Lauren Markoe
Obama pleads for tolerance in first visit to U.S. mosque
In a time of rising Islamophobia, President Obama made a plea for religious tolerance during his first presidential visit to an American mosque.
...Rabbi who nurtured evangelical love for Israel courts black churches
c. 2016 Religion News Service
...Scholars offer Muslims and police a new roadmap for better relations
c. 2016 Religion News Service
...Church groups respond to water emergency in Flint, Michigan
The Michigan bodies of the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) launched The Gospel in Action––Flint in January as President Obama declared a state of emergency in...
Rebiya Kadeer, Irshad Manji, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali—women connected to Islam—receive human rights prize
Three women connected to Islam received the Lantos Human Rights Prize December 10 in Washington, D.C.
...Rabbis term church a divine 'partner'
A statement by a group of Orthodox rabbis calls Christianity part of a divine plan in which God would have Jews and Christians work together to redeem the world.
...Faith-based groups counter fear of refugees
Religious groups pushed back against a wave of opposition toward Syrian refugees and are working to preserve the United States as a haven for them.
...Study shows steady levels of religious practice
The number of nonreligious people in America is increasing, but the faithful remain observant, according to the second part of the 2014 U.S....
Study: Many Conservative rabbis open to officiating at interreligious wedding
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Scholar finds oldest KJV draft
For about a month after he returned from England last year, a New Jersey university professor did not realize what a treasure he had found in a rare books library abroad.
...Reconstructionist rabbinical school first to allow students with non-Jewish partners
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Obama bristles at anti-Semitism charges during interview with Jewish newspaper
c. 2015 Religion News Service
...Muslim elected president of student wing of prominent pro-Israel group
c. 2015 Religion News Service
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