Need to know: Thursday, April 28, 2016
5 faith facts about Carly: ‘What you make of yourself is your gift to God’
Sen. Ted Cruz announced that Carly Fiorina would be his running mate if he wins the GOP presidential nomination.
John Boehner calls Ted Cruz ‘Lucifer in the flesh.’
The former House Speaker said he'd vote for Donald Trump in the general election if Trump were the Republican presidential nominee, but never Cruz.
German cardinal tarred as ‘Antichrist’ for defending Muslims
Support for far right politicians who espouse anti-Muslim views has grown amid the influx of over 1 million immigrants to Germany last year.
Muslim theology faculties develop an ‘Islam for Germany’
The practical approach these faculties have taken contrasts sharply with the increasingly shrill declarations coming from Germany’s far-right.
Pope Francis skullcap fetches $18,000 in online auction
Not too shabby for an item linked to one of the world's sharpest critics of unfettered capitalism.
Bible and a brew: Groups get together to talk faith over a pint
Assemblages like 'Jesus + Beer' are part of a national trend of groups combining Bible study with elbow-bending.
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Majority of pastors suffer in silence over financial challenges
Research released from the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) this week shows that the majority of evangelical pastors in the United States serve in small churches with significant personal financial challenges. Pastors also report that they are not familiar with resources to help them and do not confide in anyone outside their household about financial stress.
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly – April 29, 2016
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Christians Countering Anti-Muslim Rhetoric – With suggestions of banning Muslims from coming to the US, “patrolling Muslim neighborhoods” and questioning whether Muslims are qualified to be president, there has been much negative rhetoric about Islam this election season. Kim Lawton reports on efforts in Nashville, Tennessee to counter the rhetoric through building personal relationships between Christians and Muslims. One of the leaders of the movement is Rev. Josh Graves, pastor of an evangelical megachurch.
Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life - What if scientists listening for it finally found it? -- somewhere out there in the billions of universes and galaxies beyond our own. How would finding real ET’s affect our religious beliefs? What might it tell us about ourselves? Lucky Severson talked with several “cosmo-theologians.” One told him he thought the chances of there being ET’s are so good it would be a miracle if there is not other life.
Holocaust Survivor Shabbat – Jews around the world commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, on May 5th. At a time when few Holocaust survivors remain, survivor Lola Byron shares her experience with teens at a Sabbath dinner aimed at encouraging future generations to know their history and be proud of the Jewish faith.
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Why picking a president shouldn’t be about individual choice
(RNS) With persistent focus on separating -- on the exit from common aims and projects -- people begin to assume others are doing the same. In this way of being, people become unmoored.
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Where have all the grown-ups gone?
About the scary decline of all major American institutions.
Stop being snarky about Judaism!
A humorist delivers a snotty interpretation of Passover. I am not amused.
Trump’s common sense on social issues
Republicans haven't seen his like in a presidential campaign for 20 years.
Odd baby names show Mormons are unique … like everyone else
Kaisen? Haizley? Wraylynn? Guest blogger Jennifer Mansfield explores what Mormons gain by giving their children such unusual names.
