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Need to know: Tuesday, September 19, 2017
This Rosh Hashanah, a passionate call to action
Rabbis have always seen their High Holy Day sermons as an opportunity to deliver a potent and impassioned plea, but this year rabbis across the spectrum say they feel a particular urgency to rouse their congregants to action.
Sociologist Rodney Stark gets cranky about religion
Columnist Jonathan Merritt interviews the eminent Baylor professor with “the subtlety of a sledgehammer” on topics including religion, atheism and the benefit of a little heresy.
Church says it did not ask pastor who denounced white supremacy to leave
A church spokesman rejects the claim by the Rev. Rob W. Lee IV, a descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, that members of his North Carolina church were unhappy about a speech he made on MTV’s Video Music Awards.
Rene Laurentin, investigator of celestial visions, dies at 99
The Catholic theologian was one of the world’s foremost students of Mariology, the theological exploration of the Virgin Mary.
The 11 sisters of Siervas are a rock band like ‘nun’ other
They take the stage wearing traditional black-and white habits but are anything but old school as they belt out songs to the ringing of electric guitar and a rock 'n' roll beat.
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Nabeel Qureshi, who shared conversion from Islam to Christianity, dies at 34
Qureshi, an author and apologist who wrote about his conversion from Islam to Christianity, died Saturday after a yearlong public battle with stomach cancer.
Seminary cancels talk by priest who urges dialogue with gays
Denunciations from far-right Catholic websites and some conservative Catholic writers have led to online campaigns to pressure Catholic institutions against hosting The Rev. James Martin.
21 boys who died in Islamic school fire buried in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The pre-dawn blaze Thursday at a three-story 'tahfiz' school, where Muslim boys study and memorize the Quran, blocked the lone exit from the dormitory, trapping students behind barred windows.
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Myanmar disaster another case of civilizational climate change
Xenophobic nationalism is the societal equivalent of global warming.
Another weird and wonderful Mormon novel from Steven Peck
BYU science prof and Mormon storyteller Steven L. Peck comes through with what may be his weirdest novel yet, and that's saying something. I absolutely loved it.
After 30 years, a farewell column
“Perhaps voices will emerge that will enable us to find new ways forward together, past the screaming and the litigation, through a return to deeper theological and ecclesial wellsprings. I pray that this is so,’” writes RNS columnist David Gushee.
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