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The real sin of Sodom and Gomorrah - lack of hospitality

Rev. Brian Hutchison's sermon breaks down the Biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah, which he says fundamentalists have highjacked as proof of homosexual sin.
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Online Muslim forums foster tolerance and fuel vitriol

| Jun 12, 2013

WASHINGTON (RNS) Amid calls to get more Muslims using the Internet, experts who have studied Muslims online caution that the virtual Islamic community can be a “double-edged sword.”
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Is your church holding a rummage sale?

| Jun 12, 2013

Is your church or faith-based community holding a rummage or tag sale?
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Report: ‘Catholic McCarthyism’ threatens bishops’ anti-poverty push

| Jun 11, 2013

(RNS) Conservative activists are threatening the social justice mission of the Catholic Church just when the country needs it most, a new report charges, by attacking the church’s flagship anti-poverty program with 21st-century style “Catholic McCarthyism.”
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35 years later, some black Mormons see lingering prejudice

| Jun 11, 2013

(SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) June 8, 1978, was a sacred, momentous event — a revelation — that catapulted Mormonism into a new era of global growth.
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Southern Baptists push for more black missionaries

| Jun 11, 2013

(RNS) Fred Luter had a lot of firsts in the last year: first black president of the Southern Baptist Convention; first time chairing the denomination’s annual meeting, this week, in Houston; and recently, first-time missionary.
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Conserving nature

| Jun 10, 2013

Taking care of our world is especially important for those who follow religions that embrace honoring the earth and the spirits that inhabit our world.
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Questions religious communities need to ask themselves in a time of crisis

| Jun 10, 2013

The present structures, both physical and systemic, of religious congregations in America are under enormous challenges today.
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Pope forgoes summer holidays

| Jun 6, 2013

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Breaking with another centuries-old tradition established by his predecessors, Pope Francis will remain in Rome during the summer and endure the usually stifling heat of the Eternal City.
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Atheists to unveil first monument to unbelief on public land

| Jun 6, 2013

(RNS) After years of fights over religious monuments on public land, a county courthouse in Northern Florida will soon be the home of the nation’s first monument to atheism on public property.
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Why John Calvin is shaking things up for Southern Baptists

| Jun 6, 2013

(RNS) Nearly 35 years after conservatives launched a takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, a new divide is emerging — this time over the teachings of 16th-century Reformer John Calvin — that threatens to upend the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
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