I Won’t Make Jesus Bow Down to Xi Jinping
Source: The New York Times By DEREK LAM HONG KONG — Since I was 16 years old, I have wanted to be a pastor. I was raised in a Christian family […]
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‘Blood and Faith’: A new book links white nationalists to Christianity
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston | August 23, 2017 (RNS) — There were no burning crosses or other hijacked symbols of religion on obvious display when white nationalists descended on Charlottesville, […]
The U.S. Catholic Church’s last major effort on racism was in 1979. Charlottesville woke it up.
Source: The Washington Post By Anthea Butler August 23 at 6:23 PM A young boy clasps hands while demonstrators and sympathizers hear a prayer as they continued to stand at a rope […]
‘The new Obama’: will Abdul El-Sayed be America’s first Muslim governor?
Source: The Guardian At seven years old, Abdul El-Sayed sat in the eye of Hurricane Andrew, the most destructive hurricane in US history until Katrina. Living near Miami, El-Sayed drank […]
Evangelicals squander their moral authority by sticking with Trump
Source: USA Today BY Jonathan Merritt, Opinion contributor In the wake of President Trump’s waffling on white supremacy, his supporters and advisers have abandoned him in droves. After a wave of […]
Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining
Source: BBC News Brazil’s government has abolished a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining. The area, covering 46,000 sq km (17,800 sq miles), […]
What price would you put on a passport?
Source: BBC News By Simon Tulett Business reporter, BBC News, Malta Fiddling distractedly with her headscarf and in words little louder than a whisper, Amar Al-Sadi tells me Malta has […]
Can Trump’s Religious Freedom Ambassador Actually Succeed?
Source: Foreign Policy BY JUDD BIRDSALL If confirmed by the Senate to serve as the next U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback will face a daunting trifecta […]
Pope Francis is becoming the voice of compassion for the world’s refugees
Source: Vox Pope Francis leveraged his position to bring awareness to environmental issues. Now he’s doing the same for the migrant crisis. Updated by Tara Isabella Burton@NotoriousTIBtara.burton@vox.com Aug 22, 2017, 4:50pm EDT […]
God or the divine is referenced in every state constitution
Source: Pew Research Center BY ALEKSANDRA SANDSTROM20 COMMENT The U.S. Constitution never explicitly mentions God or the divine, but the same cannot be said of the nation’s state constitutions. In fact, […]
Abbott insists marriage equality a threat to religious freedom after Brandis calls it a ‘trick’
Source: The Guardian BY Paul Karp Former PM rejects attorney general’s view and says Australians should vote no in postal survey if they’re ‘concerned about where our country is going’ Tony […]
The U.S. Imposes Secondary Sanctions on Chinese and Russian Firms Over North Korea
Source: Time BY Charlie Campbell / Beijingg 12:53 AM ET The U.S. has announced new sanctions on ten Russian and Chinese firms as well as six individuals that it accuses of aiding […]
New Afghanistan Deployments Could Happen Within Days
Source: Time BY Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Pennington / AP Updated: 9:28 PM ET (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s plan to end America’s longest war and eliminate Afghanistan’s rising […]
Triple talaq: How Indian Muslim women fought, and won, the divorce battle
Source: BBC News The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial practice of instant divorce in Islam is unconstitutional. It is being hailed as a huge victory by rights […]
Johnson & Johnson faces $417m payout in latest talc case
Source: BBC News Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $417m (£323.4m) to a woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after using products such as baby powder. The […]
How a corporate mission can drive young workers away
Source: BBC News By Sydney Finkelstein A former student of mine called the other day. She’d worked at a major global company in the food industry, with primary responsibility for […]
How your digital self could ‘live’ on after you die
Source: BBC News By Suzanne Bearne Technology of Business reporter Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionWhat if you could “talk” digitally to your descendants, not just appear in photo albums? The death […]
Walmart and Google to offer voice-enabled shopping
Source: BBC News Corporate giants Walmart and Google are teaming up to enter the voice-shopping market, currently dominated by Amazon. From next month, US consumers will be able to buy […]
Trump says he is willing to ‘close government’ to build Mexico wall
Source: BBC News Donald Trump says he will close down the US government if necessary to build his wall along the Mexico border. The president told supporters at a “Make […]
Can Faith Leaders Help America Heal After Charlottesville?
Source: American University Radio GUEST HOST: STEPHEN HENDERSON Presidents are expected to serve as moral leaders. But after the shows of hatred and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, many Americans are turning to […]