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August 11, 2020
** Daily Religion Headlines
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A daily roundup of the latest religion headlines from around the web · Subscribe ↗ ([link removed])
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** U.S. headlines
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Hospitals’ COVID-19 policies face religious-rights checks by Trump administration ([link removed])
The Wall Street Journal *
Liberty University names acting president after Jerry Falwell Jr. placed on leave of absence ([link removed])
The Washington Post *
Sunday’s Bible reading described a powerful earthquake. Then the ground shook in NC ([link removed])
The Charlotte Observer *
Disgraced West Virginia bishop Michael Bransfield was told a year ago to make restitution. His successor says Bransfield has gone incommunicado ([link removed])
The Washington Post *
How a quarantine matchmaking project for Muslims found itself navigating anti-Blackness ([link removed])
Religion News Service
Ten LDS temples in Utah to expand their operations with COVID-19 precautions in place ([link removed])
The Salt Lake Tribune *
Catholic churches drop hymns after accusations against composer ([link removed])
The New York Times *
LGBT Christians push to overturn Young Life’s ‘sexual conduct’ policy ([link removed])
Religion News Service
** International headlines
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Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy ([link removed])
BBC News
Indian temple reports huge coronavirus outbreak as cases surge ([link removed])
Reuters
Witch hunts: A global problem in the 21st century ([link removed])
Deutsche Welle
Former Jehovah’s Witness elders call for mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse ([link removed])
The Guardian
Al-Shabab militants in shoot-out in Somalia prison ([link removed])
BBC News
South Africa: Gabola church ‘connects with God by drinking alcohol’ ([link removed])
BBC News
** Analysis & commentary
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Ganges River flows with history and prophecy for India ([link removed])
The Associated Press
Freedom of religion doesn’t mean freedom from mask mandates ([link removed])
The Conversation
Religion has become a powerful hammer driving a wedge between ‘us’ and ‘them’ ([link removed])
Miami Herald *
I’m a conservative Christian environmentalist. No, that’s not an oxymoron ([link removed])
The New York Times *
School choice and the value of religious diversity ([link removed])
National Review *
Without traditional faith, spiritual humans go to strange places ([link removed])
The American Conservative
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