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Many faith groups are grappling with the ethics of articifial intelligence. Image courtesy of Pixabay/Creative Commons
Need to know: Thursday, May 24, 2018
The (holy) ghost in the machine: Catholic thinkers tackle artificial intelligence
As artificial intelligence begins to influence our everyday lives, Catholic thinkers grapple with the moral questions posed by the rise of the machines.
Paige Patterson removed as head of Southern Baptist seminary in #MeToo shake-up
The departure represents the most dramatic example of the #MeToo movement pervading the highest reaches of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Philip Roth, acclaimed and controversial novelist who probed Jewish themes, dies at 85
Though Roth was an avowed atheist, Judaism was a perennial theme in his work.
In the US, Muslims are making slow inroads toward a greener Ramadan
U.S. Muslims hope to lead their communities toward a zero-waste Ramadan – or at least a minimal-waste one.
Inside Gay Students’ Fight to Be Heard at BYU
Gay Mormons pushing BYU to be more accepting of LGBTQ people say there is progress, but it comes with compromise.
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Jewish group questions sainthood for WWII-era cardinal
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Episcopalians reflect on staying power of ‘the sermon that stole the show’
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Australian archbishop convicted of child sex abuse cover-up
An Australian archbishop on Tuesday became the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in the world convicted of covering up child sex abuse and faces a potential two years in prison.
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Thank you, Philip Roth
The greatest American Jewish writer has died. He was far more Jewish than he would have admitted to himself.
Paige Patterson has resigned. Imagine if he were Tim Cook.
(RNS) — Many of the secular communities in America that Southern Baptists have painted as evil possess more moral courage than they do.
The challenge to Catholicism’s consistent ethic of economic life
It's internal, and it's been going on for over 30 years.
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