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Need to know: Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Phyllis Schlafly, anti-feminist and early supporter of the religious right, dies at 92
She made herself the darling of the religious right by fighting against pay equity for women, abortion rights and illegal immigration.
Mother Teresa now officially ‘St. Teresa’
Pope Francis said she “made her voice heard before the powers of this world so that they might recognize their guilt for the crime of poverty they created.”
I want my prayer shawl back!
A pastor presents Donald Trump with a Jewish prayer shawl. Cultural appropriation, writes Rabbi Jeffery Salkin.
Saudi Arabia strives to prevent repeat of fatal crush at hajj
A year after a horrific hajj disaster, the Saudis are giving pilgrims electronic bracelets and using more surveillance cameras to avoid another tragedy.
A French imam’s argument for why Islam belongs in France
Tareq Oubrou has become France’s leading advocate for an Islam that is progressive, inclusive and, most of all, French.
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Trump calls for new civil rights agenda in visit to black church
Trump in recent weeks has been trying to shore up his support among minority voters.
First Church of England bishop comes out as gay
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Nicholas Chamberlain, the bishop of Grantham, has come out as the first Church of England bishop to openly acknowledge he is gay.
Supporters of women as priests see hope in pope’s openness to deacons
(RNS) The movement to ordain women as priests in the Roman Catholic Church isn’t new. But its supporters have seen glimmers of hope for their cause this summer.
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Watch the Mormon seminary curriculum transform before your very eyes!
Over the last two days, the LDS seminary lesson on prophets and revelation seems to have changed and then changed again, as the church apparently grapples with its understanding of race and revelation.
The death penalty killed Jesus. Is it killing us, too?
Christianity purports to follow a first-century rabbi who was convicted, jailed, and sentenced to die at the hands of the state beside two other convicted felons. Here's why it matters.
Two cheers for Russell Moore
Or, the crack-up of the religious right.
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