Week of May 1, 2017 Archives

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Monday, May 1
The Complicated Tale of Religion in Early American Life
Kelsey Dallas Deseret News
Guide to the Classics: Neil Gaiman's American Gods
Elizabeth Hale RealClearReligion
What Is a "Religion"? Uncle Sam Struggles to Answer
Richard Ostling GetReligion
Tiny Bibles Flown to the Moon Now the Subject of Dispute
Jay Gotera Christian Post
Black Female Episcopal Bishop Breaks Stained Glass Ceiling
Robert King Indy Star
Readers React: Dispute Over Gay Clergy
Laurie Goodstein New York Times
Prayer Cards and Holy Dirt: The Robert Orsi Approach
James McCartin Commonweal
Meet the Muslim Comedian Who Roasted Trump
Kate Shellnutt Washington Post
Why American Sikhs Think They Need a Publicity Campaign
Akinyi Ochieng NPR
Coloring in the Troubled History of a Roman Arch
Josephine McKenna RNS
Martin Luther: Hero, But No Saint
George T. Deas America
Pope's Trip to Egypt May Be One of Those "Big Deal" Moments
John Allen Jr. Crux


Tuesday, May 2
"Shocking" News on Worship and the Public
Martin E. Marty Sightings
Restoring Beauty in Church Buildings
Dwight Longenecker Crux
Forget Millennials. How Will Churches Reach Generation Z?
Jonathan Merritt RNS
Rob Bell Discusses How to Read Violent Old Testament Stories
Relevant
The Coming Reconfiguration of Latter-Day Saint Politics
J. Spencer Fluhman Deseret
Romantic and Civic Nationalism
Peter J. Leithart First Things
Two Mississippi Students Decided to Join a Terrorist Group
Emma Green Atlantic
Russia's Religious Space: Jehovah's Witnesses as Extremists
Fred Weir CS Monitor
Is Evangelical Money Helping to Prop Up North Korea?
Suki Kim Washington Post
Female Pastors Bring Hope to War-Torn Middle East
Griffin Jackson Christianity Today
Pope Francis' Risky Egypt Trip
Maureen M. Ferguson FOX News
In Jewish History, the Number Seven Reigns Supreme
A. James Rubin The Gazette


Wednesday, May 3
The Changing Nature of Sacred Spaces
Wendy Cadge RealClearReligion
Why White Evangelicals Are "Splintering" Politically
Danielle Kurtzleben NPR
The Mistake Christians Made in Defending Bill O'Reilly
Katelyn Beaty New York Times
A Polygamy Trial in Canada Tests the Limits of Conjugal Freedom
The Economist
Talking With Antonin Scalia's Catholic Priest Son
Paul O'Donnell Washingtonian
Politics of YHWH: The Bible and War
Peter J. Leithart First Things
Tricky Interfaith Details: A Muslim in an Episcopal Pulpit
Terry Mattingly On Religion
Muslim Fears and Muslim Rights
Nerina Rustomji The Immanent Frame
Francis and Benedict: Two Divergent Approaches to Islam
Christopher Lamb RNS
Two Scenes From Pope Francis' Revolution of Tenderness
James Carroll New Yorker
Martin Luther and Spiritual Virtuosity
Tony Gill Research on Religion
The Biggest Megachurch on Earth Faces "Crisis of Evangelism"
Matthew Bell PRI


Thursday, May 4
New Trump Order Eases Political Restrictions on Churches
Kelsey Dallas Deseret
The Role of Religious Freedom Today
Francis Rooney RealClearPolicy
The Collapse of American Identity
Robert P. Jones New York Times
Why the Baptist Tradition Remains Largely American
Philip Jenkins Christian Century
By Whose Authority? Evangelicals and Women Bloggers
Hannah Anderson RNS
This Black Pastor Led a White Church—in 1788
Thabiti Anyabwile Christianity Today
Why a Spike in Religious Hate Crimes Should Worry All of Us
Matt Hadro CNA
Mother Angelica's Friars Keep Her Legacy Alive
Greg Garrison AL.com
Mormon Scholars Debate Joseph Smith's Role in Translation
Jana Riess Gazette
Blasphemy Laws: Not Just a Muslim Problem
Steve Pinkerton RealClearReligion
Secular Ninth-Grader Wins the International Bible Contest
Zoe Miller Tablet
Pope Francis Says Egypt Trip Promoted "Healthy Secularism"
John L. Allen Jr. Crux


Friday, May 5
A Religious Science Liturgy for the "Nones"
D. Ashley Campbell Religion Dispatches
Being Hip-Hop, Being Job, and Being
Julian DeShazier Sightings
Jesus Is Not a Zombie
Alexi Sargeant First Things
Will There Be a Next Billy Graham?
Tim Funk Charlotte Observer
A Brief History of the Christian Blogosphere
Editors Christianity Today
Inside Evangelical Leaders' Private White House Dinner
Elizabeth Dias TIME
Trump's Religious Liberty Order Is Worse Than Useless
David French National Review
Trump Just Gave White Evangelicals a Big Boost
Sarah Pulliam Bailey Washington Post
The Protestant Legacy of Liberty
Alec Ryrie Wall Street Journal
Bible Belt State Considers Death Penalty Flaws
Bobby Ross Jr. Religion News Service
Dispute Between Church and State Spills Onto Playground
Frank Ravitch RCReligion
A New Yorker Editor Picks 7 of His Favorite Jewish Cartoons
Gabe Friedman JTA
Saturday, May 6
A Church Closes, But Where Does Its Pipe Organ Go?
Holly Meyer The Tennessean
A Slain Nun, an Exhumed Priest, and Netflix
Alison Knezevich Baltimore Sun
Playing "Call of Duty" While Muslim
Ahmed Ali Akbar BuzzFeed
Who Are Jehovah's Witnesses?
Mathew Schmalz RealClearReligion
The Land of Athanasius and Its Lessons
Charles J. Chaput First Things
St. Augustine and the Benedict Option
Alexander Lucie-Smith Catholic Herald
The Many Colors of Betrayal
Dennis O'Brien Christian Century
A Preacher Was Once Arrested for Saying the Word "Fork"
Daniel Silliman WaPo
How Politics Has Gotten Pastors in Trouble Before
Jaweed Kaleem LA Times
New Religious Liberty Order Disappoints Conservative Christians
The Economist
The American Health Care Act's Prosperity Gospel
Vann R. Newkirk II The Atlantic
Egypt and the End of the Secular Middle East
Philip Jenkins The American Conservative
Monday, May 8
Supermarket Puts Catholic Social Teaching to Use
Peter Jesserer Smith NC Register
Vatican Scientist Calls on Scientists Who Believe to "Come Out"
John Allen Crux
The Ethics of Being a David Foster Wallace Fan
Cameron McAllister CaPC
Cara Lea Burnidge on Religion and Woodrow Wilson
Tony Gill Research on Religion
R.R. Reno's Take on America's New Cold War
Terry Mattingly GetReligion
Secularism, Christianity, and Cultural Renewal
Charles J. Chaput Public Discourse
Duke Divinity Crisis: The Documents Are Out
Rod Dreher The American Conservative
How Immigration Policy Intersects with Christianity
Ed Stetzer Christianity Today
Trump To Clergy: "Say What You Want to Say"
Julie Zauzmer Washington Post
Meet Dr. Parker, a Southern Christian Abortion Provider
Nicholas Kristof NY Times
How Life Should End
Martin E. Marty Sightings
Meet the Jews Defying the Taboo of Proselytizing
Sam Kestenbaum The Forward


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