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PEW Research: 5 key findings about LGBT Americans BY ANNA BROWN

SEE : http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/06/13/5-key-findings-about-lgbt-americans/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=4324872719-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_06_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-4324872719-400098233

PEW Research: Religious Belief and National Belonging in Central and Eastern Europe National and religious identities converge in a region once dominated by atheist regimes

See: http://www.pewforum.org/2017/05/10/religious-belief-and-national-belonging-in-central-and-eastern-europe/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=efff8a5e05-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-efff8a5e05-400098233

BARNA UPDATE: Competing Worldviews Influence Today’s Christians

See: https://www.barna.com/research/competing-worldviews-influence-todays-christians/?utm_source=Barna+Update+List&utm_campaign=d2b24df6dc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_05_9&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8560a0e52e-d2b24df6dc-172086125&mc_cid=d2b24df6dc&mc_eid=75e096d2c2

NPR: Trump Set To Relax Rules On Political Activity By Religious Groups

SEE: http://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526796008/trump-set-to-relax-rules-on-political-activity-by-religious-groups?sc=tw

Religion News Service: United Methodists to hold special session on LGBTQ inclusion in 2019 By Emily McFarlan Miller | April 25, 2017

SEE: http://religionnews.com/2017/04/25/united-methodists-to-hold-special-session-on-lgbtq-inclusion-in-2019/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=e8cb0f5465-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-e8cb0f5465-400098233

REUTERS: POLITICS | Mon Apr 17, 2017 | 5:48am EDT With Trump pick aboard, top U.S. court tackles religious rights

SEE: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-church-idUSKBN17I0BA?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=15edb39969-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-15edb39969-400098233

RNS: Thousands of Christians expected for rapturous Holy Fire ceremony By Michele Chabin | April 12, 2017

SEE: http://religionnews.com/2017/04/12/thousands-of-christians-expected-for-rapturous-holy-fire-ceremony/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=c1f21c8fc1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-c1f21c8fc1-400098233

BBC: The Obscure Religion that shaped the West

SEE: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170406-this-obscure-religion-shaped-the-west

New York Times: ISIS Officially Taunts Trump, Ending a Conspicuous Silence By RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAPRIL 4, 2017 Continue reading the main storyShare This Page Share Tweet Email More

See: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/world/middleeast/trump-isis-taunt-idiot.html?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=35571839cb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-35571839cb-400098233&_r=0

New York Times: Fleeing Boko Haram, Thousands Cling to a Road to Nowhere By DIONNE SEARCEY; Photographs by ADAM FERGUSON March 30, 2017

SEE: https://www.nytimes.com/ interactive/2017/03/30/world/ africa/the-road-to-nowhere- niger.html?utm_source=Pew+ Research+Center&utm_campaign= bae5f4e9b4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_ 2017_03_30&utm_medium=email& utm_term=0_3e953b9b70- bae5f4e9b4-400098233&_r=0

AP: Religion Florida bill would protect religious expression in schools

SEE: https://apnews.com/ 7a29f4ca40dc495cbc85493ad68a8d 24/Florida-bill-would-protect- religious-expression-in- schools?utm_source=Pew+ Research+Center&utm_campaign= 2905408055-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_ 2017_03_23&utm_medium=email& utm_term=0_3e953b9b70- 2905408055-400098233

New York Times: Printing the Ancient Way Keeps Buddhist Texts Alive in Tibet

SEE: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/world/asia/tibet-derge-parkhang-buddhist-texts-ancient-printing-press.html?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=7768cfe579-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-7768cfe579-400098233&_r=0

AP: Religion Myanmar hard-line Buddhists protest citizenship for Rohingya

SEE: https://apnews.com/2e915451eb624d2d85f282ab5e573a6a/Myanmar-hard-line-Buddhists-protest-citizenship-for-Rohingya?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=837e53f0d9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-837e53f0d9-400098233

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PEW ResearchCenter: Muslims and Islam: Key findings in the U.S. and around the world BY MICHAEL LIPKA

SEE: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/27/muslims-and-islam-key-findings-in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=2f41a97768-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-2f41a97768-400098233

Baptist News Global: Can Tom Wright save Christianity? OPINION-ALAN BEAN | FEBRUARY 17, 2017

SEE: https://baptistnews.com/article/can-tom-wright-save-christianity/#.WK2A0TKbbmv.mailto

The Christian Science Monitor: America's new ministers

SEE: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2017/0206/America-s-new-ministers?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=cdc820b9dc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-cdc820b9dc-400098233

The Guardian: C of E bishops refuse to change stance on gay marriage

See: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/27/church-of-england-bishops-marriage-doctrine-talks?CMP=share_btn_tw&utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=7dd3601d99-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-7dd3601d99-400098233

The Guardian: Russian yoga fans alarmed at arrest of teacher under new law

See: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/12/russian-yoga-fans-alarmed-at-arrest-of-teacher-under-new-law?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=b6689a475b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-b6689a475b-400098233

PEW Research: Faith on the Hill The religious composition of the 115th Congress

SEE: http://www.pewforum.org/2017/01/03/faith-on-the-hill-115/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=4e76a6f394-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-4e76a6f394-400098233