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Need to know: Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Hollywood reworks Muslim stereotypes
Muslims have been portrayed as “good” or “bad” in many films and television shows, but Hollywood is moving to change this by asking Muslims to become part of the creative process.
Turns out that Chewbacca mask lady is a worship leader
Now Candace Payne wants to use her viral fame to share the gospel.
Santorum endorses Trump after ‘long heart-to-heart’
“The most important issue is preserving the Constitution of this country and a liberal Supreme Court will destroy it,” said Santorum, a Catholic considered a top spokesman for social conservatives.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter quits priesthood after marrying a woman
The Rev. Mpho Tutu told local media that since the Anglican Church of South Africa does not recognize her marriage, she could no longer serve it.
Richard Dawkins speaks out
“I’m all for offending people’s religion,” says the famous atheist in a new interview following his mild stroke, adding: “Rationality ought to be polite and humorous. Aggressive atheism is sometimes attributed to me, but I think wrongly.”
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Key Tunisian party renounces political Islam
The most successful Islamist party to emerge from the Arab Spring voted to take religion out of its politics and operate instead as “Muslim democrats.”
Missouri Synod set for fight over who should preach to Lutherans
HAMEL, Ill. — While the pool of men answering the call to enter seminary has shrunk in recent decades, some want to enforce higher standards on ministers who aren’t ordained.
Kenneth Starr reportedly fired for handling of university sex assault scandal
(RNS) The former investigator of the Lewinsky affair is reportedly felled over a sexual abuse scandal at the nation's largest Baptist university.
Bone fragment of murdered archbishop of Canterbury begins English pilgrimage
LONDON (Reuters) A fragment of bone belonging to the murdered archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, has returned to England from Hungary for the first time in 800 years.
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The ‘us vs. them’ ideology of radical Salafis
(RNS) It lets ISIS militants sleep peacefully at night.
Why the culture wars rage on
(RNS) Transgender rights are the latest flare-up, pitting those who view freedom as flourishing within the body we’ve received, and those who view freedom as overcoming and redefining the body.
Mormons, Evangelicals, and the Trinity
Evangelical seminary president Richard Land said yesterday that the Mormon Jesus is not our Jesus. But instead of focusing on actual differences, like Mormons' and evangelicals' views on the Trinity, his remarks reveal a deep misunderstanding of Mormon theology.
Can music be your religion?
Tobin Grant sticks to the view that what makes something a religion is a connection to the supernatural.
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