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Dallas evangelical seminary requires sex abuse awareness training

By Adelle M. Banks — September 15, 2016
(RNS) 'This is the first I know of an evangelical seminary with a free-standing requirement for graduation to participate in this kind of discrete training,' said a theological schools expert.

15 years after 9/11, are congregations prepared for disasters?

By Adelle M. Banks — September 9, 2016
(RNS) Webinars and training sessions held across the country help faith leaders prepare for terrorism or natural disasters. But experts say more need to take them.

Muslim theology faculties develop an ‘Islam for Germany’

By Tom Heneghan — April 27, 2016
(RNS) The practical approach these faculties have taken contrasts sharply with the increasingly shrill declarations coming from Germany’s far-right.

Spotty training, increased violence impact young aid workers

By Mary Bowerman — February 11, 2015
(RNS) The risk of foreign aid work, especially for young people, has again been thrust into the national spotlight after the death of 26-year-old Kayla Mueller.

Myanmar journalists draft Religion Newswriters Resolution on Covering Religious Freedom and Conflict

By Brian Pellot — November 19, 2014
Religion Newswriters assembled 15 journalists, editors and media professionals from across Myanmar for an intensive training course on how best to cover religious freedom and conflict. Here’s the resolution they bring back to their newsrooms.

Anti-Muslim speakers still popular in law enforcement training

By Omar Sacirbey — March 12, 2014
(RNS) The Culpeper (Va.) controversy is the latest law-enforcement training course to draw harsh criticism from Muslim groups who say agencies hire purported experts in Islam or counterterrorism who in fact have other agendas.
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