‘A lie from the pit of hell’

‘A lie from the pit of hell’: Episcopal leaders push back on rumors of fatal decline
Religion News Service: More than 850 Episcopal Church leaders gathered in Charlotte to talk about the future of the church and what the denomination still has to offer.

 

The massacre that never ends*
The Christian Century: The brief Biblical account of Herod’s slaughter of innocents raises the question of what faith demands when politics fails to stop the killing.

 

In order to maintain aging monasteries, Spanish nuns are becoming entrepreneurs
Religion Unplugged: Faced with increasing costs, several monasteries in Spain are reinventing themselves to generate income to help maintain their historic buildings and support the resident nuns.

 

How God got so great*
The New Yorker: What monotheism means is surprisingly hard to pin down, but there’s a reason it swept the world.

 

How to use the classroom as a place to confront antisemitism without deepening divisions
Religion News Service: Confronting antisemitism requires more than denunciation.