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Need to know: Thursday, May 26, 2016
For UFO enthusiasts at Oregon festival, ‘it’s all extraterrestrial’
What’s the difference between belief in a religion and belief in the paranormal? Not much, some say.
InterVarsity leader: ‘I know what it’s like to live in a culture not my own’
Tom Lin recently was named the first nonwhite president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, the national ministry to 40,200 university students.
Native Americans protest a planned auction of sacred objects in France
Items for sale include ceremonial objects so sacred to the Hopi that members of the tribe object to having them even described.
As DNC executive, Leah Daughtry relies on Pentecostal faith
The woman tapped to oversee the Democratic National Convention says her Christian upbringing spurred a career in politics.
Influential Thai Buddhist monk too ill to face graft charges, say devotees
A stand-off in Thailand between investigators and a powerful Buddhist sect intensified after its influential abbot failed to appear at a police station.
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U.S. to seek death penalty against accused church shooter
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a white man accused of killing nine black parishioners in a racially motivated attack at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, last June.
Revisit Gabby Douglas on faith, fame
(RNS) "Faith plays a very big role in my life," the gymnast said in 2012.
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.
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Why Charleston shooting is both an obstruction of religion and a hate crime (but not terrorism)
What is a 'hate crime'? What is 'obstruction of religion'? How are they different from 'terrorism'?
Catholic colleges’ hypocritical opposition to unions
It's contrary to Catholic social teaching and undermines the Church's religious liberty campaign.
Mormon young women and priesthood: ‘Change the rhetoric or change the rules,’ says guest blogger
In this month's LDS youth magazine, one article tries to include young women in the exercise of priesthood, while the very next article excludes them. Guest blogger EmJen says we need better ways to teach girls about a priesthood they do not hold.
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Bonus tracks
- Seeing radical Muslims everywhere you look? Try ‘Islamophobin’!
- The Ken Starr-Baylor story shows how religious schools struggle to deal with sex assault
- Gospel For Asia faced staff exodus amid negative publicity
- Fewer churches are involved in politics, and that’s not good
- Indian synagogue held first Sabbath service in decades
