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	Saved by the City Live, Laugh, Love ... and Submit? + Kristin Kobes Du Mez Katelyn Beaty and Roxanne Stone Kicking off a new season with a deep dive into shiplap, essential oil, Sandi Patty, and various and sundry staples of Christian womanhood.
	The State of Belief What Are "Christian Antichrists?" Dr. Matthew D. Taylor Explains Paul Brandeis Raushenbush A leading religion scholar joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss his new book "Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists"
	Complexified The Texas Sharia Panic: How a Rallying Cry Became a Curriculum Rev. Amanda Henderson As Texas Republicans turn fear of Sharia into an election-year message, Muslim communities are organizing against its growing influence on schools, policy, and public life.

	Martini Judaism (RNS) — Is antisemitism your basic garden-variety bigotry? Or is it something much deeper? James Loeffler teaches us how to think about it.
	The State of Belief A leading religion scholar joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss his new book "Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists"
	Complexified As Texas Republicans turn fear of Sharia into an election-year message, Muslim communities are organizing against its growing influence on schools, policy, and public life.

Roxanne Stone and Katelyn Beaty

Live, Laugh, Love … and Submit? + Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Kicking off a new season with a deep dive into shiplap, essential oil, Sandi Patty, and various and sundry staples of Christian womanhood.

Jeffrey Salkin

Ed Sheeran, Robert Kraft and the power of doing more than taking a side

(RNS) — Come for a story about Ed Sheeran and Robert Kraft. Stay for a good post-Yom Kippur tale.

Morgan Shipley

Why AI resembles a charismatic religious leader

(The Conversation) — AI can function as a charismatic figure without standing on a stage, establishing a church or gathering disciples, writes a scholar of religion.

The medieval world had its own ‘deepfakes’ – church officials cited a fake imperial decree for centuries

Vanessa Corcoran

(The Conversation) — The forged document was used as leverage to try to expand papal control throughout the Italian peninsula.

Some climb for faith, others for the views. This Chinese sacred mountain draws them all

Maria Teresa Hernandez

WUDANG, China (AP) —Tourists and pilgrims in a steady stream make their way through Wudang every day. Its scenic peaks, ancient palaces and religious sites drew 14 million visits in 2025, according to government figures.

She lived to see ‘Deb’s law’ take effect. Now she can choose how she dies

Luis Andres Henao

CHICAGO (AP) — Opponents, including many religious groups, lawmakers and disability advocates, have moral objections to someone ending their life.

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