RNS Morning Report: New museum remembers Scotland’s dark era of witch hysteria

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https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/new-museum-remembers-scotlands-dark-era-of-witch-hysteria/


** New museum remembers Scotland’s dark era of witch hysteria (https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/new-museum-remembers-scotlands-dark-era-of-witch-hysteria/)
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EDINBURGH, Scotland (RNS) — Just off of Royal Mile in Old Town Edinburgh, in a 17th-century stone building on Chalmers Close, is a new museum that, though dedicated to a part of history most Scots might like to forget, raises questions making headlines in the country today.
https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/many-african-american-sbc-churches-have-women-pastors-on-staff-will-they-be-expelled-next/


** Many African American SBC churches have women pastors on staff. Will they be expelled next? (https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/many-african-american-sbc-churches-have-women-pastors-on-staff-will-they-be-expelled-next/)
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(RNS) — A letter from the president of the SBC's National African American Fellowship expressed concerns over recent SBC decisions to bar churches with women pastors.
https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/a-gunman-opens-fire-at-a-lebanon-mosque-killing-one-person-and-wounding-several-others/


** A gunman opens fire at a Lebanon mosque, killing one person and wounding several others (https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/a-gunman-opens-fire-at-a-lebanon-mosque-killing-one-person-and-wounding-several-others/)
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BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army issued a statement saying that the armed man opened fire at a group of people as they were leaving the mosque, killing one of them.
https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/muslims-across-pakistan-hold-anti-sweden-protests-to-denounce-burning-of-islams-holy-book/


** Muslims across Pakistan hold anti-Sweden protests to denounce burning of Islam’s holy book (https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/muslims-across-pakistan-hold-anti-sweden-protests-to-denounce-burning-of-islams-holy-book/)
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Anger has grown in Muslim countries since last Wednesday when a man, identified in Swedish media as an Iraqi Christian immigrant, burned a Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm on the festival of Eid al-Adha.
https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/authorities-charge-5-more-in-probe-of-child-sexual-abuse-among-jehovahs-witnesses-in-pennsylvania/


** Authorities charge 5 more in probe of child sexual abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pennsylvania (https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/authorities-charge-5-more-in-probe-of-child-sexual-abuse-among-jehovahs-witnesses-in-pennsylvania/)
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Critics say that Jehovah's Witnesses elders have treated child sexual abuse as a sin rather than a crime, documenting complaints in internal files but not reporting them to authorities.
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** RNS Opinion
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https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/pope-francis-appoints-men-and-women-who-support-a-synodal-church/


** Pope Francis appoints men and women to build a synodal church (https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/pope-francis-appoints-men-and-women-who-support-a-synodal-church/)
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(RNS) — These recent appointments show that Francis now understands that 'personnel is policy.'
https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/its-a-christian-mandate-to-create-a-society-where-all-flourish-scotus-keeps-undermining-it/


** It’s a Christian mandate to create a society where all flourish — SCOTUS keeps undermining it (https://religionnews.com/2023/07/10/its-a-christian-mandate-to-create-a-society-where-all-flourish-scotus-keeps-undermining-it/)
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(RNS) — Affirmative action may not have been perfect, but that does not mean that we abolish it, rather we stay committed to do better.


** ICYMI
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https://religionnews.com/2023/07/07/storytelling-cooking-biryani-how-displaced-shia-ismaili-muslim-women-rebuilt-community/


** Storytelling, cooking biryani: How displaced Shia Ismaili Muslim women rebuilt community (https://religionnews.com/2023/07/07/storytelling-cooking-biryani-how-displaced-shia-ismaili-muslim-women-rebuilt-community/)
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(RNS) — Shenila Khoja-Moolji's new book records the histories of women in her faith community that are absent from religious archives.
https://religionnews.com/2023/07/07/big-church-may-sound-alike-but-litte-churches-are-wild-west-study-finds-worship-megachurch-hymns-are-not-dead-yet/


** Big churches sound alike. Little churches are the ‘Wild West’ of music, study finds. (https://religionnews.com/2023/07/07/big-church-may-sound-alike-but-litte-churches-are-wild-west-study-finds-worship-megachurch-hymns-are-not-dead-yet/)
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(RNS) — Worship professor Will Bishop said that focusing on the most popular worship songs can miss what churches are actually singing.


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