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Liberty University deletes John Piper convocation videos after Trump criticism
By Bob Smietana — November 3, 2020
(RNS) — In two convocation videos, evangelical author and speaker John Piper reminded Liberty University students to not waste their lives. Then he wrote a blog post that appeared to criticize Trump.
Your rabbi has sinned
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 6, 2019
Religious professionals screw up in all sorts of ways. Forgive them.
A creative approach to Georgetown’s sin of slavery
By Martin E. Marty — June 7, 2016
In a comment to one of the many blog posts about a controversy concerning Georgetown University’s past with slavery, we read: “I did not enslave anyone. I did not profit from slavery.” Such an abrupt dismissal of the moral issues is alienating, but the responder who added this comment hung around long enough to quicken […]
Church of England’s alternative baptism liturgy drops reference to devil
By Trevor Grundy — January 6, 2014
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Church of England has been accused of "dumbing down" the baptism service following the introduction of an alternative liturgy in which parents and godparents need not repent of their "sins" or reject "the devil."
Virtual vices show shift in American morality
By Daniel Burke — January 9, 2013
Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride still attract a lot of attention. But as the Internet and other media invade American life, our vices have also gone virtual, according to a new study. By Daniel Burke.
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