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	Martini Judaism Is it time to retire the term ‘Zionism’? Jeffrey Salkin (RNS) — Zionism is the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. But is that all it means? Two Jewish thought leaders have it out.
	The State of Belief Religious Liberty for All: Celebrating This Founding Freedom at America 250 Paul Brandeis Raushenbush The release of a new report promoting an inclusive, pluralistic vision of this foundational American value.
	Complexified Philip Reed-Butler, Black AI and the future of healing Rev. Amanda Henderson (RNS) — A theologian and technologist is building Black AI for the inner life, where healing begins with imagination.

	Saved by the City Katelyn and Roxy talk to Malcom Foley about the insidious legacy of greed on countries, systems and individuals.
	Martini Judaism (RNS) — Zionism is the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. But is that all it means? Two Jewish thought leaders have it out.
	The State of Belief The release of a new report promoting an inclusive, pluralistic vision of this foundational American value.

Charles J. Russo

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

(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.

Michael Bruening

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

(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.

Iqbal Akhtar

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

(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.

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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5	news Pastor Saeed Abedini, former political prisoner in Iran, accused of abducting daughter

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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