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In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: Only Women’s College in US to Shut Down Amid Declining Enrollment, Financial Difficulties; A San Francisco Pastor Has Become the First Openly Transgender Bishop in the US; Reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre Moral Imperative for Tulsa’s Faith Community, Leaders Say; American Bible Society Releases 11th Annual State of the Bible Report; and more

In today’s news and analysis headlines: South Carolina Aims to Bring Back the Firing Squad; Now There Appear to be Three Paths for Once-United Methodists; Church Attendance is to President Biden as Golf Outings were for Trump; Young U.S. Jews Becoming More Orthodox as American Judaism Splits Between Devout and Secular; and more.

In today’s news and analysis headlines: 2 Oklahoma Boys Pulled from Class for ‘Black Lives Matter’ T-shirts;
Baptist Group Refuses Kentucky State Contract to Provide Care for Abused, Neglected Kids; Largest Church in SBC Ordains Three Women as Pastors; Violence Flares at Jerusalem Mosque as Israel Marks Jerusalem Day; and more.

In today’s news and curated headlines: The Mothers of Malcolm X, MLK and James Baldwin–New Book Explores How They Shaped Their Sons‘Belonging is Stronger Than Facts’: The Age of Misinformation; A Pennsylvania Lawmaker and the Resurgence of Christian Nationalism; Mississippi GOP Official Warns ‘We Seek the End Time,’ Calls for More Christians to Seek Office; For Some Pastors, the Past Year Was Too Much to Bear; and more

In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: Biden Approval Ratings: How Religious Groups View the President’s Job Performance; LDS Church Urges Court to Toss Out James Huntsman’s Lawsuit, Says His Bid for Tithing Refund is ‘Without Merit’; US Hits New Records for Transgender Killings. Puerto Rico is the Epicenter of Violence; Historic Mexican Church Rises from the Water After 40 Years; and more

In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: Views About National Identity Becoming More Inclusive in U.S., Western Europe; United Methodist Pastor’s Podcast ‘Cross Over Q’ Challenges QAnon, Comforts its Victims; FBC Dallas Will Offer COVID Vaccines Amid Resistance from Evangelicals; Officials Grapple with Coronavirus Hesitancy Among Latino Evangelicals; Learning How to Heal in the Wake of Anti-Asian Hate; and more

In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: Family Members and Civil Rights Leaders Mourned Andrew Brown and Called for Justice at His Funeral; The Rise of Christian TikTok; New Museum for American and the Bible Opens at Independence Mall; George W. Bush says if GOP Stands for ‘White Anglo-Saxon Protestantism; Why Muslims in Nashville are Praying at a Methodist Church; and more

In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: Religion Both Helped and Hurt During the Pandemic; Fear of the Rapture Consumed Everyone I Knew as an Evangelical Kid. It Took Me Years to See Exactly Why; Tennessee Pastor Doubles Down on Accusation ‘Fake President’ Biden ‘Stole the Election’; Artificial Intelligence Helps Crack the Code of the Dead Sea Scrolls; ‘We are All the Same’; Barcelona Church Opens to Ramadan Diners; and more.

In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: Can Evangelical Christians Become Woke?; Faith, Freedom, Fear: Rural American’s Covid Vaccine Skeptics; Colorado Springs Pastor’s Artwork About Sexual Abuse in the Church to be on Display; Israel Holds Day of Mourning for 45 Victims of Deadly Stampede During Religious Celebration; Pope Francis Issues Orders Aimed at Cracking Down on Vatican Corruption; and more.

In today’s curated news and headlines: 3 Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Shooting (New York Times)
Lubbock Churches Weigh in on Ordinance to Outlaw Abortion, But Not all Are on the Same Side; Evangelicals are Losing Their Climate Skepticism; and more

In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: For Evangelical Leader Jamie Aten, Advocating for Vaccines Led to a Death Threat; Cancel Culture Looks a Lot Like Old Fashioned Church Discipline; Ancient Christian Thinkers Made a Case for Reparations that Has a Striking Relevance Today; Muslims in Germany: Religion is Not a Good Gauge of Integration; and more.

In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: Alliance of Baptists Updates its Covenant and Hears Call to Action Against Justice; Oklahoma Governor Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban into Law; We Went Inside the Tennessee Church Whose Trump-Revering Pastor Combines Politics with Christian Nationalism; The Final Hours of the Legislature: Race, Religion and Voting to the Fore; and more.

In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: Violence-Legitimizing Verses in Religious Texts Increase Support for Lethal Violence; NYPD Investigate 6 Attacks at 4 Synagogues Over a Two-Day Span; Dissident Episcopalians Awarded $100 Million Worth of Property as U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Take up Fort Worth Case; and more

In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: Baylor Professor Gets Grant to Explore Racial Mythologies;
After Chauvin Verdict, Boston’s Twelfth Baptist Church Offers Time to Heal; Vaccine Hesitancy Raises Concerns in Arkansas; To Some It’s Just Jail House Religion, but to Others Prison Ministry is a Path to Hope; and more

In today’s featured news and analysis headlines: Denver’s New Hope Baptist Church Working to Help Community Heal After Verdict in Chauvin Trial; Faith-Based Outreach is Critical Tool for Moving Many Vaccine Hesitant Americans Toward Acceptance; Christian Nationalists Form New Website to Defend Their Racism; Shakespeare’s Musings on Religion are Like Curious Whispers – They Require Deep Listening to be Heard; and more.