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Monday, 23 July 2018

Want to have economic growth? Get rid of religion
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Ads for Franklin Graham Festival banned due to his vews on homosexuality
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Study finds children suffering form ADD/ADHD and autism are excluded from churches
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

How do the Amish exist in the modern world?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

50 years after Pope Paul VI's decision against the birth control pill
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Questioning real-world learning at ultra-Orthodox schools
(Karen Matthews, Religion News Service)

Why Mark Zuckerberg is wrong about the Holocaust
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

The belief behind weeping Virgin Mary statues
(Mathew Schmalz, Religion News Service)

Patel, Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Forum 18 News Service)

Shoppers with strong religious beliefs spend less and make fewer impulse purchases
(Didem Kurt, J. Jeffrey Inman, Francesca Gino, Harvard Business Review)

July 22: Russian spy attended National Prayer Breakfast, Trump tweets correlated with hate crimes, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Religious persecution is on the rise. It’s time for policymakers and academics to take notice.
(Ashlyn Webb, Will Inboden, Foreign Policy)

Uzbekistan's religious liberty violations mount
(David Roach, Baptist Press)

Tibet underage students banned from religious activities
(Liu Xuanzun, Global Times)

LGBT protest may herald a turning point in Israel's history
(Mordechai Kremnitzer, Haaretz)

Lebanese bishop praises courage of Muslim Grand Mufti in defending Mideast Christians
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Indonesia passes anti-terrorism law after suicide attacks on churches
(Nithin Coca, Religion News Service)

Differing views on prospects for Ukrainian church
(Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)

Poland’s Christian migrants
(Filip Mazurczak, First Things)

Testy Argentine abortion row features video games, slum priests
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Colorado school district’s support for mission trip ruled unconstitutional
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Chaotic congress row delays Duterte speech, rebel deal
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)

Advocacy group sues state over Orthodox Jewish yeshivas
(Associated Press)

Neither side gets summary judgment in Hawaii religious zoning dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The Prosperity (Anti-)Gospel
(Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School: Sightings)

Photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Trinity Western and the endangerment of religious pluralism in Canada
(Derek Ross, The Witherspoon Institute: Public Discourse)

The discussion continues: You are a pastor and a reporter calls. What do you do?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Artificial intelligence shows why atheism is unpopular
(Sigal Samuel, The Atlantic)

Hardline Islamists push religion to center of Pakistan election
(Ashif Shahzad and Kay Johnson, Reuters)

How free should speech on campus be?
(Ani Mari Cauce, Clayton Rose, and Connie Ledoux Book, The Conversation)

America is in the middle of a battle over the meaning of words like ‘diversity’
(Jennifer Mercieca, The Conversation)

Judgment days: In a small Alabama town, an evangelical congregation reckons with God, President Trump and the meaning of morality
(Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post)

Concerning NPR, 'green frogs,' Humanae Vitae and the Vatican family life conference
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Mosque suicide bombing in north Nigeria kills 7, injures 7
(Associated Press)

Amish outhouse case raises religious freedom rights issues
(Mark Scolforo, Associated Press)

Somali 10-year-old dies after undergoing female genital mutilation
(Nita Bhalla, Reuters)

Most girls in Somalia experience genital mutilation. The ritual just killed a 10-year-old
(Siobhan O'Grady, The Washington Post)

Why moot courts can play a valuable role in teaching kids about human rights
(Christof Heyns, The Conversation)

Podcast: The woman who defied Iran
(Foreign Policy)

Canadian Court invalidates limits on charities' lobbying expenditures
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Police search for motive in shooting at Nevada Mormon church
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

Bangladesh cardinal sees shared lessons with Rohingya and U.S./Mexico border
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Saturday, 21 July 2018

Palestinians outraged at Jewish nation-state law
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Netanyahu flip-flops on surrogacy rights for gay men
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Why Israel wants Trump to get along with Putin
(Jonathan S. Tobin, The Christian Post)

Australia's Catholic priests urge pope to sack Adelaide archbishop Philip Wilson
(Australian Associated Press, The Guardian)

Uniting church in Australia changes marriage definition to include same-sex couples
(John Paul Sunico, The Christian Post)

Philippines deports 71-year-old Australian nun
(Kelly Frazier, World Religion News)

School violated law by promoting fellowship of Christian athletes mission trip, court rules
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

When cultural relativists defend human sacrifice
(Eric Metaxas & G. Shane Morris, The Christian Post)

India: suspected vigilantes kill Muslim man transporting cows
(Agencies in New Delhi, The Guardian)

U.S. pastor still being held in a Turkish jail
(Gary Nguyen, World Religion News)

North Carolina pastor still imprisoned in Turkey after hearing
(Lauren Sanchez, Christian Headlines)

Rescued Thai soccer players consider becoming Buddhist monks to honor Navy Seal
(Nathan Glover, World Religion News)

Friday, 20 July 2018

Caldey Island victim: 'It should be given over to the National Trust'
(Amanda Gearing and Steven Morris, The Guardian)

Mobs are killing Muslims in India. Why is no one stopping them?
(Rana Ayyub, The Guardian)

Labour’s code of conduct isn’t antisemitic – it’s a constructive initiative
(Brian Klug, The Guardian)

Record number of anti-Muslim attacks reported in UK last year
(Sarah Marsh, The Guardian)

Is the United States surrendering to Russia on religious freedom?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

China: Xinjiang’s children in orphanages as their parents held in re-education camps
(World Watch Monitor)

Anti-Christian violence in India’s Uttar Pradesh ‘part of the state machinery’
(Tejaswi Ravinder, World Watch Monitor)

Humanae Vitae: Sex and authority in the Catholic Church
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)

Civil rights legend Meredith says he’s on a mission from God
(Emily Wagster Pettus, Religion News Service)

Church of England plans to test aspiring clergy for skills, aptitude — and narcissism
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

Black Millennials are more religious than other Millennials
(Jeff Diamant and Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center)

Here's what free speech and religious freedom have in common
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

Bishops criticize Madrid’s plan to axe religious education
(La Croix)

Trinidad and Tobago’s religious leaders call on government to uphold anti-LGBT laws
(Melissa Williams-Sambrano, Religion News Service)

Armenia's uprising spreads to its church
(Grigor Atanesian, Eurasia Net)

Freedom from Religion Foundation stops school choir from church performances
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Uzbekistan: Criminal prosecution for sharing beliefs
(Forum 18 News Service)

Jehovah's Witnesses' lawyer describes their case in Siberia
(Viktoria Li, MBKh Media)

German church membership continues to drop
(Deutsche Welle)

After 185 years, only seminary in Northern Ireland to close
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Christian college in India attacked by a mob; teachers, staff assaulted
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Scottish university fires chaplain who called pride parade ‘gross offense to God’
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

LatAm debunks persistent myth about anti-Christian persecution
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Israel detains conservative rabbi for performing non-Orthodox weddings
(Aaron Rabinowitz, Josh Breiner and Noa Shpigel, Haaretz)

Israel's first enforcement of law barring Jewish weddings outside official rabbinate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Couple sues Sewickley Heights over order banning religious activities at farm
(Tom Davidson, Sewickley Herald)

Suit challenges restriction on farm's use for religious activities
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

No Free Exercise violation in refusal to adjourn trial for defendant's holy day
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Duterte’s drug war killed thousands, and Filipinos still loved him. Then he called God ‘stupid.’
(Kristine Phillips, The Washington Post)

Revelations of US cardinal sex abuse will force pope’s hand
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

EVENT, 20 July 2018: Religious Freedom vs LGBT Rights: Balancing Rights in Times of Pluralism
(Jeroen Temperman, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento)

Why teaching kids to respect religious differences can change the world
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

HM Senior Coroner Inner North London: draft protocol for prioritising deaths
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Bishops’ Policy on Granting Permission to Officiate
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

AAR Announces Winners of 2018 Best In-Depth Newswriting on Religion Contest
(American Academy of Religion)

Podcast: Former Canadian Ambassador for Religious Freedom, the Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett
(Matthew Hawkins and Travis Wussow, The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)

The future of religious freedom
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)

Russian government tightens control of unregistered religious activity
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)

Israel 'nation-state' law prompts criticism around the world, including from U.S. Jewish groups
(Paul Goldman, Lawahez Jabari and F. Brinley Bruton, ABC News)

Bias flashback: Should religious leaders risk talking to reporters? (A tmatt response)
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

White fright: the plot to massacre Muslims the US media 'ignored'
(Charlie Phillips, The Guardian)

Thursday, 19 July 2018

EVENT, 19 July 2018: The Supreme Court After Kennedy: What's Next for LGBT and Women's Rights
(Humanist Legal Society)

Nuffield report on heritable genome editing
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

UK ethics council decides altering human embryos is "morally permissible"
(Jim Denison, Christian Headlines)

Latin American bishops announce day of prayer for Nicaragua
(Catholic News Agency)

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