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Religion & Public Life
August 07, 2019
#%22https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/05/transubstantiation-eucharist-u-s-catholics/
** Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ ([link removed])
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Transubstantiation – the idea that during Mass, the bread and wine used for Communion become the body and blood of Jesus Christ – is central to the Catholic faith. But a new Pew Research Center survey ([link removed]) finds that most self-described Catholics don’t believe ([link removed]) this core teaching. In fact, nearly seven-in-ten Catholics (69%) say they personally believe that during Catholic Mass, the bread and wine used in Communion “are symbols of the body and blood of Jesus Christ.” Just one-third of U.S. Catholics (31%) say they believe that “during Catholic Mass, the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus.”
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#%22https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/01/u-s-jews-know-a-lot-about-religion-but-other-americans-know-little-about-judaism/
** U.S. Jews know a lot about religion – but other Americans know little about Judaism ([link removed])
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Compared with other Americans, U.S. Jews have relatively high levels of religious knowledge – including about non-Jewish religions like Christianity, Islam and Sikhism. But most non-Jewish Americans are unable to answer some basic factual questions about Jewish practices ([link removed]) , including about the Jewish Sabbath and New Year. This disconnect is apparent in Pew Research Center’s new religious knowledge survey ([link removed]) , which asked Americans 32 fact-based multiple-choice questions about religion, each of which had a single correct answer.
Quiz: Test your religious knowledge ([link removed])
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** MEDIA MENTIONS
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** What do Americans know about religion? ([link removed])
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Aug. 2 - Star Tribune *
** Tomorrow’s Gods: What is the future of religion? ([link removed])
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Aug. 2 - BBC News
** Crystals, healing, acceptance: Inside the world of Michigan’s witches ([link removed])
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Aug. 2 - Detroit Free Press *
** IN THE NEWS
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** Judge temporarily blocks Arkansas laws banning abortion ([link removed])
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Aug. 6 - The Wall Street Journal *
** A Catholic bishop in Texas is publicly accusing President Trump of racism ([link removed])
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Aug. 6 - CNN
** North Carolina becomes first Southern state to ban state funding for conversion therapy ([link removed])
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Aug. 5 - Religion News Service
** India scraps special status for Kashmir in step Pakistan calls illegal ([link removed])
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Aug. 5 - Reuters
** A first at a century-old seminary: A black woman takes charge ([link removed])
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Aug. 2 - The New York Times *
** Saudi law changed to permit women to travel without male ‘guardian’ ([link removed])
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Aug. 2 - NPR
** New Jersey will allow terminally ill patients to end their lives ([link removed])
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Aug. 1 - CNN
** Death of Hamza bin Laden seen as blow to al-Qaida’s future ([link removed])
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Aug. 1 - The New York Times *
** Booker, Durbin and Leahy introduce bill to ban death penalty ([link removed])
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July 31 - The Hill
** Manischewitz is selling all of its kosher food business ([link removed])
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July 30 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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