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Paige Patterson preaches at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on Feb. 28, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo courtesy of SWBTS
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Seminary board fires Paige Patterson in dramatic turnabout
Accusations about a cover-up of an alleged rape, and a #MeToo groundswell, have felled one of the Southern Baptist Convention's most powerful figures.
Catholic diocese quits Maine Council of Churches
After losing an informal veto on the ecumenical group's positions, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is withdrawing to preserve its "public moral witness."
Bishop Michael Curry walks a fine line in the political fray
Can the Episcopal Church's presiding bishop use his royal wedding fame to bolster a resurgent religious left? Does he want to?
St. Paul archdiocese to pay $210M to clergy abuse victims
The payout will be the second-largest in the scandal that has rocked Catholic Church.
Did Trump’s presidency come from God?
“The Trump Prophecy,” about a firefighter who in 2011 said God told him Trump would be president, is dividing evangelical Liberty University, which produced the film.
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Rabbinical court in Israel rejects ‘liberal’ American rabbis
Israel’s rabbinical court system no longer recognizes the authority of more than 120 rabbis ordained at a modern-Orthodox rabbinical school in New York, a recently discovered document has revealed.
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.
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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.
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.
The challenge to Catholicism’s consistent ethic of economic life
It's internal, and it's been going on for over 30 years.
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