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Study portrays Mormons as outsiders looking in
(RNS) In some ways, Mormonism is the ultimate American religion. Born in America, it was unveiled by an American prophet who believed God inspired the Constitution and the Garden of Eden bloomed in Independence, Mo.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has grown from...
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Supreme Court sides with churches in employment fights
WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (Jan. 11) unanimously threw its support behind a church school that fired a teacher, using a widely watched church-state case to bolster a legal doctrine that exempts religious institutions from some civil rights laws.
Religious gro...
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New White House staffers have Catholic, Jewish ties
(RNS) President Obama on Tuesday (Jan. 10) named an immigration expert with longstanding ties to the Catholic Church as his top domestic policy official, continuing a campaign-year makeover of White House staff.
The hiring of Cecilia Munoz, along with the appointment on Monday of...
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Would Mormons try to influence a Romney White House?
WASHINGTON (RNS) When Switzerland passed new employment rules that ban foreign religious groups from sending unpaid missionaries, 13 Mormon members of Congress pleaded with the Swiss ambassador for an exception.
The Swiss ambassador sent a respectful, yet perfunctory, letter in...
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Catching up with Jimmy Carter
(RNS) Jimmy Carter was president for four years, but his new book is based on a role that he's held for nearly 70 years: Sunday school teacher.
"Through the Year with Jimmy Carter: 366 Daily Meditations from the 39th President," offers advice for Christians and provides insights into...
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It’s 2012, which means another doomsday may be upon us
(RNS) On Dec. 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar reaches the end of its 5,126 epoch. That's a cause of consternation among some end-times adherents, and amusement among some descendants of the Maya.
Fresh from having survived one end-of-the-world prediction -- a two-stage affair covering 20...
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Thursday’s Religion Roundup: Evangelicals stymied, Christians persecuted, not-so-hot cross buns
Evangelical leaders who met five months ago with Rick Perry to help launch his presidential bid will go back to Texas and back to the drawing board to see if they can find an actual viable candidate to rally around.
Odds are they won't settle on anyone, much like conservative Christia...
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In academia, Islam remains a risky third rail
(RNS) A recent spate of campus controversies involving professors who made provocative statements about Muslims shows one of two things: a decreasing tolerance for inflammatory speech, or how easy it is for academics to get into trouble.
Or, perhaps, a little bit of both.
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U.K. Christians lose ground as unbelief grows
LONDON (RNS) Christians in England and Wales are losing ground about as fast as nonbelievers are gaining it, according to a new government-sponsored poll.
The British government's latest Citizenship Survey reports that in the five years leading up to 2010, the percentage of declared C...
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Assemblies of God starts a church a day
(RNS) The Assemblies of God, one of the nation's largest Pentecostal denominations, opened more than a church a day last year.
In all, 368 new churches opened in 2011, the denomination said. That total marks the second highest number of church starts since it began keeping reliable st...
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