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Andraé Crouch, “The Greatest Hymn Writer of Our Age,” Dies at 72

…right, 14. At a backyard BBQ hosted by James Cleveland, and attended by Billy Preston, Crouch heard hearing Preston playing. Feeling a bit inadequate to all of the luminaries at the BBQ, Crouch asked God to give him a song, and while watching BBQ sauce being poured over ribs, heard blood splashing and had a vision of Jesus and people standing behind him. Playing some chords, he asked Billy Preston to come over and play while he sang. Later, thinki…

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Jews and Muslims Join Forces for Academic Freedom

…human beings, not as enemies, and to talk through our conflicts respectfully. We hope that our students, especially those with strong feelings on this topic, will follow that example. The University’s response was also swift and thorough. The Office of Institutional Diversity stepped in, and is using this event as an opportunity to begin a conversation between the students who were involved. I was glad to see this event become an opportunity for…

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Top Five Toxic Religion Stories of 2014

…to all.” Regrettably, most of the earthbound ones who claim to heed heavenly voices still only seem to hear the “glory to God” part while remaining deaf to the rest. At least that is my contention in considering the ways in which religion fueled still more enmity and exclusion during this anno domini 2014. I will offer five examples of religion playing the devil’s part in earthly affairs. You will see that I follow the good grey John Gray in seri…

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Updated: Was Adnan Syed Falsely Accused? RD’s Live-Tweet of Serial, the Final Episode

…the podcast, I’m thinking more and more race and religion intersect in really interesting ways. Don is as likely a suspect as Adnan in the beginning. Yet, he’s not really part of the investigation so far, and I have to believe Sarah is reflecting the actual police work. White people are automatically excused and believed, and every stereotype could be thrown at Adnan, and made-up information is easily admissible. There’s an interesting article ove…

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Christians More Supportive of Torture than Non-Religious Americans

…aware that religious ppl are more likely to support #torture, and laments. bit.ly/1DH4XUE“) Or are they not? Perhaps the respondents were not leaning on scripture, but rather what they deemed to be national security or life and death considerations. (Majorities in all three of these Christian groups believed the torture “produced important information that could not have been obtained any other way,” even though the Senate report debunked that cla…

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Trendwatch: Thieves Taking the Christ out of Christmas. Literally.

…heels Home & Hardware in Fargo, the earthly father and virgin mother — a holy family set for $74.99 — sit on a shelf adoringly hovering over a small sign that says, ‘PLEASE ASK FOR BABY JESUS.’ For several years, the store has kept its baby Jesus statuettes off the retail floor because of experiences with shoplifters.” This isn’t a new thing, nor is it confined to the far north. In Schuylkill Haven, Penn., a home health care agency protects its na…

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Is Liberal Zionism Dead?

…That’s a question that has been discussed quite a bit lately, as liberal Zionists raise red flags about right-ward, anti-democratic trends in Israel, as well as Operation Protective Edge. In a bloggingheads episode during which we also discussed my piece here, “The Collapse of the American Jewish Center,” political scientist Brent Sasley and I debated the liberal Zionist crisis. You can watch the whole episode here….

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Marriage is for Everybody, Says Former Anti-Gay Evangelical

…ng poison. Who are engaging in behaviors and a lifestyle that was spiritually, emotionally and physically toxic and if you see somebody about to drink poison, the compassionate Christian response is to try to get them to stop. One of the things that was powerful for me in breaking out of that mindset was testimony about the blessings that came to gay and lesbian people through their committed relationships. Early in the book I talk about a convers…

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3 Takeaways from #Easter2015

…to peak after church When do people tweet out their Easter feelings? The Cubit’s analysis suggests that the hours immediately following church are the sweet-spot for Easter hashtagging. Across the board, popular Easter-related tweets (including #easter, #HeIsRisen, #jesus, and #jesuslives) display a sharp peak around 1:00pm CT. Supporting the hypothesis that people tend to tweet after church, the one tag that also works in many European languages—…

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Conservatives Accuse Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of Misconduct

…parted with the national church, American Anglican churches have had roughly the same degree of success as Republican lawmakers have had in overturning the Affordable Care Act: not much. As previously reported here, the Episcopal Church has prevailed in the majority of cases, with schismatic claimants pressing their cases all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in 2012 declined to hear an appeal to a lower court ruling awarding property from…

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