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Need to know: Thursday, April 13, 2017
Soul-searching at Princeton Theological Seminary
Tim Keller gave his lecture, did not get his award and returned to his church with his theological ideas intact. Jeff Chu weighs in on where that leaves the seminary that hosted this controversy.
Thousands of Christians expected for rapturous Holy Fire ceremony
The ceremony is described by Orthodox Christians as a “miracle” that occurs each year on the day preceding Easter, as a fire rises from the slab of stone where Jesus’ body was laid.
U.S. Sikhs launch ad campaign that looks to push back on hate
Sikhs in the United States are launching a million-dollar awareness campaign that aims to stop hate-fueled attacks by explaining who they are and what they believe.
Catholics build ‘intentional’ community of like-minded believers
A Catholic parish in Hyattsville, Md., is thriving by embracing the very orthodoxy other congregations have abandoned.
Marvel Comics’ less than marvelous Muslim mix-up
A new comic book was supposed to revive the X-Men series. Instead, it stirred up religious controversy.
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Israeli official accepts Spicer’s apology over Hitler remarks
The White House spokesman's assertion, made during the Jewish holiday of Passover, sparked instant outrage on social media and from some Holocaust memorial groups who accused him of minimizing Hitler's crimes.
The ’Splainer: Who are the Copts and why are they persecuted?
Once again, Egypt’s Copts are in the news; once again, as the victims of violence.
US Copts pray, raise money for victims of Egypt church bombings
Copts in the diaspora believe love and prayer will sustain families of loved ones who died or were injured in church bombings in Egypt. Egypt.
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An irrelevant war?
...I used the season to revisit old accounts of that war and what it shows about how religious and other leaders can get swept up and caught up in hyper-nationalism, patriotic idolatry, and loss of self-critical (or prophetic) perspective.
New Mormon publishing house aims to ‘reach people who feel they don’t have a place’
Yay! A new Mormon publishing company has come to town, with the aim of widening the LDS tent.
Sean Spicer’s worst alternative fact. Ever.
(RNS) It is time for Sean Spicer to resign. Or, visit the US Holocaust Museum. Or, both.
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Bonus tracks
- Good news! Faith motivates Kickstarter for newspaper to print hopeful headlines
- Frances FitzGerald on how evangelicals lost their way
- Crucified man had prior run-in with authorities
- Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday
- This new cannabis church pushes limits of Denver’s social-use pot law
