Hollywood’s big bet on Christian movies

Another effort to get rid of the ‘Johnson Amendment’ fails
NPR
Alabama voters to face Ten Commandments ballot proposal
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
More anti-Muslim, conspiratorial tweets emerge from Trump's pick for top UN migration job
CNN
Police: Ex-Mormon official asked to see woman’s breasts
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kentucky Senate passes bill restricting abortion procedure
REUTERS
A teen with former neo-Nazi ties claims his ‘Muslim faith’ led him to stab three, police say
THE WASHINGTON POST*
Prosecutor: Kansas militia members wanted to kill Muslims
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A day in the life of Sister Jean, media darling
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
 

International Headlines

Lone Nigerian captive refused to convert for Boko Haram
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two dead as suspected IS gunman takes hostages in France
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
In Indonesia, a shadowy campaign to stoke unrest as elections loom
REUTERS
Dalai Lama cuts foreign travel due to age, exhaustion
CNN
Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Indian ‘cow protectors’ jailed for life over murder of Muslim man
THE GUARDIAN
U.S. pastor accused of using Christianity as part of a terrorist plot in Turkey
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
Freed Filipino priest says airstrikes routed IS extremists
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 

Analysis & Commentary

Saffron curtain: How Buddhism was weaponized during the Cold War
THE NEW REPUBLIC
Author points to persistent ‘slaveholder religion’ among evangelicals for Trump
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
The Church of Scientology has launched a TV channel. It’s weirdly familiar
VOX
Hollywood’s big bet on Christian movies
THE WEEK
So Christianity is no longer the norm? Going underground will do it good
THE GUARDIAN
 

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