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Need to know: Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Attacks on Muslim Americans fuel increase in hate crime, F.B.I. Says
The rise in these crimes seems to have spiked in just the last week, with reports of dozens of verbal or physical assaults that appear to have been fueled by election vitriol.
Jewish-Muslim alliance formed against anti-Semitism, Islamophobia
Two of the nation’s largest Jewish and Muslim advocacy groups formed an unprecedented partnership to fight bigotry, a partnership they said they would have formed no matter the outcome of the election.
The Bible gets a graphic makeover
This is the first time the complete text of the Bible has been made available as a graphic work, according to the publisher.
The last hurrah of white Christian America
The 2016 election was not primarily a religion story, writes Jacob Lupfer. Americans voted largely along the lines of race, education, and party identification.
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Religious environmentalists gird themselves for a Trump presidency
“I am dismayed and scared for what this means for the poor, for creation and for all of our descendants,” said Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb.
Muslim Americans reassure their children and prepare for a new day
Muslims expressed shock and disappointment at Trump’s election, but they were neither panic-stricken nor despondent. Mostly they spoke of the need to build stronger coalitions with fellow minorities.
Congregations spur members to have end-of-life conversations
A faith-related initiative started by journalist Ellen Goodman encourages congregational members to talk about a subject few want to discuss.
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Donald Trump and the end of the American civil religion
The president-elect has demonstrated that it's become a dead letter.
How Leonard Cohen taught Judaism to the world
Leonard Cohen was a singer, a poet -- and even a “rabbi,” writes Jeffrey Salkin, who really is a rabbi.
Discovering the other America we did not know
He knew his customers, and he made the sale, writes David Gushee.
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Bonus tracks
- Germany bans ‘True Religion’ Muslim group and raids mosques
- Did white evangelical support for Trump drop due to lower turnout?
- Lessons from the confessional on dealing with ‘cutting’
- Texas lawmaker wants to ban late-term abortions based on fetal abnormalities
- Conservative cardinals challenge pope over teachings on family
