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Need to know: Thursday, September 29, 2016
On God and heaven, Americans are all over the map
A new study suggests Americans as a whole hold seemingly incompatible beliefs on the nature of God and heaven. And that’s not all.
Cool with contraception, Americans divide over transgender bathrooms and wedding services for gays
A Pew Research Center poll takes on the religious liberty versus discrimination question.
Trump jokes: ‘Raise your hand if you’re not a Christian conservative’
Donald Trump, touting the support he's received from evangelicals, called on his supporters at a rally in Iowa to identify themselves as "Christian conservatives."
Split over Donald Trump and cut off by culture wars, evangelicals despair
Long a reliable Republican voting bloc, many conservative evangelicals in central Iowa are appalled to find Trump their only alternative to Hillary Clinton.
Citing confusion, Springfield church changes name
The First Evangelical Free Church of Springfield became The Springs Church. A news release stated that “the old name would cause some confusion because people would think that the church was free from evangelicals, which is not the case at all.”
How Rahaf Khatib became the first hijabi runner on the cover of a U.S. fitness magazine
Rahaf Khatib is featured on the cover of the October 2016 issue of Women's Running.
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Trump, Clinton to trade jokes instead of barbs at Al Smith dinner
In a custom that goes back more than 70 years, the rivals will attend a black-tie Catholic fundraising dinner.
Pope Francis warns Syria aggressors they will face divine wrath
The pontiff's latest appeal came as he authorized a church charity to auction cars used during his recent trip to Poland to support those hard hit by the war.
2 Catholics to be honored on US stamps in 2017
(RNS) The Postal Service does not typically commemorate individuals involved in religion, and the two men's faith was not the most important factor in their selection.
More aid promised to poor elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union
Tens of thousands — some of them Holocaust survivors — have been promised $52 million in food and medical services.
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The best things Shimon Peres ever said
(RNS) Shimon Peres was not only one of the greatest statesmen in the world today. He was also one of the greatest truth-tellers.
Dismantling Mormon purity culture
Elizabeth Smart and others are taking aim at rape culture within Mormonism and America -- and getting results.
The key religious factor in the election
(RNS) Reconsidering the "poor, uneducated and easy to command" characterization of conservative religious voters. Maybe it's not all wrong.
So now I am a pastor
When I was 17, I felt called to be a pastor. Now I am one.
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