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Karen Swallow Prior

Texas should ask not whether to require Bible reading in schools — but why

(RNS) — If the purpose is to teach students to read rich literary texts to better equip them to understand and appreciate literary and cultural traditions, then teaching key passages from the Bible is an excellent idea.

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Can AI Make Us More Human?

Can AI make us richer, freer, and more human—or just turn efficiency into the newest thing we worship?

Charles C. Camosy

Pope Leo, come to Silicon Valley

(RNS) — Twice in the last 135 years, the actions of a pope sparked massive global changes that met the cultural moment. The AI race is another such moment to meet.

Texas approves mandatory Bible readings in public schools, reigniting a century-long debate

Charles J. Russo

(The Conversation) — American courts have heard cases over the Bible’s role in classrooms for more than a century. Whether lessons are constitutional depends on their purpose.

500 years ago, the first New Testament in English was published – and stirred up a hornet’s nest

Michael Bruening

(The Conversation) — William Tyndale’s translation, published in 1526, was based on a then-radical idea: Anyone should be able to read the Bible in their own language.

Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began

Iqbal Akhtar

(The Conversation) — Muslims were woven into both America’s founding population and its labor force, writes a scholar of Islam on the nation’s 250th anniversary.

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3	news How women pastors became public enemy No. 1 in the SBC
4	news Which Bible passages are in Texas’ proposed student reading list? Here’s what the sections reveal.
5	news Vatican blocks women’s homilies, testing Leo’s view of women in church

A Christian nation? At 250, America is still fighting over what that means

These houses of worship are older than America. How they outlasted wars, schisms and lawsuits.

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