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Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Doug Jones and his wife Louise wave to supporters before speaking during an election-night watch party Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Need to know: Wednesday, December 13, 2017
5 faith facts about Doug Jones: Quiet Christian
While Roy Moore campaigned with a fundamentalist fervor, Jones' religious life has been one of quiet, consistent worship and church involvement.
Lighting Hanukkah candles under the swastika’s shadow
In 1932, just before Hitler’s rise to power, one German family's menorah shone brightly for all their neighbors to see. (Subscription may be required)
Religious broadcasters take aim at tech giants for ‘stifling’ conservative speech
The National Religious Broadcasters announced a new initiative to counter what it sees as the online suppression of Christian and conservative views that “are not congruent with ideas popular in Silicon Valley."
Renaissance art goes green in two exhibits at the Getty Museum
The shows bring a lushly imagined world of blooming gardens and frolicking animals to convey an old idea still with us today — that nature plays a role in faith.
AP: Rohingya methodically raped by Myanmar’s armed forces
Interviews with 29 women and girls now in Bangladesh bolster the U.N.’s contention that Myanmar’s armed forces are systematically employing rape as a ‘calculated tool of terror’ aimed at exterminating the Rohingya people.
A mind-bending translation of the New Testament
The text by scholar, theologian, and cultural commentator David Bentley Hart recaptures the awkward, multi-voiced power of the original.
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Jones wins in stunning Alabama upset
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