religious left
Booker and Warren fuse faith and politics in appeal to mainline preachers
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WASHINGTON (RNS) — Pairing religion with liberal politics, the two potential presidential candidates made an unusually direct appeal to mainline Christians.
SBC and women
Southern Baptists see ‘judgment of God’ in #MeToo reckoning
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(RNS) — For some Southern Baptists, the treatment of a seminary president removed from office for his comments about women rankled — especially among a younger generation of pastors who are trying to evangelize to a modern setting.
interfaith relations
Jewish group questions sainthood for WWII-era cardinal
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — A leading Jewish organization has criticized the Vatican’s decision to move World War II-era Cardinal August Hlond along the path to possible sainthood, saying the Polish primate was ‘extremely’ hostile to Jews and failed to condemn a 1946 pogrom.
literature
Philip Roth, acclaimed and controversial novelist who probed Jewish themes, dies at 85
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(RNS) — Though Roth was an avowed atheist, Judaism was a perennial theme in much of his work.
#MeToo
Paige Patterson removed as head of Southern Baptist seminary in #MeToo shake-up
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(RNS) — The departure represents the most dramatic example of the #MeToo movement pervading the top reaches of the Southern Baptist Convention.
science
The (holy) ghost in the machine: Catholic thinkers tackle the ethics of artificial intelligence
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(RNS) — As artificial intelligence begins to influence our everyday lives, Catholic thinkers grapple with the moral questions posed by the rise of the machines.
Putting Down Roots
In the US, Muslims are making slow inroads toward a greener Ramadan
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(RNS) — Stunning amounts of food waste produced in Muslim-majority nations during the holy month have led to a gradual awakening about Muslims’ responsibilities to the environment. Now, U.S. Muslims hope to lead their communities toward a zero-waste Ramadan – or at least a minimal-waste one.
clergy sexual abuse
Australian archbishop convicted of child sex abuse cover-up
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An Australian archbishop on Tuesday became the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in the world convicted of covering up child sex abuse and faces a potential two years in prison.
Roman Catholicism
Pope laments ‘hemorrhaging’ of priests and nuns in Europe
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis voiced alarm Monday at the ‘hemorrhaging’ of nuns and priests in Europe, saying many monasteries, convents and churches will close as fewer people are called to lives of religious service.
legacy
Episcopalians reflect on staying power of ‘the sermon that stole the show’
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(RNS) — Bishop Michael Curry’s address will be numbered among history’s great sermons ‘because of who he is, what he said, where he said it and how he said it.’
the good life
Miroslav Volf delves into the theology of joy: A Q&A
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(RNS) — The leader of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture talked about the difference between joy and happiness, biblical lessons on joy and how the average person can find joy.
presidents
Jimmy Carter gently jabs Trump at Liberty commencement
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(AP) — Former President Carter took a gentle poke at President Trump at the start of a commencement address to graduates of Liberty University in Virginia.
royal wedding
Episcopal Bishop Curry gives royal wedding an American flair
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(AP) — Nothing quite captured the trans-Atlantic nature of Saturday’s royal wedding as much as the guest preacher whose sermon brought American flair to a very English church service.
royal wedding
American bishop brings human rights focus to royal wedding
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(AP) — The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry also plans to join a march on the White House next week that rejects U.S. President Trump’s ‘America first’ stance as ‘theological heresy.’
presidents
Jimmy Carter to give address at Liberty commencement
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(AP) — Former President Carter will deliver the keynote address to about 18,000 graduates Saturday at the conservative Christian university in Lynchburg.