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My Beautiful ‘Practicing’ Christians: As Churchgoers’ Numbers Shrink, Their Social Views Become More Similar

Grouping Christians by whether they are ‘practicing’ or ‘nonpracticing’ can show interesting patterns. Nikada/E+ via Getty Images by Michael Emerson, Rice University During the 2024 presidential campaign,...

Donald Trump’s Muslim ban idea pushes GOP toward chaos

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States is shoving the Republican Party to the edge of chaos, abruptly…

US Muslims struggle with how they should condemn extremism

NEW YORK (AP) _ By now, the tableau has become tragically familiar: American Muslims standing before a bank of cameras, condemning an attack linked to…

Texas board may vote to let academics check school textbooks

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas education officials may vote this week to have outside experts check for factual errors in textbooks used in its public…

GOP candidate Carson: Muslim shouldn’t be elected president

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says Islam is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn’t believe that a Muslim should be elected…

Resistance to gay marriages travels a well-worn path

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) _ In 1967, Liane Peters, an immigrant from Germany, fell in love with a quiet, handsome man she worked with at a…

Roof appears on 9 murder counts; Charleston seeks unity

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — They forgave him. They advised him to repent for his sins, and asked for God’s mercy on his soul. One even…

Obama: US at war with those who have perverted Islam

WASHINGTON (AP) — Muslims in the U.S. and around the world have a responsibility to fight a misconception that terrorist groups like the Islamic State…

High court ruling favors prayer at council meeting

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity, a divided Supreme Court ruled…

Poll: Big Bang a big question for most Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — While scientists believe the universe began with a Big Bang, most Americans put a big question mark on the concept, an Associated…

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