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Is tax avoidance ethical? Asking on behalf of a few billionaire friends
Should America's billionaires be paying more tax?J. Countess/Getty Images, Joe Raedle/Getty Images, Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesSome of the U.S.‘s wealthiest individuals...
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From abortion and porn to women and race: How Southern Baptist Convention...
Raise your hands if you think this year's Southern Baptist Convention meeting could be feisty.AP Photo/Matt YorkThe Southern Baptist Convention will convene its annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee,...
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Why the legacy of Billy Graham continues to endure: 3 essential reads
Evangelist Billy Graham came to have an enormous influence on American politics and culture.Keystone/ Collections Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesA new two-hour documentary on PBS examines the life and rise...
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Property disputes in Israel come with a complicated back story – and tend to...
Eviction remains a threat for Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah.AP Photo/Maya AlleruzzoThe bombing of Gaza may have ended, the sirens in Tel Aviv silenced for now. Yet as concern over a planned...
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Southern Baptist Convention's focus on mission recalls history of promoting...
J.D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has called on the denomination to focus on its theological mission.AP Photo/Jay Reeves, FileRocked by controversies, dwindling numbers and...
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What a Title IX lawsuit might mean for religious universities
A recent lawsuit has charged the U.S. Department of Education as being complicit in the abuse of LGBTQ students.AP Photo/Manuel Balce CenetaThe Religious Exemption Accountability Project, or REAP,...
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What Greek epics taught me about the special relationship between fathers and...
Odysseus reuniting with his father, Laertes.Leemage/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesFather’s Day inspires mixed emotions for many of us. Looking at advertisements of happy families could recall...
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US bishops set collision course with Vatican over plan to press Biden not to...
The Vatican has warned U.S. bishops not to deny Communion to President Biden.L'Osservatore Romano/Pool photo via APA rift between conservative American bishops and the Vatican could be laid bare on...
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Faith still shapes morals and values even after people are 'done' with religion
For many, leaving religion does not mean leaving behind religious morals and values.Jesus Gonzalez/Moment via GettyReligion forms a moral foundation for billions of people throughout the world. In a...
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How Israel's missing constitution deepens divisions between Jews and with Arabs
Without a formal constitution, Israelis disagree on such basic issues as whether Israel is a Jewish state.Jack Guez/AFP via Getty ImagesRenewed fighting has erupted again between Israel and the...
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Supreme Court unanimously upholds religious liberty over LGBTQ rights -- and...
The Supreme Court has tended to side in favor of religious rights.AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteIt wasn’t a dramatic expansion of religious rights – not yet. But the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of a...
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This tiny minority of Iraqis follows an ancient Gnostic religion – and...
Like their ancient ancestors, contemporary Mandaeans revere John the Baptist and consider baptism the most important of their religious rituals.Hadi Mizban/AP In March 2021 Pope Francis became the...
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White Gen X and millennial evangelicals are losing faith in the conservative...
Younger evangelicals are openly questioning the religious and political traditions of their parents and grandparents.Julie Bennett/APSince the 1970s, white American evangelicals – a large subsection of...
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What is the religious exemption to Title IX and what's at stake in LGBTQ...
Around 100,000 LGBTQ students study at religious institutions in the US.iStock/Getty ImagesWhile federal law shields most U.S. students from gender and sexual orientation discrimination, an estimated...
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Why choosing the next dalai lama will be a religious – as well as a political...
The current dalai lama was enthroned when he was about 4 years old.AP Photo/Antonio CalanniThe 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet, is turning 86 on July 6, 2021. With his...
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Conversion therapy is discredited and increases risk of suicide -- yet fewer...
Gov. Andy Beshear is in favor of making Kentucky the 21st state to ban conversion therapy.AP Photo/Bryan WoolstonPride Month is being marked by some lawmakers in Kentucky with a renewed push to...
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Controversy over Communion in the Catholic Church goes back some 2,000 years
When Pope John Paul II was beatified, Zimbabwe's ruler, Robert Mugabe, was in attendance and given Communion.Franco Origlia/Getty ImagesThe United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently...
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How did the superstition that broken mirrors cause bad luck start and why...
Damaging a mirror was believed to invite the wrath of the gods in ancient cultures.Fairfax Media via Getty ImagesEvery human culture has superstitions. In some Asian societies people believe that...
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The ethical questions raised by COVID-19 vaccines: 5 essential reads
Pondering the ethical considerations? iStock / Getty Images PlusThe U.S. is edging closer by the day to seeing half of its population fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Although vaccination rates...
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Infighting in the Southern Baptist Convention shouldn't be a surprise – the...
Each local congregation of the Southern Baptist Convention is autonomous and self-governing. Disagreements take place frequently.Joe Raedle/Getty imagesConcerned over the direction that some leaders of...
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