Andrew Brunson, an evangelical pastor from Black Mountain, N.C., arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey, on July 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
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Pence threatens Turkey over detained US pastor
The vice president called on Turkey to release Andrew Brunson and asked “believers across America” to pray for him.
With 330 million downloads, top Bible app celebrates 10 years
Ten years ago YouVersion became the internet's “Gutenberg Bible” on Apple's app store.
The billionaire yogi behind Modi’s rise
Baba Ramdev built a business empire with mass yoga camps and ayurvedic products. But does his pious traditionalism mask darker forces?
Radio hosts suspended for ‘turban man’ remark
Two New Jersey radio hosts have been suspended for their remarks about the state’s attorney general, Gurbir Grewal.
The world’s next religious freedom success story: Uzbekistan?
It's an unlikely poster child for religious freedom, but officials made their case during the State Department’s religious freedom ministerial.
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Bidding starts at $50K for Bible that went to moon
The tiny microform King James Bible went to the moon on the 1971 Apollo 14 space flight.
How the Mormon church’s past shapes its position on immigration today
(The Conversation) — Each July on Pioneer Day, Utahans revisit the story of the Mormon settlement of the Salt Lake Valley, an event that still has profound implications for how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints thinks about issues from immigration to the Bears Ears National Monument.
‘She is loose’: A historic group of female Lutheran bishops on #MeToo and the Holy Spirit
The ELCA has elected the largest number of female bishops in one year to lead the mainline denomination. We sat down with all of them.
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The Catholic Church needs a way to deal with bad bishops
(RNS) — Cardinal Sean O’Malley acknowledged this week that the church needs clearer norms and procedures for investigating and judging bishops. But O’Malley’s statement only raises further questions.
Let’s talk about the nation-state
Nation-states aren't that bad. It just depends on how you do it.
A religious freedom summit can’t undo Trump’s record on Islam
(RNS) — The religious freedom advocates at the State Department’s ministerial this week need to say plainly that Trumpism and international religious freedom contradict each other in ways we cannot ignore.
