RELIGION
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Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago
(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility…
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Courage is Not the Absence of Fear
This week, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is joined by Celina Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of the League of…
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Opening of Iowa mosque becomes a celebration of refugees’ resilience and interfaith unity
(RNS) — When the Muslim Bosnian community around Des Moines, Iowa, opened the doors of its new mosque Friday (Sept.…
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Remembering Russell M. Nelson, LDS president who shook up the church
(RNS) — President Russell Nelson, the longest serving leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who died…
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Voddie Baucham Jr., conservative Black pastor and seminary leader, dies at 56
(RNS) — Voddie Baucham Jr., a conservative Black pastor, author and seminary leader known for advocating for restricting women’s roles…
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What is Navaratri, the Hindu festival of nine nights?
(RNS) — Monday (Sept. 22) marks the start of Navaratri, a vibrant, nine-night Hindu festival dedicated to the Divine Feminine…
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How Christian America welcomed its first Chinese immigrants
(RNS) — “Strangers in the Land,” the recently published book by New Yorker Editor Michael Luo, chronicles the journey of…
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She came to her ICE check-in backed by an Episcopal bishop and 500 supporters
(RNS) — By dinnertime the evening before her U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement check-in appointment, Blanca Martinez knew she probably…
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Libraries and Religious Freedom, with ALA President Sam Helmick
This week on The State of Belief – a conversation with Sam Helmick, the newly inaugurated president of the…
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National Baptists feature first woman preacher at evening service in annual meeting
(RNS) — As she prepared to preach at the evening service Tuesday (Sept. 9) at the annual session of the…
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