Religion

Spiritual intervention Sidewalk prayers near shoot-up spots. Sunday sermons in the back of a bar. Pleas to struggling souls to surrender to God. Funerals for members of their flock wh... by MICHAEL HILL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - November 17, 2018

Jesuit news organization gets new digs Communal tables. Teleconferencing hubs. Cafes where employees can grab coffee and flip open laptops for impromptu meetings. Marvel Architects, a New York design... by JANE MARGOLIES THE NEW YORK TIMES - November 17, 2018

NEWS BRIEFS LR rabbi protests migrant treatment November 17, 2018

Jordan Peterson's secular approach to the soul It isn't every day that a University of Toronto psychology professor is asked to officiate a wedding. by Terry Mattingly - November 17, 2018

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Enlightenment This week, Hindus worldwide celebrated Diwali, known as the faith's festival of lights, with firecrackers, gifts and sweets in the holiday that above all celebr... by Francisca Jones - November 10, 2018

Supreme Court to rule on 40-foot cross The Supreme Court agreed Nov. 2 to decide whether a 40-foot cross on state property in suburban Maryland violates the First Amendment's ban on government establ... by ADAM LIPTAK THE NEW YORK TIMES - November 10, 2018

Baptist pastor finds calling in post-Holocaust cemeteries Steven Reece pulls a shield over his face, takes a weed whacker in hand, and begins trimming tall grass in an overgrown, tick-infested Jewish cemetery in wester... by VANESSA GERA AND DMITRY VLASOV THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - November 10, 2018

YouTube psychologist unlikely spiritual teacher Editor's Note: This is the first of two columns about Jordan Peterson and YouTube religion debates. by Terry Mattingly - November 10, 2018

NEWS BRIEFS Christmas shoe box collection to begin November 10, 2018

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Denial serves no one Contemporary denial of climate change is not unlike the Galileo affair around 1610. The church and many religious leaders of that era resisted evidence of a hel... by CLINT SCHNEKLOTH Special to NWA Democrat-Gazette - November 10, 2018

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