NEWS STORY
RNS-TIJUANA-MUSLIMS: To help migrants and deported people, Latina Muslims seek to open Tijuana shelter
(RNS) — A group of Latina Muslims in San Diego are raising money to build a shelter across the border in Tijuana, Mexico, to not only assist the surge of migrants there, but also to help those who are deported from the United States. By Alejandra Molina. 659 words. (categories: a)
NEWS STORY
RNS-HARRIET-TUBMAN: Harriet Tubman, in movie and real life, guided by faith in fight for freedom
(RNS) — Harriet Tubman has long been heralded for escaping from slavery and returning to her place of enslavement to free her family members and friends but a movie provides details about how her pursuits were to her lifelong religious beliefs. By Adelle M. Banks. 1,100 words. (categories: a)
NEWS BRIEF
RNS-GOLDEN-RULE: One year before election, Christian leaders cross divides to call for ‘dignity and respect’
(RNS) — This Sunday (Nov. 3) marks exactly one year until the 2020 U.S. presidential election. And Christian leaders across theological and political divides are kicking off an initiative called “Golden Rule 2020: A Call for Dignity and Respect in Politics,” hoping the next 365 days won’t be a repeat of 2016’s divisive election season. By Emily McFarlan Miller. 400 words. (categories: a)
COMMENTARY
RNS-GEHRING-OPED: Denying Joe Biden communion will lead to empty pews
(RNS) — You don’t have to be a Christian, a Democrat — or even agree with Biden’s position that the government shouldn’t criminalize abortion — to recognize that denying him the Eucharist is a crass politicization of a holy sacrament. Jesus built his movement by instead making sure that the sinful came to the table. By John Gehring. 1,000 words. (categories: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-OLUPONA-OPED: A tribute to Mwalimu John Mbiti, patriarch of African philosophy and religion studies
(RNS) — In every generation there rises a mwalimu, someone who completely transforms the pace and trajectory of a scholarly tradition. Mbiti was one such scholar and his research and teaching have irrefutably shaped the academic study of African religion as we have come to know it today. The world is truly poorer with him gone. By Jacob K. Olupona. 1,070 words. (categories: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-CAMOSY-OPED: Facebook and the speech of religious pro-lifers
(RNS) — Facebook’s refusal to vet political ads for accuracy has brought outrage on the left, saying it leaves the network vulnerable to manipulation ahead of the 2020 election. But when it comes to issues like abortion, Facebook has shown that its sins are completely bipartisan. By Charles C. Camosy. 1,000 words. (categories: k)
COMMENTARY
RNS-Silk-Oped: Do the Democrats have a religion problem?
(RNS) — With the rise of the religiously unaffiliated, the so-called God gap matters less and less. Instead the Democrats need to find a way to strike a new spiritual chord on issues that appeal to young “Nones,” such as the environment. By Mark Silk. 900 words. (categories: k)
