RELIGION
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Multnomah gave up its campus in a failed takeover. Alums want it back.
(RNS) — Multnomah University was facing the end of its days. “We have cried, prayed, and walked a difficult path…
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‘Time Hoppers’ movie a first for Muslims on the animated big screen
(RNS) — An animated film made by and for Muslims will hit hundreds of U.S. and Canadian movie theaters this…
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Epstein bought Kaaba covers. What does the sacred Kiswah cloth represent?
(RNS) — Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein purchased sacred cloth that once covered the Kaaba, according to newly released files…
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Moral Witness in Pressing Times
It’s not a zero-sum game. This week on The State of Belief, interfaith organizer Maggie Siddiqi makes clear that…
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We say ‘Never again’ as we remember the Holocaust. But what do we do to make it true?
(RNS) — In the past week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has descended into my hometown of Portland, Maine. In…
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The ‘theology of showing up’ is making Minneapolis a holy place
(RNS) — I arrived in Minneapolis on Wednesday (Jan. 21). I had come because local organizers said people were being…
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Ryan Burge on ‘The Vanishing Church’ and how polarization is reshaping American faith
(RNS) — Faith communities have long been places where people with different perspectives gathered and built relationships. But today, many…
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DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who…
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The US — and its churches — can’t look away from MLK’s warnings about power any longer
(RNS) — Nearly six decades ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood in the pulpit of Riverside Church in…
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Renee Good was a martyr for her faith, like MLK, say Presbyterians
(RNS) — Less than a week after her death, Renee Good is being compared to Christian martyrs who were killed…
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