Pastor Tim Kim (center), members and guests of Root & Branch Church gather for a “dinner church” service Aug. 25, 2019, in Palmer Square Park in Chicago. RNS photo by Emily McFarlan Miller
Need to know: Friday, August 30, 2019
Dinner church movement sets the table for food, faith and friendships
Dinner churches are popping up across the country in churches in a number of denominations, conservative and progressive, urban and rural and everything in between.
Buttigieg walks fine line in courting religious left
'There is something going on that is so much bigger than party politics right now,' Buttigieg said. 'It’s a kind of stirring or reawakening.'
Lawsuit: LA Sheriff’s Department denied Muslim inmates’ religious needs
Besides lacking halal meals, the lawsuit alleges, the Men's Central Jail failed to schedule Friday prayer, while Christians were allowed a weekly Bible study.
Pete Buttigieg: Religious left is ‘stirring’
Buttigieg spoke with Religion News Service to discuss sin, immigration, being a religious millennial and whether he can rally the support of a burgeoning religious left movement.
Choosing to die well
A controversy over a Seattle man’s blessing at a Catholic church points up the differences between a peaceful death and assisted suicide, writes Thomas Reese.
The android priest that’s revolutionizing Buddhism
Although some critics have compared it to "Frankenstein's monster," a robot named Mindar has gone down well with colleagues, who say it's doing wonders for the spiritual tradition founded by Siddhartha Gautama over 2,500 years ago.
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India seeks to portray sense of calm in locked-down Kashmir
NEW DELHI (AP) — By limiting the ability of journalists to report on the region, critics of the Indian prime minister say, India's government has whitewashed coverage of resistance to the new policy of direct rule in Kashmir.
US agency: Hospital forced nurse to participate in abortion
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The case is the latest in a Trump administration effort to apply federal 'conscience' laws that have been on the books but are rarely enforced.
Judge denies nuclear protesters’ religious freedom defense
A U.S. district court judge found the activists were sincere in their religious faith but that the government had a compelling interest to charge them with three felonies and a misdemeanor.
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Which religions support gun control in the US?
With mass shootings becoming a regular occurrence, it’s worth dissecting which Americans support gun control, and how they affiliate religiously -- or don’t.
King’s dream and Emmett Till’s death capture warring soul of our nation
August 28 is the anniversary of both Martin Luther King Jr.’s 'Dream' speech and the lynching of Emmett Till, eight years apart, writes Kelly Brown Douglas.
Our major parties offer no place for a rising moral middle
Millions of American voters believe that we must uphold the dignity of every human from conception to natural death while ensuring access to food, shelter, education and health care, writes Charles C. Camosy.
