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President Trump meets with faith leaders inside the Oval Office on May 3, 2017. Photo by Pastor Mark Burns
Need to know: Friday, December 15, 2017
2017: In a less religious America, conservative Christians got the president’s ear, a museum and a day in court
The president’s embrace of evangelical politics, the biggest religion story of the year, shared front pages with a mass shooting at a Texas church, a Christian baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple, and the future status of Jerusalem.
Church-politics provision removed from tax bill
The tax bill passed by the House called for a repeal of the Johnson Amendment, but that provision won’t be in the final bill.
Australian probe into child abuse attacks Catholic celibacy
Recommendations include that the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference request that the Vatican consider introducing voluntary celibacy for clergy.
Everything you didn’t know about Christmas
Judith Flanders dispels myths and misunderstandings about Christmas in her new book, “Christmas: A Biography.”
Hundreds of Muslim travelers had their global entry airport privileges revoked
Customs and Border Protection revoked 429 Global Entry memberships for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Syria, and Yemen, says the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
A rediscovered latke recipe links generations beyond the grave
After Lindsey Rose Weiss saw her uncle use FaceTime to share a family holiday recipe she wondered if "modern technology is another miracle we should be celebrating during Hanukkah.”
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Theologian and religious broadcaster R.C. Sproul dies at 78
(RNS) — Sproul was known for his worldwide radio broadcast, 'Renewing Your Mind,' as well as dozens of books, including 'Everyone’s a Theologian.'
Kids’ holiday books: Christ, candelabras — and critters
(RNS) — Some are clearly rooted in religious messages, while others focus on family, kindness and generosity in ways that may appeal to interfaith and secular families – and everyone else.
Coroner: Accused state lawmaker’s death is apparent suicide
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Dan Johnson, a Republican state lawmaker in Kentucky and the pastor of Heart of Fire church in Louisville, had defiantly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the basement of his home.
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It’s time for a sexual counterrevolution
(RNS) — Thankfully, we can find in religions and secular ethics some powerful correctives to what is broken in sex culture today.
For Christian conservatives, it’s all about sex . . . and it’s been that way for a long time
Why has the Religious Right fixated on sex as the most important arbiter of morality? It's about power, says historian Marie Griffith, whose new book is out this week.
On the anniversary of Sandy Hook, a mother’s gratitude for her child’s faith
NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) — He has few words for the magnitude of what happened but I knew he had to work his own grief, and the way he did so would determine the way in which he walked through the world — whether he could live in faith and not fear.
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