What is hell?

Abortion wars are heating up ahead of November midterms
The Washington Post *
Appeals court affirms Indiana’s Pence-era law banning abortions based on disability diagnosis is unconstitutional
The Indianapolis Star *
California lawmakers move to limit gay conversion therapy
The Associated Press
D.C. lawmaker who said Jews control the weather visits Holocaust Museum but leaves early
The Washington Post *
Syracuse University suspends Theta Tau fraternity after video of ‘extremely racist, anti-Semitic’ behavior surfaces
The Daily Orange
Baptist church in Pittsburgh’s East End fights pastor’s $2.6 million dismissal lawsuit
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review *
High price of real estate poses real obstacles for Utah churches seeking to relocate
The Salt Lake Tribune *
83-year-old executed in Alabama is oldest inmate put to death in modern U.S. history
CNN
 

International Headlines

Suspect in anti-Semitic attack in Berlin turns himself in
Reuters
Commonwealth summit: The countries where it is illegal to be gay
BBC News
Kashmir erupts demanding justice for young rape victim
Al Jazeera
Indian police arrest 18 Rohingya Muslims
The Associated Press
Why this India priest carried an ‘untouchable’ into a temple
BBC News
Poland marks 75th anniversary of uprising in Warsaw Ghetto
The Associated Press
Natalie Portman pulls out of Jerusalem ‘Jewish Nobel’ ceremony over recent events in Israel
The Washington Post *
Good people are failing to tackle anti-Semitism, UK’s ex-chief rabbi says
The Guardian
 

Analysis & Commentary

Are these evangelicals ready to topple the idol of politics?
The Washington Post *
Mormonism’s global future
The Wall Street Journal *
Five faith facts about Mike Pompeo: A divisive devotion
Religion News Service
What is hell?
The Conversation
 

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