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Rena Weller Karefa-Smart, international ecumenical leader, dies at age 97
Byron and Beth Borger, independent Christian bookstore owners, face uncertain times
Mary Oliver, much-honored and often-quoted poet, dies at age 83
Lamin Sanneh, scholar of Christian missions, dies at age 76
Challenges continue after war ends, says Syrian priest and peacemaker Alexi Chehadeh
Nancy Pittman becomes president of Phillips Theological Seminary
James Kenneth Echols, first African American Lutheran seminary president, dies at age 67
Popular Christian authors Beth Moore and Max Lucado talk about surviving sexual abuse
Martha C. Nussbaum wins $1 million Berggruen Prize
Robert Jones, religion researcher, wins a Grawemeyer award
Mark Jobe to become president of Moody Bible Institute
Nelson Chamisa, former pastor, continues to contest election of Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of Muslim minority group, visits faithful in U.S.
Asia Bibi, Pakistani woman charged with blasphemy, freed
Thomas Keating, who developed centering prayer, dies at age 95
David Boase, Episcopal priest, fights deporation order
Richard Green serves as interim president of United Lutheran Seminary
Eugene Peterson, author of The Message and pastor to pastors, dies at age 85
William J. Barber II awarded MacArthur “genius” grant
Robert Wood Lynn, leader in religion scholarship, dies at age 93