The Slingshot: Christians and climate change; Snake handlers; Star Wars

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Several hundred people took part in a prayer walk on Sept. 14, 2016, from the Oceti Sakowin camp near Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota to the site up the road where Dakota Access began digging over Labor Day weekend for construction on a nearly 1,200-mile pipeline project. Construction temporarily has been halted. RNS photo by Emily McFarlan Miller


Need to know: Monday, January 29, 2018

For Christians, the green revolution is stalling — and politics may be why

A new study shows that two decades of advocacy has not made Christians any greener in their outlooks.

Freak show or spiritual test? Book explores world of snake handlers

Author Julia Duin focuses on a new breed of snake-handling preachers — young and adept at using social media to attract attention.

Nancy Pearcey and Jonathan Merritt spar on the hottest of hot topics

RNS columnist Merritt writes that the evangelical scholar’s sharp mind and compelling personal story make her “a powerful, if undervalued, champion for conservatives.”

The unveiling of Christian nationalism

“White Christian nationalism has been unveiled by its unlikely alliance with Trump,” write Rev. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.

The spiritual message hidden in ‘Star Wars’

"There's more to spirituality in ‘Star Wars’ than Buddhism," writes Dan Burke.

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Report: Hillary Clinton protected faith adviser accused of sexual harassment in 2008

(USA Today) — The New York Times reported that Burns Strider, Clinton's faith adviser at the time, was accused of harassing a 30-year-old woman who shared an office with him.

Thin crowds greet Bollywood film after rumors set off anger

NEW DELHI (AP) — The film is based on a 16th-century epic Sufi poem, 'Padmavat,' in which a brave and beautiful Rajput queen chose to immolate herself in a ceremonial fire rather than be captured by the Muslim sultan of Delhi, Allaudin Khilji.

Trump’s first-year report card: How’d he do on issues important to evangelicals?

Evangelicals made clear their high expectations for the president they had helped put into office. And for the most part, he delivered.

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The Catholic-Labor Alliance is back

Witness the latest amicus brief filed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The Good Swastika

(RNS) — Making peace with the swastika does not mean making peace with Nazis past and present, nor with their hateful ideology – nor with their corrupted version of that symbol.

More “Letters to a Young Mormon,” this time from Deseret Book

Adam S. Miller continues to communicate Mormon beliefs as beautifully and thoughtfully as anybody I know. I talk to him today about his popular book for young adult Mormons, now republished by Deseret Book.

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