People participate in the “Prayerful Protest,” a march in memory of George Floyd and against police brutality, in Brooklyn, New York, on June 2, 2020.
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Need to know: Thursday, July 2, 2020
Evangelical leaders are speaking up about race — but will this new focus last?
Highlights of a forthcoming study, which looks at racism, biblical interpretation and church cultures, may indicate a long struggle ahead.
In video, Cardinal Pell details his time in prison before being cleared in abuse case
The newly released video is the cardinal’s first public appearance since he was acquitted. In it he said that though prison was ‘an adventure I would not have chosen,’ he had ‘survived it.’
Michael Hickson, man with disability, dies after Texas hospital ends COVID treatment
Michael Hickson, quadriplegic, husband and father of five, died June 11 after a hospital denied him treatment for COVID-19 and due to his preexisting disabilities.
The Supreme Court expands the scope of religious free exercise
And Clarence Thomas gets some company, writes Mark Silk.
Valarie Kaur: ‘Revolutionary love is showing up in the labor for justice’
The filmmaker, lawyer and civil rights activist talks about her debut book, ‘See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love,’ writes Simran Jeet Singh.
Catholic priest in Indiana suspended after calling Black Lives Matter protesters ‘maggots’
The Rev. Theodore Rothrock’s diatribe against Black Lives Matter got him suspended from his church in Carmel, Indiana.
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Keeping safe while serving, church groups tackle pandemic and protests
Through a series of crises, church leaders have had to navigate how to meet people’s needs while keeping their volunteers safe.
‘Greenleaf’ star Deborah Joy Winans says her TV family reflects real life
The final season features the aftermath of Charity Greenleaf helping a church conglomerate take over the fictional Calvary Fellowship World Ministries.
Alabama death row inmate hopes courts will allow chaplain by his side at execution
After a Muslim inmate’s request for an imam at his execution was denied, Alabama banned all chaplains from death chambers.
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The K-pop election
On the eve of the 2020 elections, Gen Z-ers are on the verge of using their digital tools to counteract the political establishment, writes Tara Isabella Burton.
The five doctrines of ex-Mormonism
When Mette Harrison was an active Mormon, she found that many members of the LDS Church engaged in rigid, dogmatic thinking. Now she notices the same thing about the ex-Mormon community, just in reverse.
The attack on Althea Bernstein is an attack on all people
(RNS) — A Black, Jewish woman is attacked. Of course, it matters.
