Catholic Herald
Reality Keeps Raising Bar for Online Catholic Satirists
Terry Mattingly On Religion
How America's Evangelicals Became a Potent Force
The Economist
Goodbye, Evangelicalism
Rod Dreher The American Conservative
WWI Centennial: An Irrelevant War?
Martin E. Marty Sightings
The Contradictions of Reza Aslan's Believer
Elias Muhanna The New Yorker
Politico Wrote an Indictment of an Entire Sect of Judaism
Bethany Mandel Federalist
How Passover Was Artistically Reinvented Through the Years
Yonat Shimron RNS
Who Are Coptic Christians and What Do They Believe?
Antonia Blumberg HuffPost
How Pope Francis Fights Anti-Migrant Populism
Anthony Faiola & Sarah Bailey WaPo


Wednesday, April 12
How a Mormon Church-Owned Site Defeated Craigslist
Sarah Zhang The Atlantic
The Bioethics of Neil Gorsuch
Ann Neumann Religion & Politics
Can Religion and Science Be Our Common Ground?
John Sianghio Sinai and Synapses
My Mother's Dying Lesson Was About Passover Brisket
Michelle Boorstein WaPo
How Jews Became "People of the Books"
Daniel Burke CNN
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R.R. Reno First Things
"Contradictions" in the Gospels
David Limbaugh RealClearReligion
Evangelicalism ≠ The Christian Right
Justin Taylor The Gospel Coalition
Nearly 40 Years Later, Jonestown Offers Lessons
Terry Gross Fresh Air
In Rome, Holy Week Is Also Prime Time for the Pope
Ines San Martin Crux
The Obscure Religion That Shaped the West
Joobin Bekhrad BBC
Religious Harassment, Restrictions on the Rise Around the World
Ian Lovett WSJ


Thursday, April 13
What Wine Would Jesus Drink? We May Have the Answer
Antonia Blumberg HuffPo
Why Easter Is Called Easter, and Other Little-Known Facts
Brent Landau RCReligion
Faith Motivates Kickstarter for Newspaper to Print Good News
Emily Miller RNS
Mormon Blog Opens Nonprofit Book Publisher
Peggy Fletcher Stack Salt Lake Tribune
How Women Became an Unstoppable Force in Bible Translation
Kate Shellnutt CT
US Copts Pray, Raise Money for Victims of Egypt Bombings
Chris Sagona Deseret
A Springtime of Hope for Catholic Education
K. E. Colombini First Things
Soul-Searching at Princeton Theological Seminary
Jeff Chu Washington Post
For Alabama Christians, Governor's Downfall Is a Bitter Blow
Alan Blinder NY Times
When Conservatives Oppose Religious Freedom
Peter Beinart The Atlantic
Is There Still a "Vital Center"?
Rod Dreher The American Conservative
Can We Truly Embrace a Jewish Jesus?
Rebekah Simon-Peter


Friday, April 14
The Dark Side of Easter: Foods Named for Judas
Nina Martyris NPR
Organists Declining But Still in Demand for Easter
Adelle Banks Religion News Service
Scientists Investigate: Can We Ever Find Jesus' DNA?
George Busby RealClearReligion
What Counts as Adultery in the Digital Age?
Kelsey Dallas Deseret News
Religious Groups Help Transform and Treat Addiction
Holly Meyer The Tennessean
Agreeing to Disagree With Franklin Graham
Matt Malone America
The Anti-Catholic Blaine Amendments Must Go
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer RCReligion
Were Missile Strikes Justified? Religious Experts Respond
Daniel Burke CNN
How I Led a Passover Seder in Afghanistan
David Frommer Washington Post
The Broken Grace of Leonard Cohen
Paul DeCamp Sightings
How Can Universities Tackle Religious Discrimination?
Kristin Aune The Guardian
What Palm Sunday Means to Egypt's Copts
Samuel Tadros The Atlantic
Saturday, April 15
How the Reformation Changed Easter
Kelsey Dallas Deseret News
Mary Magdalene Is Often Called a Prostitute. She Wasn't.
Petula Dvorak WaPo
Why Do Christians Keep Inviting You to Church?
Ed Stetzer CNN
The Profound Connection Between Easter and Passover
R.R. Reno WSJ
5 Facts on How Americans View the Bible
Abigail Geiger Pew Research
Bible Classes in Schools Can Lead to Strife Among Neighbors
Frank Ravitch RCR
The Line Between Healing and Enhancement in Genetics
Nathan Barczi CT
How Feminists Have Failed Christian Women
Jonathan Merritt Religion News Service
Muslims, Christians, and Religious Liberty
Rod Dreher The American Conservative
Recognizing Religious Freedom
Grazie Pozo Christie U.S. News & World Report
Perils Facing Christians Take No Break for Holy Week
Ines San Martin Crux
Freedom of Worship Is on the Decline in Many Countries
The Economist
Monday, April 17
How Easter Changed the Course of History
Philip Yancey Washington Post
A Near Death Experience Changed This Biblical Scholar
Candida Moss Daily Beast
The Pain of Death vs. the Promise of Easter
Peggy Fletcher Stack Salt Lake Tribune
President Carter, Am I a Christian?
Nicholas Kristof New York Times
Do Mormons Worship Jesus Christ?
Mette Harrison Religion News Service
Ulysses Grant: Methodist Defender of Civil Rights
Mark Tooley Juicy Ecumenism
Why CNN's "Believer" Is Unbelievable
Avi Shafran Forward
New "Nova" Episode Highlights Secret Jewish Escape
Kimberly Winston Deseret
Politico, Trump, Chabad, and the New Anti-Semitism
David Eliezrie Jewish Journal
Church Revival? More Liberals Are Filling Protestant Pews
Harry Bruinius CS Monitor
The Modern Pilgrims Retracing Britain's Ancient Routes
Harriet Sherwood Guardian
Communicator Pope Mixes the Personal and the Professional
The Economist


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