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South Carolinians Haley and Scott Aim to Win over Christian Conservatives in Their Home State; Archaeologists Uncover Roman-Era Church Mosaic Along Israel National Trail; Wyoming Governor Signs Measure Prohibiting Abortion Pills

Roman Aristocrat Unearthed in Ancient Cemetery that Could Show Britain’s Shift to Christianity, Anglo-Saxon Society; Va. Church Where George Washington Prayed Honors its Enslaved Builders; 100 Years Ago, this Church Was Built with Stones from the River (and more)

Evangelicals Are the Most Beloved US Faith Group Among Evangelicals; and among the worst-rated by everybody else; Black, Evangelical and Torn; A Progressive College in the Northeast Has a Proposal for Unhappy New College Students

In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: AR-15 Lapel Pins are More than Provocation: They’re Symbols of the Violence at the Heart of White Christian Nationalism; Hate Crimes See Another Increase, Data Says; Citing the Bible, Oklahoma Republicans Vote to Let Teachers Hit Kids with Disabilities (and more)

Trump vs. DeSantis: Florida Pastors Mull Conservative Issues; New York Church, Part of Tubman National Park, Will Open to Visitors This Year; Retired Virginia Prison Chaplain Recounts Life as a Guide to Condemned: ‘A Story I Needed to Tell’ (and more)

Worrisome Finances, Role of Women as Pastors: Key Takeaways from Top SBC Committee Meeting; Catholic Group Spent Millions on App Data that Tracked Gay Priests; Students at B.C. Christian University Push for LGBTQ Chaplain (and more)

Women Sue Texas Over Abortion Ban, Say it Risked Their Lives; Wisconsin Pastor and Members ‘Stunned’ and ‘Heartbroken’ as Church Leaves United Methodist Church Over Gay Marriage, Clergy; ‘We’ve Slipped into Forgetfulness’: Charleston Church Shooting Survivors Demand Gun Control; Critics Charge that Conservative Donors are Pushing the American Catholic Church to the Right (and more)

Baptist Joint Committee Gains Faith and Justice Center, Grows Religious Liberty Work; In Florida, Latino Evangelicals Mobilize Against DeSantis’s Crackdown on Immigrants; My Baptist Church Had Men in Drag When I Was a Child. I Wasn’t Traumatized. (and more)

In today’s curated news and analysis headlines: Prince of Peace? Christian Nationalists Push Jesus as Military Leader; ‘He Gets Us’ and Sleazy ‘Swift Boat’ Ads Share Central Figure; Archaeological Discovery of Inscription Referencing King Darius of the Bible ‘is not Authentic’ (and more)

Colorado’s Jews Worry Over Rise in ‘Ancient Disease’ of Antisemitism; Miami Faith Community Strains to Help New Exiles, Immigrants; How an Oklahoma Church Got a Grant to Study the Possibility of Removing Part of Interstate 244 (and more)

Jimmy Carter Embodies the ‘Road Not Taken’ by Many White Evangelical Christians; ‘Take Back What the Devil Stole’: A Black Church Struggles to Find Answers After Fire; God and Pot: Both Sides Sight Faith ink Oklahoma’s Recreational Marijuana Fight (and more)

Many Differences Between Liberals and Conservatives May Boil Down to One Belief ; Push to Require Clergy to Report Abuse Stalls in Mormon Utah; Historian, Former Republican Says Christian Nationalism Threatens Democracy

Outcry After New York Mayor Dismisses Separation of Church and State; How Evangelical Voters Swung from Carter to Trump; Irish Americans’ Connections with Their Heritage Remains Strong Due to Draw of Ireland’s History and Culture (and more)

Jimmy Carter: Family Affair to the White House and Beyond; In Florida, Neighbors Concerned Over Affordable Housing Proposal on Church Land; ‘Our State is at War With Our Family’: Missouri Clergy with Trans Kids Fight Back (and more)

A Brief History of the Black Church’s Diversity and its Vital Role in American Political History; Measles Case Confirmed in a Person Who Attended Kentucky Spiritual Revival Event; Conservative Christian and Muslim Groups Want Faith Protections Added to LGBTQ Rights Bill (and more)