Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., from left, President Trump and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., pray during the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 7, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Need to know: Friday, February 8, 2019
Trump strikes muted tone at National Prayer Breakfast, plays up evangelical interests
'I will never let you down, I can say that — never,' Trump said to the attendees at the religious gathering.
Rabbi with a gift for fundraising among evangelicals mourned as friend
Yechiel Eckstein was the spark that ignited an appreciation and even love for Israel and for the Jewish people among evangelicals.
Nikahnama wants to bring back a lost Islamic marriage tradition
Nushmia Khan was tired of seeing Muslim couples treat their sacred marriage contracts as boring legalese. So last month, she launched a small business to help bring decorative keepsake Islamic marriage contracts to Muslim couples across the globe.
IRS’ ‘church parking tax’ sparks questions and concerns
An obscure provision of the 2017 tax overhaul may end up costing churches and other houses of worship.
The evolution of sin
Virtue and vice have long been inextricably linked to self-control. But lately we've been asking, what's it all for, writes Tara Isabella Burton.
Archbishop spent $473k in child abuse inquiry legal fees without proper authorization
The former Anglican archbishop of Perth, Roger Herft, has not been asked to repay funds used for legal expenses before royal commission.
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Religious leaders hope CAR peace deal will end church, mosque attacks
Religious leaders in the Central African Republic hope a new peace agreement will last.
Supreme Court: Execution of Muslim inmate can proceed
The inmate argued that Alabama's execution procedure favors Christian inmates because a Christian chaplain employed by the prison typically remains in the execution chamber during a lethal injection.
Andrew Brunson, back in US after detention, hopes to return to Turkey one day
The evangelical pastor recalled at an event hosted by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom that its commissioners were among the first people to visit him in prison after his arrest in 2016.
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There are no real evangelicals. Only imagined ones.
There are, in fact, many evangelicalisms and each has a different center and different boundaries, writes Kristin Kobes Du Mez.
Yechiel Eckstein was a bridge to Christian evangelicals
"The whole world hates us." Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein proved that wrong.
How blackface became a “thing”
A forgotten aspect of American Jewish history -- and its puzzling implications.
