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Wednesday, 17 January 2018

3 reasons Evangelicals like Trump: Religion historian Molly Worthen
(Napp Nazworth, The Christian Post)

Is national religious freedom day just an excuse for discrimination?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

A look at world's 50 most anti-Christian countries
(Courtney Grogan, Catholic News Agency)

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

South Korea / China: Over 600 refugess of the Church of Almighty God persecuted in China threated to be sent back by South Korea
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

China: Church of Almighty God members fatally tortured while in custody
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Women’s organizations in northern Syria have come a long way
(Kachya Othman, Al Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Ultra-Orthodox women fuel change in traditional communities
(Danny Zaken, Al Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Ceasefire extended in Sudan; Christian persecution continues
(Julie Bourdon, Mission Network News)

St. Francis never said 'preach the gospel and when necessary use words,' Catholic scholars say
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Does Christianity produce agnostics?
(Dan Delzell, The Christian Post)

EVENT, 16 February 2018: The Biblical Influences on Religious Freedom
(Timothy Samuel Shah, Byron Johnson, Jacqueline C. Rivers, Robert Louis Wilken, Museum of the Bible (Washington, D.C.))

EVENT, 16 January 2018: National Religious Freedom Day: Faith and freedom in a fractured America
(Religious Freedom Center)

Today is Religious Freedom Day
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious Freedom Day Website

President Donald J. Trump proclaims January 16, 2018, as Religious Freedom Day
(The White House)

Commemorate Religious Freedom Day by reading the Virginia statute it celebrates
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Religious Freedom Day, and the Virginia Statute
(Thomas Berg, Mirror of Justice blog)

Russell M. Nelson named 17th LDS Church President
(Mormon Newsroom)

President Russell M. Nelson introduced as 17th LDS president, vows to serve, discusses diversity
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)

Mormon Church names Russell M. Nelson as new leader
(Merrit Kennedy, NPR)

A ‘humbled’ Russell M. Nelson is new Mormon church prophet; he picks Oaks and Eyring to join him as counselors
(David Noyce, Bob Mims, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Who is President Russell M. Nelson? A man of heart, compassion and faith
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)

Who is Russell M. Nelson? Mormon Church to be headed by 93-year-old former heart surgeon
(Leah Thomas, Newsweek)

As Nelson’s longtime right-hand man, Oaks brings a keen legal mind to Mormonism’s new Big Three
(Bob Mims, The Salt Lake Tribune)

Mormon president says room in faith for everyone
(The Associated Press, Religion News Service)

New First Presidency holds news conference
(Mormon Newsroom)

Taxation and religion in 2018
(Edward A. Zelinksky, OUPblog Religion)

Freedom in the World 2018: Democracy in Crisis
(Freedom House)

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2018
(Brookings)

As North & South Korea Olympic talks open door, Ban Ki-moon to keynote Business & Peace Symposium
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Non-believers turn to prayer in a crisis, poll finds
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Christian group rejects gay student – then sues university for discrimination
(Associated Press in Des Moines, The Guardian)

Nepalese Christians arrested in Indian for blasphemy
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

People using Magi tradition to respect Jesus in Israel
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

American youth believe Muslims are the most religiously discriminated group
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)

Salvadorans at risk of losing immigration status find support in churches
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Listening to God’s word between Christmas and Lent
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)

There's room for compromise on FEMA helping houses of worship
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Martin Luther King’s secret religion
(Jeffrey Salkin, RNS Column: Martini Judaism (for those who want to be shaken and stirred))

A Holocaust museum in Brooklyn focuses on faith, survival
(Karen Matthews, Religion News Service)

Renowned Buddhist scholar faces jail for ‘criticizing’ Thai monarchy
(Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service)

Stressed-out Anglican priests turn to trade unions for support
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

India: Goa’s Hindus have a beef with Congress chief
(Bosco de Souza Eremita, Eurasia Review)

Laïcité and religious freedom: A coalition of NGOs questions France at the United Nations
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – December
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Nigerian student arrested after converting from Islam to Christianity
(World Watch Monitor)

New ECHR Publications – 16 January 2018
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)

Pastor says abortion clause means he can't apply for federal job funding
(Kelly Egan, Ottawa Citizen)

Does Catholic opinion deserve special reverence in Ireland?
(Joe Humphreys, Irish Times)

Pope asks forgiveness for ‘irreparable harm’ from sex abuse
(Peter Prengaman and Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis trip in Chile tainted by scandal and violence
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)

Belgian Jews files second lawsuit against ban on religious slaughter
(Tamara Zieve, The Jerusalem Post)

How an Egyptian doctor promotes dialogue through health work
(Katja Dorothea Buck, Ecumenical News)

First LGBTI association was found at Sofia University
(novinite.com)

Religious propaganda in Russia pushes people to the supernatural
(novinite.com)

Putin hits raw nerve over Lenin's corpse
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

Japanese prime minister visits Lithuanian museum honoring Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Guttmacher Institute study: No evidence of change in levels of contraceptive use after ACA
(Kevin C. Walsh, Mirror of Justice blog)

Another school in India under threat by Hindu nationalists
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Venezuela president orders probe of priests for hate speech
(Associated Press Religion)

Turkish president to visit Vatican in February to discuss status of Jerusalem
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Cardinal laments deadly year for Church in Central African Republic
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

French mayor bars pork alternatives in schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Church alleges religious discrimination over Baltimore County’s conditions on approval of development plan
(Diana Neeves, RLUIPA-Defense)

Germany allows Iranian regime ‘Death Judge’ to leave the country
(Vijeta Uniyal, Legal Insurrection)

Bolivia: Christians fear new law may land them in jail
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Monday, 15 January 2018

Germany court overturns lower court's acquittal of "Sharia Police"
(Christopher Hsu, Jurist: Paper Chase)

Guantánamo inmates claim indefinite detention due to Trump's hostility toward Muslims
(Eirk Slobe, Jurist: Paper Chase)

"The Metaphysics of Democracy"
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice blog)

The Metaphysics of Democracy
(Thomas Joseph White, First Things)

Teleforum on the "Parsonage Allowance"
(Thomas Berg, Mirror of Justice blog)

Boxing Day Quiz – 2017: The Answers
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 14th January
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Finding inspiration from Martin Luther King Jr.'s religious legacy | Opinion
(Leslie Callahan, philly.com)

Martin Luther King on the Limits of Civil Disobedience
(Peter C. Myers, The Daily Signal)

Using Martin Luther King, Jr. to discuss racial inequality today
(Berkley Forum, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Dr. King, Black Lives Matter, and the Legacy of Hope - Responding to Using Martin Luther King, Jr. to discuss racial inequality today
(Gary S. Selby, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Making a Movement - Responding to Using Martin Luther King, Jr. to discuss racial inequality today
(Marcia Chatelain, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

3 parts you don’t remember from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech
(Michelle Garcia, Vox)

On King holiday, religious groups look to 50th anniversary of assassination
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Opinion: Public funding should be religion-neutral
(Derek Ross, Montreal Gazette Magazine)

January 14: Supreme Court declines to hear LGBT / religious exemption cases, clergy tax breaks ruled unconstitutional, and more
(Religious Freedom Review: Weekly updates on religious freedom in America)

On halacha, politics and humanity
(Asher Maoz, The Jerusalem Post)

ChurchClarity.org: Sometimes asking blunt questions about doctrine makes news
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Iowa lawsuit pits gay rights against religious freedom
(David Pitt, Associated Press)

Hong Kong’s Catholic Church in President Xi Jinping’s era
(Victor Gaetan, National Catholic Register)

French mayor bans pork substitutes in school meals, saying he’s defending secularism
(James McAuley, The Washington Post)

Suu Kyi says Rohingya mass grave investigation positive step
(Associated Press)

Gunmen kill Christian in Egypt’s Sinai
(Ashraf Sweilam, Associated Press)

Trump remarks continue to polarize conservative Christians
(Rachel Zoll, Associated Press)

3 Chile churches firebombed, president calls for ‘respect’
(Eva Vergara and Peter Prengaman, Associated Press)

Putin defines New Valaam Monastery relics saved by Finland as unifying force
(Interfax-Religion)

Communist ideology similar to Christianity - Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

Directorate of Muslims of Uzbekistan disagrees with U.S. State Dept analysis of religious freedom in republic
(Interfax-Religion)

Prosecutor intrudes in Orthodox conflict in Ukraine
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News)

How Hindu Nationalists Politicized the Taj Mahal
(Harrison Akins, The Atlantic)

Amb. David Friedman sends condolence letter to family of slain West Bank rabbi
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

German diocese of Trier to pay €450,000 to church abuse victims
(David Martin, Deutsche Welle)

Mitt Romney says talks with President Monson didn't involve politics
(Ladd Egan, Deseret News Faith)

Belgian Catholics concerned about abuse of country’s euthanasia law
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)

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