Tuesday, July 22, 2025

RNS Morning Report - Are AI sermons ethical? Clergy consider where to draw the line.

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Are AI sermons ethical? Clergy consider where to draw the line.

(RNS and NPR) — Much of the debate involves grappling with the question of whether AI is being used as a replacement for a sacred human project or whether it's a tool in the service of that project. 
 

Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

WASHINGTON (AP) — The release involves more than 240,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977, when the FBI first gathered the records and turned them over to the National Archives and Records Administration.
 

National teacher’s union board rejects member vote to boycott the Anti-Defamation League

(RNS) — The board of the National Education Association made clear its decision was not a statement of support for the ADL.
 

Prosecutor resigns, calls ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch trial ‘irreparably tainted’

(RNS) — The case has not been dismissed, and the trial is scheduled to resume on Aug. 11.

RNS Opinion

Despite tempest over a tax exemption, Trump’s IRS keeps Johnson Amendment intact

(RNS) — Notwithstanding the consent decree, it's an open question whether the US Supreme Court would go along with voiding the Johnson Amendment.
 

If evangelical Christian ‘deconstruction’ becomes a brand, it defeats its purpose

(RNS) — Mimicking evangelical culture's tendency toward taglines and T-shirts doesn't build beyond the evangelical movement. It continues to live within it.

 

ICYMI

For the young and Buddhist-curious, a moment of modern mindfulness

NEW YORK (RNS) — The Young Buddhist Initiative describes itself as bringing Buddhist traditions into the modern world in a way that it hopes will suit contemporary — particularly younger — lives.
 

‘She is the future of our church.’ Winnie Varghese named first woman dean of St. John the Divine.

(RNS) — The election of Varghese, a queer woman of Indian descent, as dean of America’s largest Episcopal church represents a number of historic firsts.

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