Week of August 7, 2017 Archives

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Monday, August 7
FBI: Islamic Center Blast Caused by Improvised Explosive Device
Peter Cox MPR
The Reinvention of the Christian Broadcasting Network
Tara Isabella Burton Vox
Why Are There No New Major Religions?
Jon Emont The Atlantic
Serving God By Suing Others
Kelsey Dallas Religion News Service
The Hindu Festival That Celebrates the Brother-Sister Bond
Mathew Schmalz RNS
Rulers, Religion and Riches--Why the West Got Rich
Christopher Kissane Guardian
In Texas, Little Separation Between Church And State
Ari Feldman Forward
Muslims Must Ostracize Anti-Semitic Imams
Farahnaz Ispahani Huffington Post
What Should Evangelicals Think About the Shroud of Turin?
Joe Carter Gospel Coal.
Hillary Wants to Preach
Emma Green The Atlantic
Religion And Corporate America
Kenneth Kim Forbes
In Ireland’s Jerusalem, Forgiveness Is More Than a Platitude
Erasmus Economist


Tuesday, August 8
Was Jesus Crucified During a Solar Eclipse?
Eric Adler Kansas City Star
Is This Village the Birthplace of Three of Jesus' Apostles?
Michele Chabin RNS
Microchipping Employees Raises Apocalyptic Questions
Holly Meyer USA Today
God, Religion, and America's Addiction Crisis
Jeffrey Bloom Mosaic Magazine
How Chaplains Master the Art of Listening
Kelsey Dallas Deseret News
Margaret Taylor-Ulizio on Being a Canon Lawyer
Tony Gill Research on Religion
Trump's Evangelical Advisers Want to Meet With Pope
Michelle Boorstein WaPo
1 in 10 Protestant Churches Experience Embezzlement
Bob Smietana Christ. Today
Priest of Nature: Newton the Faithful
David Davis Wall Street Journal
Can Buddhism Help Us Overcome Biological Dissatisfaction?
Terry Gross Fresh Air
Sikhs in America: A History of Hate
A.C. Thompson ProPublica
Philosophy in the Islamic World
Carlos Fraenkel Los Angeles Review of Books


Wednesday, August 9
Assessing the Value of Buddhism, for Us and the World
Antonio Damasio NY Times
Science and Religion: Conflict or Consonance?
Alexander Stern Big Questions Online
"Game of Thrones" Made Me a Better Bible Reader
Caryn Rivadeneira Washington Post
How "Fiddler on the Roof" Inspired a Novel
Julia M. Klein Forward
Does the Faith Ingredient Improve Education?
Tony Carnes Journey Through NYC Relig.
What Does the Growth of Nondenominationalism Mean?
Aaron Earls Facts & Trends
The Last Church Food Stand at the State Fair
Courtney Crowder Des Moines Register
Top Mormon Leader Excommunicated
Peggy Fletcher Stack & David Noyce Salt Lake Trib.
Why Google's Firing Terrifies Social Conservatives so Much
Erick Erickson WaPo
How One Purist Tried to Save the Religious Right
Daniel Silliman Religion & Politics
Pope Francis Attacks Conservative Catholics — and Trump?
John Moody FOX News
The JCC Bomb-Threat Suspect Had a Client
Emma Green The Atlantic


Thursday, August 10
The Invisible Poems Hidden in One of the Oldest Libraries
Richard Gray The Atlantic
Formerly Incarcerated Men Build Kosher Caskets
Rick Nathanson Albuquerque Journal
Rabbi Lord Sacks on the Harrowing Choices of Believers
Terry Mattingly On Religion
A Letter to Jerry Falwell, Jr.
Richard Mouw Religion News Service
Democrats Divided Over Abortion Litmus Test
Josephine von Dohlen Our Sunday Visitor
Too Soon for Perry Noble's Second Chance?
Kate Shellnutt Christianity Today
The Woes of the Southern Baptist Convention
Lawrence Ware New York Times
A Catholic Church That Is a Home
Matthew Schmitz First Things
Pope Francis and the Convert Problem
Austen Ivereigh Crux
Religious Leaders Guided Jerusalem Through Crisis
Ahmad Melhem Al-Monitor
The WJC: Bringing Jewish History to Life
Menachem Rosensaft Huffington Post
Remembering Partition: 70 Years Since India-Pakistan Divide
Associated Press


Friday, August 11
How Churches Will Celebrate God During the Solar Eclipse
Kelsey Dallas Deseret
Elvis Never Lost His Faith — or His Love of Sacred Songs
Holly Meyer Comm. Appeal
Hypepriests: The Pastors Who Dress Like Justin Bieber
Sam Schube GQ
Seminaries Reflect Struggles of Mainline Churches
Ian Lovett Wall Street Journal
How Faith Led Hillary Clinton "Out of the Woods"
Daniel Burke CNN
Why Some Think "Fire and Fury" Is Perfectly God-Like
Michelle Boorstein WaPo
On North Korea, Christians Should Dial Back the Bellicosity
Mark Tooley Nat. Review
Patriotism and the Church: Churches Should Be Careful
Ed Stetzer Christianity Today
What Is Wrong With White Christians?
John Gehring Religion News Service
Why "Virtue Signaling" Isn't the Problem
Jane Coaston New York Times
Catholic Relief Services Looks to Change the World's Orphanages
Chaz Muth CNS
Muslims Set to Become Largest Faith Group by 2075
David O'Reilly Trust Magazine
Saturday, August 12
Elvis Presley and His American Trilogy of Baptisms
David Waters USA Today
The Advent of the Drive-In Church
Luke T. Harrington Christ & Pop Culture
Half in US Choose Cremation as Views on Death Change
Susan Scutti CNN
Conflict and Cooperation: Contested Sacred Space USA
Kimberly Winston RNS
The Priesthood Is a Heroic Vocation
Matthew Hennessey Wall Street Journal
How Much Do Catholic Priests Make?
Michael O'Loughlin America Magazine
Return of the Vocations Crisis
Marco Tosatti First Things
Most Companies Getting Birth Control Waivers Aren't Religious
Sarah Kliff Vox
Evangelicals, Trump and the Politics of Redemption
Peter Wehner RNS
The Use of Nuclear Weapons Is Inherently Evil
Mark Galli Christianity Today
Protestantism: The Unbridled Faith
Donald Devine Library of Law & Liberty
"Menashe" Looks, With Tenderness, at Hasidic Community
Alan Zilberman WaPo
Monday, August 14
How Will the Church Reckon With Charlottesville?
Emma Green The Atlantic
Time for All Christians to Denounce White Supremacy
Joshua DuBois The Daily Beast
The Curse of Identity Politics
Rod Dreher The American Conservative
Why White Supremacists Go After Jews
Yair Rosenberg Washington Post
Amid Nuclear Fears, Remember a Pope Helped Avert Armageddon
John Allen Crux
Bradley Wright on the Science of Sinning
Tony Gill Research on Religion
Mormon Counsel on Lunch With the Opposite Sex
Peggy Fletcher Stack Salt Lake Trib.
Christian Author Jen Hatmaker on Getting Books Banned
Emily McFarlan Miller RNS
Why Is America Crazy? Atlantic Cover Story Has Answer
Terry Mattingly GetReligion
Struggling, Congregations Look to Sell Houses of Worship
Vivian Wang NY Times
"Meet a Muslim" Events Hope to Dispel Misconceptions
Kristin J. Bender AP
Ranking Countries by Their Blasphemy Laws
The Economist


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