the crisis of male evangelical leadership Religion & Politics

Southern Baptists adopt resolutions on abuse and affairs, in a season of grappling with gender
The Washington Post *
Why some evangelicals don’t want Vice President Pence to speak at their meeting
CNN
J. D. Greear elected youngest Southern Baptist president in decades
Christianity Today
Group fights bill to declare gay conversion therapy a fraud
The Associated Press
Indiana town divided over fate of teacher, transgender policies in schools
The Indianapolis Star *
Supreme Court denies breakaway Episcopal group control of its churches
Religion News Service
He threatened a Muslim family that planned to move to his neighborhood. Now, he’ll go to prison
The Washington Post *
In sleep-deprived America, Ramadan offers an extra challenge for insomniacs
Religion News Service
 

International Headlines

Ireland to hold referendum on blasphemy law
BBC News
Ireland takes on the Catholic Church again. This time it’s about schools
The New York Times *
Irish Catholic hospitals ‘will have to perform abortions’
BBC News
Argentina moves closer to legal abortion with key vote
The Guardian
Dutch anti-Islam party to hold Prophet Muhammad cartoon competition
Reuters
Australia PM will make national apology to sex abuse victims
The Associated Press
Vatican’s top sex abuse investigators promise action in Chile
Reuters
Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar sacked over anti-Islam tweet
The Guardian
 

Analysis & Commentary

Sexual purity, #ChurchToo, and the crisis of male evangelical leadership
Religion & Politics
Here’s how 139 bills across the country are redefining religious freedom
Deseret News
The fracturing of the Jewish people
The Wall Street Journal *
Quantico: The Muslim writer targeted in Indian episode controversy
BBC News
‘Ramadan Kitchen’ gives Syrian refugees a taste of home
NPR
Images from Ramadan 2018
The Atlantic
 

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