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Need to know: Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Southern Baptist leaders stand by Moore after his apologies
“For us not to stand in affirmation of the principles that Dr. Moore has espoused would be unfaithful to the mission entrusted to us by the Convention,” writes the Executive Committee of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
Trump’s budget slashes aid to the poor. Would Jesus have a problem with that?
The question has been roiling Christian commentators on social media in recent days, with many on the left arguing that of course Jesus would be outraged by sharp cuts in assistance to the poor while the exegetes on the right took the opposite view.
In ‘turbulent times,’ 500 rabbis look for ways to resist and cope
President Trump has given progressive-minded rabbis much to resist and counter, and it’s exhausting work, says Andrea London, who with more than 500 other rabbis is attending a conference of Reform rabbis this week.
Mark Noll, scholar of evangelicalism, wonders if it exists
“If when people hear ‘evangelical’ they think of something political first, then the serious meaning of the word is gone,” says Noll, author of “The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.”
Divine patience in confused times
“I don’t identify with all of the causes of the Religious Right, and even when I agree I strongly dislike the warring spirit,” writes Richard Mouw in his new RNS column, “Civil Evangelicalism.”
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Saints, American Christianity face off in religious March Madness alternatives
Both Lent Madness, a matchup of saints, and American Jesus Madness, a matchup of people and issues lifted from headlines and Christian culture, ensure the faithful don’t sit on the sidelines during the NCAA basketball tournaments.
Pope asks forgiveness for church role in Rwanda genocide
In a meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Francis said on Monday he hoped his apology would help promote peace in the African country.
Prague’s synagogue gets first new Torahs since World War II
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Reuters) - The Old-New Synagogue is over 700 years old, one of the oldest existing synagogues in Europe.
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An ethical analysis of the ‘New Sanctuary Movement’
RNS columnist David Gushee says that if his church provided sanctuary to undocumented immigrants it would still be breaking the law, and subject to prosecution.
Mormon women have more cosmetic surgery … or not
Sexism is alive and well in Mormon culture, and there is definitely a certain Disneyfied “look” to the Mormon feminine ideal. But Mormon women overall are no more likely to have had cosmetic surgery than the national average, writes Jana Riess.
Sebastian Gorka is bad for the Jews. And America.
(RNS) If Sebastian Gorka quacks like a Hungarian fascist, it's because he probably is.
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Bonus tracks
- Author Esther Emery on her year without internet and how she reconnected with God
- Vandals charged with turning a Jewish family’s menorah decoration into a swastika
- How Trump hijacked the religious right
- A retired police chief is detained at JFK for one reason: His name is Hassan
- US Muslims and Jews strengthen bonds amid acts of bigotry
