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Tuesday, 23 January 2018

WCC, UNICEF deepen collaboration to protect and provide for children
(World Council of Churches)

Egypt: Copt thrown out of village and fined over ‘attack’ he denies
(World Watch Monitor)

Church of England braced for 'controversial' next step in ending 200-year split with Methodists
(Harry Farley, Christian Today)

Church of England bishops reject plea for service of recognition for transgender people
(Anglican News Service)

China planning to release new religious affairs regulations
(Lyndsey Koh, Mission Network News)

Bolivia's president Evo Morales revokes controversial law restricting religion after protests from evangelicals
(Christian Today)

Bolivian president revokes anti-evangelism law; major victory for Evangelicals after days of protests
(Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post)

Bolivia's president reverses evangelism ban after Christian outcry
(Tola Mbakwe, Premier)

Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America issues statement emphasizing importance of equality for all Americans
(Adventist News Network)

Monday, 22 January 2018

Honduras: human rights abuses on the radar of churches and ecumenical organizations
(World Council of Churches)

Tveit to World Economic Forum: “Say no to nuclear weapons”
(World Council of Churches)

Treaty opposing violence against women will lead to 'moral decay', Bulgarian church says
(Reuters)

Israeli military teaches children that God, not science, makes earthquakes
(Callum Paton, Newsweek)

Uzbekistan opens Islamic studies academy
(Eurasia Net)

Trump’s religious advisers are out of step with Rev. King’s legacy
(R. Khari Brown and Ronald E. Brown, Religion News Service)

Anti-trans bathroom debate: How a local religious-right faction launched a national movement
(Sarah Posner, Rolling Stone)

The religious activists on the rise inside Trump's health department
(Dan Diamond, Politico)

Satanic Temple challenges Missouri’s abortion law on religious grounds
(Corky Siemaszko, NBC News)

3 other times judges walked the line on church and state
(Amanda O'Donnell, Statesman)

Religious and liberal MKs spar over surrogacy for homosexuals and lesbians
(Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, The Jerusalem Post)

A dark era: Witch trials in the context of the Reformation
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])

January 21: New HHS office for religious health worker complaints, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

Islam teaches us that life is a test. So is this president.
(Mustafa Umarjan, The New York Times)

How Hindutva undermines Hinduism, explains Shashi Tharoor
(Shougat Dasgupta, India Today)

Progressive critics of Trump’s HHS are sliming Christians for enforcing the law
(David French, National Review)

In online survey, 27% of European Jews say they feel unsafe
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jewish leaders call for removal of London coroner over delayed Jewish burials
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Israeli defense minister bans army’s chief rabbi from military ceremonies
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Pope tells 1.3 million in Peru to get involved, spurn ‘Jonah syndrome’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

U.S. Supreme Court requests briefing on church-state issue in travel ban challenge
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Pakistan-India relations tense after weekend of gunfire exchange
(Beth Stolicker, Mission Network News)

5 dead, dozens injured as Congo police disperse protests
(Saleh Mwanamilongo and Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro, Associated Press)

Suspect in London van attack on Muslims ‘ticking time bomb’
(Associated Press)

Russian Orthodox bishop assails Putin, won’t vote for him
(Associated Press)

Vandals attack another church in Chile after Pope visit
(Associated Press)

Police probe racist banners found outside Indiana church
(Associated Press)

Jerusalem community center offers new tune to ultra-Orthodox
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Iraq's Islamists dump religion for upcoming elections
(Ali Mamouri, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Mashhad in the spotlight: inequality plagues Iran's holy city
(Phil Hoad, The Guardian)

Syrian church in Turkish-hit enclave calls for aid
(World Watch Monitor)

Russian jury still out on Turkey's Afrin offensive
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Erdogan vows to 'destroy all terror nests' in Syria
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

What is Ben Carson hiding about his religious involvement in politics?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Jehovah's Witnesses are target of religious discrimination laws in Kazakhstan
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

The moral and national danger of a president’s cursing
(William J. Barber II, Religion News Service)

Trump causes controversy with religious exemption ruling
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

EU reiterates support for future Palestinian capital in Eastern Jerusalem
(Reuters and Algemeiner Staff, The Algemeiner)

Pope: Femicides in Latin America a scourge that must stop
(Nicole Winfield and Christine Armario, Religion News Service)

'Sicker than healthy': Pope blasts Latin America's corrupt politics
(Agence France-Presse, The Guardian)

Pope apologizes to abuse victims, but defends Chilean bishop
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Pope offers partial apology to victims but insists bishop did not cover up abuse
(Associated Press aboard the papal plane, The Guardian)

Droves fill pope’s final Mass in restive Latin America trip
(Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Russian Orthodox bishop assails Putin, won’t vote for him
(RNS staff, Religion News Service)

Catholic bishops side with labor unions in Supreme Court case
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Many journalists quick to slam religious freedoms for doctors – for all the wrong reasons
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

March for Life 2018: Washington Post wrestles with Trump's statement on late-term abortion
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Pre-weekend think piece: A brief history of why March for Life news causes so much heat
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Why has the abortion rate declined?
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)

The pro-life movement needs more Wilberforces
(Gracy Olmstead, The Gospel Coalition)

Yemen's Houthi rebels intensify persecution of Baha'i minority
(Raf Sanchez, The Telegraph)

Welby statement on George Bell
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

EU recognition of same-sex marriage? Coman
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Archdeacons’ Forum – CofE web pages
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Are the gods indifferent?
(Louis B. Rosenblatt, OUPblog)

Law and religion round-up – 21st January
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Welcoming Transgender People – update from House of Bishops
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Sunday, 21 January 2018

Swiss deportation may turn into a death sentence for Christian converts
(News Release, ADF International)

Saturday, 20 January 2018

10th Circuit reverses summary judgment in Title VII suit by Seventh-day Adventists
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

‘If they come for you, they come for me’: A ‘dreamer’ priest faces deportation — and a divided congregation
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)

The influential network for a new generation of American Muslim leaders
(Monique Parsons, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Crystals, potions and tarot cards: the mystical rise of new age businesses
(Emma Featherstone, The Guardian)

Aum trials seen near completion as top court upholds life term for Katuya Takahashi
(The Japan Times)

'They ensure each twin baby dies': the secret killings in central Nigeria
(The Guardian)

Governance of Church of England cathedrals: the draft report
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Bearing Faith: The Limits of Catholic Health Care for Women of Color
(Public Rights/ Private Conscience Project, Columbia Law School)

Report says women of color disproportionately give birth in Catholic hospitals in 19 states
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Can Justin Trudeau tolerate real diversity?
(Margaret Wente, The Globe and Mail)

Podcast: Bary Bussey speaking on the Canada Summer Jobs Program
(Alberta at Noon)

Trump backs health-care workers who object to providing abortions
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Nuns appeal pipeline project on religious grounds
(Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press)

Nuns argue RFRA claim as to pipeline before 3rd Circuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court grants cert. in 3rd travel ban challenge; asks for argument on Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

No Title VII claim based on "perceived" religion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Muslim Americans sue FBI for being put on a terror watch list for no reason
(Cristina Maza, Newsweek)

Friday, 19 January 2018

Bill would add 'Bible literacy' class to Iowa public schools
(Mackenzie Ryan, Des Moines Register)

Supreme Court to rule on Trump’s powers to ban foreign travelers
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

Pope Francis says Amazon indigenous people under greater threat than ever
(Dan Collyns, The Guardian)

Pope to indigenous: Amazon is ‘heart of the church’
(Nicole Winfield and Christine Armario, Religion News Service)

Sex abuse scandal isn't the only 'pain' for the Pope in South America
(Emily Green, NPR)

Pope Francis accuses Bishop's critis of slander, riling sex abuse victims in Chile
(Bill Chappell, NPR)

Jewish leaders call for London coroner to be fired over burial delays
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

East London primary school backs down over hijab ban
(Richard Adams, The Guardian)

Televangelist buys jet from Tyler Perry with followers' money; now asking for another $2.5 million for upgrades
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

It's time for female deacons in the Catholic Church
(Elisa Meyer, World Religion News)

Protecting the homeless in freezing weather
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

Moving beyond a fear-based faith
(Jonathan Merritt, RNS Column: On Faith & Culture)

HHS Civil Rights Office to protect freedom of conscience
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

HHS takes major actions to protect conscience rights and life
(Press Release, Department of Health and Human Services)

New HHS department created to protect religious freedom
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

New HHS division to focus on health care-related religious liberty claims
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

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