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How women have cultivated religious authority at LA’s Women’s Mosque of America
(RNS) — Author Tazeen M. Ali said the Women’s Mosque of America ‘has global implications for how we study Islam.’
SBC Executive Committee rejects nominee Jared Wellman and restarts search for CEO
(RNS) — Critics of the Texas pastor questioned his role in the search process as former Executive Committee chair and wondered why interim President Willie McLaurin, who is Black, had been passed over.
Yeshiva University spans Muslim/Jewish divide in new UAE-based conference
(RNS) — The flagship Modern Orthodox university is joining the Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities in Dubai for the first conference of its kind.
Jews, Muslims, Sikhs get coronation role as king reaches out
(AP) — Charles, the supreme governor of the Church of England, faces a very different country than the one that adoringly celebrated his mother’s coronation in 1953.
Pope speaks of secret peace ‘mission,’ help for Ukraine kids
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — 'There’s a mission that’s not public that’s underway; when it’s public I’ll talk about it', the pope said.
Pope voices willingness to return Indigenous loot, artifacts
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — “The Seventh Commandment comes to mind: If you steal something you have to give it back,” Francis said during an airborne press conference en route home from Hungary.
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Can evangelicalism survive its white, straight, conservative victory?
(RNS) — A new history of evangelicalism recounts the damage of the movement’s repeated purges.
What Socrates’ ‘know nothing’ wisdom can teach a polarized America
(The Conversation) — Athens was deeply polarized over big-picture questions, and Socrates was never hesitant to question both sides’ assumptions – or his own.
Are some human rights more important than others? Religious freedom advocates often put it first
(The Conversation) — Religious freedom has grown more important in US foreign policy – but does that come at the expense of promoting other human rights?
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United Methodist bishops meet, look to pivot after 2,400+ churches disaffiliate
CHICAGO (RNS) — United Methodist bishops from across the globe are meeting this week for the first time in person since the COVID-19 pandemic.
In NC, a church network turns unused church buildings into homes for refugees
(RNS) — A glut of underutilized church properties offers a solution to the severe shortage of affordable housing for newly arrived refugees.
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