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Let’s tell a new story: Juneteenth and the Fourth of July

Note: This post is an excerpt from a chapter titled “Juneteenth” in the author’s forthcoming book, Backslide: Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation After the Christian Turn Against Democracy, which will be published September 8 and is now available for pre-order....

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Seminaries adapt to changing religious landscape

Changes in America's religious landscape have had enormous impact on seminaries. Mainline schools that once mainly trained ministers for their own denominations now welcome students of all denominational backgrounds. MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (ABP) —Six years after starting as a pilot project,…

Give us (all) our daily bread

By Amy Butler This week the Lord’s Prayer and the national budget crisis crossed paths in my mind.   I thought more this week about the Lord’s Prayer than I have in a long, long time. That’s kind of a…

American Muslims hopeful about life in the U.S.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, an extensive new survey of Muslims finds them as optimistic as other Americans, even as large minorities of Christian Americans question Muslims' loyalty to the United States. The survey, released by the…

FAITH DIGEST

Americans want religious presidents. A majority of Americans (56 percent) say it's important for a candidate to have strong beliefs, even if those beliefs differ from their own, according to the poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute in partnership…

RIGHT or WRONG: Prisoner organ donation

An Oregon death-row inmate has offered to donate his organs after his execution. So far, his offer has been rejected. What are the legal and ethical barriers for such a donation? No real legal barrier exists. The state has refused…

Seminaries adapt to changing religious landscape

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (ABP) — Six years after starting as a pilot project, Central Baptist Theological Seminary's center in Murfreesboro, Tenn., recently became fully accredited to award the master of divinity degree and diploma in theology. Students take a major portion…