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Need to know: Thursday, July 14, 2016
After recent shootings, white churches take stock on race
Some clergy are thinking that if they haven’t spoken out on racial injustice before, the time is now.
White evangelicals overwhelmingly back Trump, survey says
He’s not their dream candidate, but they prefer him to Clinton.
‘God’s Not Dead 2’ billboard nixed at GOP convention after being called ‘incendiary’
There will, however, be a billboard advertising atheism at the Republican National Convention.
European court backs woman dismissed in France for wearing head scarf
The advisory opinion released by the European Court of Justice does not fully settle the fraught issue of religious attire in the workplace.
‘Together’ is a modern-day evangelical revival
Complete with TED Talks, hip-hop and no politics, it might be one of the bigger Christian outreach events in decades.
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Funerals held for slain police
DALLAS -- Thousands of police officers joined by ordinary citizens attended funerals for three of the policemen shot dead in a racially motivated ambush attack last week that intensified America's long-running debate on race and justice.
Canada’s Anglican Church provisionally approves same-sex marriage ceremonies
TORONTO (RNS) If it passes a second reading, the Canadian church will join the Episcopal Church, which formally approved marriage ceremonies regardless of gender in 2015.
Obama in Dallas: ‘Joy comes in the morning’
The president dug deep into Scripture at the memorial service for the fallen Dallas police officers.
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Ten reasons Facebook died for me last Friday
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Barack Obama, Lincolnesque theologian
His speech in Dallas bears comparison with Lincoln's Second Inaugural.
Satan to keynote Republican National Convention
Cleveland, Ohio (RNS) The Evil One will speak on the darker side of Trump’s campaign theme “Make America Great Again… For Angry White Men” with a message on “Make America Hell Again… for Everyone Else.”
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