Week of May 22, 2017 Archives

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Monday, May 22
Believers and Haters: Social Media Connects Faith Leaders
Kelsey Dallas Deseret
Meet the Minister Making Room for Refugees in Dallas
Anne Petersen BuzzFeed
Updating the American Spirit
Martin E. Marty Sightings
Pregnancy and Abortion at Christian Schools
Sheryl Gay Stolberg New York Times
Diversity Trouble at Duke Divinity
Carl W. Kenney Religion News Service
The Military, Suicide, and Faith
Tony Gill Research on Religion
What Does Christianity Teach About Protecting Yourself?
Richard Ostling Patheos
The Challenge of Fatima
William Doino Jr. First Things
Do Protesters Have a Right to Crash Worship Services?
Terry Mattingly GetReligion
Franklin Graham Is the Evangelical Id
Emma Green The Atlantic
The Theology Beneath the Trump-Comey Conflict
Steven Weitzman Christianity Today
Trump's Two Minds on Islam
Daniel Burke CNN


Tuesday, May 23
Can a Cyberattack Trigger a "Just War"?
Lauren Markoe Religion News Service
Thomas Merton on Christian Nonviolence
Gregory Hillis ABC Religion & Ethics
Christian Fiction Keeps Its Allure
Lynn Garrett Publishers Weekly
The Shifting Standards for Morally Acceptable Behavior
Kelsey Dallas Deseret News
The Life and Times of Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra TGC
Churches, Synagogues Openly Defy Immigration Crackdown
Scott Pelley CBS News
Prisons Use Cult Tactics to Brainwash Inmates Into Religion
Amanda Knox Broadly
What Pence Said About Global Persecution of Christians
Terry Mattingly On Religion
U.S. Bishops, Trump Diverge Over Budget Priorities
Kevin Clarke America
A Very Simple Act That Endeared Trump to Israelis
Naomi Zeveloff The Atlantic
What Trump Missed in His Address on Tolerance
David Mislin RealClearReligion
The Debate Surrounding Religious Rules for Slaughtering Animals
The Economist


Wednesday, May 24
The Pope and President Trump: A Tale in 10 Tweets
Daniel Burke CNN
Why Trump Needs the Vatican and the Vatican Needs Trump
Kelsey Dallas Deseret
A Vatican Meeting, and a Clash of Moral Visions
Matthew Sitman Bloomberg View
CBN Television Chief on Christians, Israel, and Trump
Emily McFarlan Miller RNS
Americans Want to Avoid Shame, Make Loved Ones Proud
Bob Smietana LifeWay
The Book of Mormon Gets the Literary Treatment
Grant Shreve Religion & Politics
Ben Franklin and George Whitefield on the Purpose of Education
Thomas Kidd TGS
A Heretic at Duke Divinity School
Peter Berkowitz Wall Street Journal
Muslims, Jews, and Women in America
The Economist
Contesting the Re-Primitivism of the West
Graham McAleer Library of Law & Liberty
Reformation 500, Where Germany Committed Genocide
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra CT
Israeli Settlers Were Once Secular Hippies
Emma Green The Atlantic


Thursday, May 25
Vatican Stargazers Look for Divine Inspiration
Josephine McKenna RNS
"The Handmaid's Tale," and Ours
Ross Douthat New York Times
Evangelical, Sacramental, and Pentecostal Christians Together
Michael Bird CT
School Defends Denying Pregnant Teen Graduation "Walk"
Adelle Banks USA Today
The Strange Hypocrisy of the Notre Dame Protests
Cleta Mitchell RealClearReligion
The War on Tenure
Jennifer A. Frey First Things
America's Culture War on Russia
Rod Dreher The American Conservative
Trump's Trip to Israel Was Crucial to His Evangelical Base
Sarah Pulliam Bailey WaPo
Why Did Melania Trump Cover Her Hair at the Vatican?
Amita Kelly NPR
Why It Was Once Unthinkable for the President to Meet the Pope
David Mislin RCR
Catholic Populists Respect Pope, But Love Trump
Anna Momigliano The Atlantic
Pope Francis Gives Trump a Little Homework
Daniel Burke CNN


Friday, May 26
Six Ramadan Questions Answered
Mohammad Hassan Khalil RealClearReligion
College Freshmen Are Less Religious Than Ever
Allen Downey Scientific American
The Paradoxes of America's Religious Families
Betsy VanDenBerghe RealClearReligion
Mormon Boy Scouts Split Has Been a Long Time Coming
Chris Tanner Dallas News
Benjamin Franklin's Complicated Faith
Thomas S. Kidd Wall Street Journal
Why Is Christian Rap Pushing Mainstream?
Jonathan Merritt Religion News Service
Martin Luther: Father of Protest Songs?
Andrea Valentino BBC
Benedict Is Still Living, Francis Is Trying to Bury Him
Matthew Schmitz First Things
Black Ministry Students at Duke Say They Face Racism
Nick Chiles NPR
Pro-Life Evangelical: Heath Care Bill Fails to Protect Vulnerable
Katelyn Beaty Vox
To Evangelicals, Trump Is the Whirlwind. And That's Fine.
Jon Ward Yahoo News
Why Reinhold Niebuhr Still Haunts American Politics
Editors Christianity Today
Saturday, May 27
What We Can Learn From the Dutch on Memorial Day
Richard Mouw RNS
Panhandler Crack Down: Wrestling With Conscience
Bobby Ross Jr. USA Today
Time for a Populist Bioethics Commission
Wesley J. Smith First Things
These Creationists Have a Big Plan for Recruiting Believers
Karen Heller WaPo
The Freedom and Chaos of Sola Scriptura
Mark Galli Christianity Today
The Hidden Roots of Betsy Devos's Educational Policies
Willemien Otten Sightings
Q&A: Did Richard Nixon Have a Religious Side?
Kelsey Dallas Deseret News
Catholic First Lady: A Story Hiding in Plain Sight
Terry Mattingly GetReligion
Can Catholic Theology Thrive at a Public University?
Nichole M. Flores America
Pope Francis Shakes Up His Cardinals
Christopher Lamb The Gazette
During Ramadan, Home Cooks Shine
Tejal Rao New York Times
What Is the Shia-Sunni Divide?
Ken Chitwood RealClearReligion


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