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Mormons’ love-hate relationship with America
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) As Americans celebrate the nation's founding, some Mormons may outdo their neighbors this week in fireworks, fanfare and frenzy to express their outsized patriotism. Other Mormons caution against linking political perspectives on American exceptionalism to specific theology or teachings. Peggy Fletcher Stack.
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Can a creedless religion make it another 50 years?
BALTIMORE (RNS) A recent Sunday service at the First Unitarian Church of Baltimore ended with an apology.
Laurel Mendes explained that religious doctrine had been duly scrubbed from the hymns in the congregation's Sunday program.
But Mendes, a neo-pagan lay member who led the...
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‘Radicalization’ hearings on Muslim return to Capitol
WASHINGTON (RNS) House lawmakers split along party lines at a hearing Wednesday that explored Muslim responses to prior hearings on the "radicalization" of American Muslims. By Chris Lisee.
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Evangelicals press Congress on immigration
WASHINGTON (RNS) Evangelical activists are pressing Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform plan -- a tricky election-year issue that conservatives' GOP allies have been reluctant to take up. By Chris Lisee.
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Conservatives rally across U.S. for ‘religious freedom’
WASHINGTON (RNS) Conservative religious and political groups held rallies across the U.S. on Friday to protest the Obama administration's assault on "religious freedom" in a new plan to mandate that employers provide contraception coverage for employees. By Chris Lisee.
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102 Episcopal bishops ask Obama for continued aid to Middle East hospital
WASHINGTON (RNS) Episcopal bishops are asking the president to intervene after a UN agency allegedly cut support for a church-run hospital in the Gaza Strip. By Chris Lisee.
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Nonbelievers flex their political muscles
WASHINGTON (RNS) One of the biggest growth areas in political activism around religion is coming from an unlikely source: the nonreligious. And it's happening far from the marbled corridors of power in the nation's capital. Kimberly Winston tells why.
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The Rev. Patrick Conroy, U.S. House chaplain, talks about conflict and his unusual congregation
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) For nearly a year, the Rev. Patrick Conroy has been chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, which The New York Times called "one of the most reviled congregations in the country." By Nancy Haught.
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Guest commentary by Jonathan Merritt: A new way of being Christian
(RNS) A distinctive way of being Christian in the public square — a softer, less partisan way — is emerging. And this cultural change could be the very thing our faith needs to survive. By Jonathan Merritt.
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Secularists turn to GOP lobbyist to help push their cause
(RNS) The Secular Coalition for America's new leader is a Republican lobbyist who has worked for two Republican presidents and four Republican senators. Here's why she got the job. By Kimberly Winston.
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