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Need to know: Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Women bloggers spawn an evangelical ‘crisis of authority’
For many Christian women whose voices traditionally have not been heard by or represented in institutional churches, the internet has created new platforms to teach, preach and connect.
Black clergy decry Trump policies as detrimental to African-Americans
Leaders of congregations and denominations called on fellow African-Americans Monday to speak out against proposed plans they believe help the rich and hurt the sick and poor.
Barron Trump to attend Maryland’s St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in the fall
Though Donald Trump was raised Presbyterian, his son was baptized in 2006 at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, the same church where his parents married in 2005.
Nation of Islam ring, hat fetch high prices but documents pulled from auction
A ring worn by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad sold for $5,250 and his kofia for $32,500. But documents from the group were pulled from the auction after their ownership was challenged.
Trump is evangelicals’ ‘dream president.’ Here’s why.
This sense of grievance and cultural dispossession — the common ground between The Donald and the faithful — runs deep in evangelical Christian history, writes Michael Gerson.
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Latest news from RNS
Callista Gingrich will soon be named ambassador to Vatican – reports
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Callista Gingrich, 51, is a Catholic and wife of the former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich.
Myanmar arrests Buddhist nationalists accused of stoking tensions with Muslims
YANGON (Reuters) The arrests came after nationalists led by the Patriotic Monks Union raided flats in a Yangon district with a large Muslim population.
Christian militias kill up to 30 Muslim civilians in Central African Republic
(RNS) Hundreds of civilians are seeking refuge inside a mosque in the Central African Republic's border town of Bangassou, said a United Nations official.
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Rob Bell takes back the Bible
(RNS) Rob Bell says the Bible has been hijacked by fundamentalists, and it's time to take it back.
Mormons scale back involvement with Boy Scouts. What’s behind it?
Mormon leaders are trying to “create and maintain youth programs that do a better job of keeping LDS young people tied to the church,” writes RNS columnist Jana Riess.
Will JFK’s grandson become our first Jewish president?
A new category: Jews-by-surprise. It says more about us than about them.
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Bonus tracks
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- Nearly 50 percent are of no religion – but has UK hit ‘peak secular’?
- Performing abortion is “God’s work?” The real story of Christianity and abortion
- Horse trough baptisms: Different spaces mean churches get creative
- Sweden gives Bible tests to Christian asylum seekers
