Tuesday digest

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New today from the Century:

• J. B. Stump on faith and science: "We might still pray for rain, but we can account for thunder without invoking bowling gods. Is there still a place for God?" (subscription required)

• James McGrath on the Connecticut shooting, school prayer and the religious right's god

• Why there is no elf on Lee Hull Moses's shelf

• Gracia Grindal's lectionary column for Sunday, December 30 (subscription required)

In the news:

• In Newtown churches, many questions - and tears - but few answers
• Newtown shootings renew questions about evil and suffering
• Is 'The Hobbit' a 'Christian' film? Yes and no.
• At Christmas, the babe in the manger isn't always white
• WCC blasts U.S. for blocking ecumenical meeting in Cuba