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	Saved by the City Q's Shift, Keller's Legacy and Our Negative World + Collin Hansen Katelyn Beaty and Roxanne Stone When 'winsome' becomes naive and cultural engagement gives way to culture war rhetoric.
	The State of Belief Whither America? July 4th with Dr. Robert P. Jones Paul Brandeis Raushenbush Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush checks in with Public Religion Research Institute President Dr. Robert P. Jones about the state of our democracy and society on the nation's 249th birthday
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	The State of Belief Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush checks in with Public Religion Research Institute President Dr. Robert P. Jones about the state of our democracy and society on the nation's 249th birthday
	Complexified When the world is on fire, what if the answer is a house concert?

Susan Goldberg

We’re still fighting for migrants’ dignity in Los Angeles

(RNS) — The deepest tenets of our religions move us to stand with families, congregants and neighbors who are facing the cruelty and scapegoating by the administration.

Sharon Risher

Dylann Roof killed my mom and cousins. But I still oppose the death penalty.

(RNS) — The death penalty is racist, implemented unfairly and only extends the grief of victims’ families.

Jeffrey Salkin

Not every struggle requires a Nazi metaphor

(RNS) — Not every terrible thing is a Holocaust. Not every evil person is Hitler.

A volunteer finds the Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents in Massachusetts

Michael Casey

GROTON, Mass. (AP) — The document offers a glimpse into an emerging debate over slavery in the 18th century in the Northeast.

Tibetans in exile wonder: Will the next Dalai Lama be as charismatic as this one?

Sheikh Saaliq

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — For decades, the 14th Dalai Lama has sustained a nation in exile and managed to build a community that’s kept the Tibetan culture and identity alive. When his death comes, it will pitch the global Tibetan community into uncertainty, perhaps for years.

Vatican says leaked documents were only part of information Pope Francis used to restrict Latin Mass

Nicole Winfield

ROME (AP) — The publication of the documents this week revived the debate in the Catholic Church over the Latin Mass, suggesting that whoever leaked them aimed to put pressure on Pope Leo XIV to address the dispute just as his pontificate is getting under way.

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