Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:57:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/ 32 32 Photos of the Week: Francis visits Asia; National Baptists meet https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/photos-of-the-week-francis-visits-asia-memorials/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/photos-of-the-week-francis-visits-asia-memorials/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:39:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165271 (RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes Pope Francis visiting Asia, the annual meeting of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. and more.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/photos-of-the-week-francis-visits-asia-memorials/feed/ 0 Trump’s abortion pivot hasn’t shaken evangelical Christian leaders’ support https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/trumps-abortion-rhetoric-rattles-some-religious-supporters-but-no-exodus-just-yet/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/trumps-abortion-rhetoric-rattles-some-religious-supporters-but-no-exodus-just-yet/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:18:28 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165198 (RNS) — 'I don’t just consider a candidate’s words, I look at their actions and what they have done,' said the Rev. Franklin Graham.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/trumps-abortion-rhetoric-rattles-some-religious-supporters-but-no-exodus-just-yet/feed/ 0 Rabbi Irving Greenberg’s life work celebrating Judaism summed up in new book https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/greenberg-triumph-life/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/greenberg-triumph-life/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:20:13 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164114 (RNS) — It is the book that you need to read right now. It will change your view of Judaism and of the world itself.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/greenberg-triumph-life/feed/ 0 Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:58:45 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165275 (RNS) — Known as the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, the refurbished two-story clapboard home will further the kind of progressive social causes Murray, who died in 1985, championed.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/feed/ 0 National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:18:50 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165165 (RNS) — Disqualified challengers hoped sufficient ‘no’ votes would cause the election process to restart.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/feed/ 0 Pacific School of Religion (PSR) presents: Queering the 2024 Vote https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/pacific-school-of-religion-psr-presents-queering-the-2024-vote/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:55:42 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165239&preview=true&preview_id=4165239 Pacific School of Religion

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]]> At Vatican, physicists and theologians join forces to answer life’s big questions https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/physics-and-theology-join-forces-to-answer-lifes-big-questions-in-new-essay/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/physics-and-theology-join-forces-to-answer-lifes-big-questions-in-new-essay/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:24:14 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165169 (RNS) — At a conference at the Vatican, physicists and theologians made the case for cooperation between faith and science.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/physics-and-theology-join-forces-to-answer-lifes-big-questions-in-new-essay/feed/ 0 Governors champion Interfaith America’s Faith in Elections Playbook, urge faith communities to safeguard democracy https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/governors-champion-interfaith-americas-faith-in-elections-playbook-urge-faith-communities-to-safeguard-democracy/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:23:11 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165223&preview=true&preview_id=4165223 Interfaith America

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]]> Black church brought religion to politics in the ‘60s, but different to white Christian nationalism today https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/black-church-brought-religion-to-politics-in-the-60s-but-different-to-white-christian-nationalism-today/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/black-church-brought-religion-to-politics-in-the-60s-but-different-to-white-christian-nationalism-today/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:25:10 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165176&preview=true&preview_id=4165176 (The Conversation) — In 1966, the assertion of Black power was grounded in an appeal to the founding principles of the United States. Black church leaders called for healing internal divisions through engagement.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/black-church-brought-religion-to-politics-in-the-60s-but-different-to-white-christian-nationalism-today/feed/ 0 The pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/the-pope-urges-indonesia-to-live-up-to-its-promise-of-harmony-in-diversity/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/the-pope-urges-indonesia-to-live-up-to-its-promise-of-harmony-in-diversity/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:06:51 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165167&preview=true&preview_id=4165167 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis compared Indonesia's human diversity to the archipelago’s 17,000 islands. He said each one contributes something specific to form “a magnificent mosaic, in which each tile is an irreplaceable element in creating a great original and precious work.”

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