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The former church Selexyz Dominicanen has been converted into a bookstore in Maastricht, Netherlands. Photo by Bert Kaufmann/Creative Commons
Need to know: Thursday, May 31, 2018
Europe: Not as secular as you think
"Christian identity remains a meaningful marker in Western Europe," says a new Pew Research Center survey. Despite low attendance at church, 64 percent of adults in the region consider themselves Christian.
Southern Baptists have more repenting to do
Cries for mercy from church leaders seemed to focus not on women's pain, writes Brian D. McLaren, but on the "humiliation' of the male-led denomination.
Employees quit American Bible Society over sex and marriage rules
The policies affect heterosexual cohabitants as well as gays and lesbians and shifts the organization toward a narrow evangelical identity.
Islam scholar Bernard Lewis’ legacy of disdain for Muslims
The esteemed historian and adviser to the Bush White House treated geopolitics and religion interchangeably, says Hussein Rashid, as if the Middle East were synonymous with Islam, and vice versa.
What Politics and Religion Could Learn From Science
What if religious and political bodies followed science's basic M.O.: Test assumptions against reality. Question simple explanations. Consider alternatives. Re-examine your methods. Study nature.
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United Methodist court opens door to petitions for special session on sexuality
The church's bishops recently recommended a solution for settling questions of ordination and marriage of LGBT members. But now individuals may submit their own, the denomination's top court ruled.
How evangelicals teamed up with the White House on prison reform
They championed a bill that would allow prisoners to join programs, such as faith-based classes and job-training programs, but its fate in the U.S. Senate is unclear.
Fearing extremist violence, Egypt silences 20,000 storefront mosques
The Egyptian government has banned preaching at 20,000 mosques as a precautionary measure to prevent extremist violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Irish vote shows need for new pro-life strategy
"Rarely have pro-choice laws been reversed," writes RNS columnist the Rev. Tom Reese. "This trend is not going to change. To think otherwise is simply ignoring reality."
Millennials: get over your faith phobia
Millennials tend to be squeamish about religion, but the experiences they say they’re seeking are the very ones faith groups do best, writes Aamir Hussain.
Ex-polygamist details flight from the FLDS and his half brother, Warren Jeffs
(RNS) — Wallace Jeffs lost almost everything when he spoke out against polygamous FLDS leaders and his half brother, Warren Jeffs. Now remarried and baptized into the mainstream LDS church, Wallace opens up in a chilling new memoir.
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