Mid-City Christian

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Religious freedom in America: popular and polarizing

Religious freedom in America: popular and polarizing
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mike Pence emphasizes anti-abortion message in Tampa Bay visit
TAMPA BAY TIMES*

Nebraska advances new second trimester abortion restrictions
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Colorado places of worship have become a worrying source of coronavirus outbreaks
COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

COVID-19 death of ‘well-loved’ Texas pastor shows coronavirus spread to rural areas
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

Hindu temple ad runs in Times Square despite opposition
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Man accused of threatening to burn down Black church in Virginia pleads guilty
NBC NEWS

Falwell apologizes for unzipped pants photo: ‘I’m gonna try to be a good boy’
POLITICO

International Headlines

‘Sheep without a shepherd’: Hong Kong churches torn by politics
REUTERS

Polish LGBT people leaving as post-vote mood grows hostile
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

‘Bad news’ for Turkey’s marginalized Christians
POLITICO

Nicaragua archbishop rejects that chapel fire was accidental
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canadian pastor guilty of defying Myanmar’s coronavirus law
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Magazine report is aimed at silencing nuns on sex abuse, says Vatican critic
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

UN discusses Kashmir for third time since India ends statehood
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

German Protestant church to send migrant rescue boat to Mediterranean
THE GUARDIAN

Analysis & Commentary

Preserve our traditions of religious freedom and church-state separation
NEWSWEEK*

Biden needs to bring religious Americans into the Democratic fold
THE HILL

Will Tammy Duckworth be the first deist veep since Thomas Jefferson?
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

How the American Catholic Church is wrestling with the Black Lives Matter movement
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

U.S. must take action to stop the undeniable genocide of Nigerian Christians
REAL CLEAR RELIGION

The last of the Zoroastrians
THE GUARDIAN

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The last of the Zoroastrians

COVID-19 death of 'well-loved' Texas pastor shows coronavirus spread to rural areas
Religion News Service: A small United Methodist church in Texas is "absolutely heartbroken" after losing its pastor to COVID-19 as the pandemic spreads to rural areas of the country previously spared by the virus, according to its district superintendent.

What's going wrong in your church building while you're gone?
Baptist News Global: Closing down church buildings could create serious repercussions not just for the people who miss gathering there but also for the facilities themselves.

The loneliness of social isolation can affect your brain and raise dementia risk in older adults
The Conversation: Pain reminds us all that we need to take care of ourselves.

How changing one word in church could radically transform America
CNN: White Christians have concerned ourselves with race; the overwhelming focus has been on what most describe as "racial reconciliation." None of this focus has brought collective transformation.

The last of the Zoroastrians
The Guardian: A funeral, a family, and a journey into a disappearing religion.