The radical preacher of Palo Alto

Supreme Court leaves in place law that effectively bans abortion by pill — for now
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A California church flirts with an unusual social experiment: to never call the police again
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A televangelist wants his followers to pay for a $54 million private jet. It’s his fourth plane
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Democratic candidate who criticized Israel faces charges of anti-Semitism
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Pompeo to gather ‘like-minded’ allies on religious freedom
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Rep. Mike Kennedy portrays Mitt Romney as flip-flopper and carpetbagger while Romney renews his ‘bigot’ criticism of pastor who received an apology from Kennedy
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Employees quit American Bible Society over sex and marriage rules
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Local Ethiopian community finds a home in growing Garland, Texas church
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India police officer threatened for saving Muslim man from mob
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Australian Catholic Church to enter into redress scheme for sex abuse survivors
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Analysis & Commentary

The Baptist apocalypse
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The radical preacher of Palo Alto
THE ATLANTIC
The Mormon church grapples with its global identity and its legacy on race
RELIGION & POLITICS
‘Heretic’ in the Vatican
POLITICO
An evangelical Christian university is helping make a film that implies God chose Trump
VOX
The ‘sex cult’ that preached empowerment
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