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Roundup: Five Stories You Should Have Read Last Week

Due to tech troubles, you may have missed these Gleanings…

Christianity Today February 4, 2013

The Gleanings blog had some tech troubles last week that kept many posts from initially appearing on the Christianity Today and Gleanings homepages. So, in case you missed any, here are five items you should have read…

African Americans (Not Latinos) Lead Surge in ‘Non-Anglo’ Southern Baptist Congregations

SBC minority congregations have grown by more than 66 percent since 1998, reports NAMB.

Deaths from Church Attacks Rise 36% in 2012

Carl Chinn says guns were used in nearly 60 percent of all “deadly force incidents” at churches since 1999.

Pro-Life Democrat Loses Defamation Battle with Susan B. Anthony List

Court: People have First Amendment right to “even false speech, when it applies to politics.”

Interracial Dating Decreases with Church Attendance (Except for One Denomination)

Interesting research from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.

Top 5 Most Interesting Stats on International Adoptions (Pick Your Own)

New State Department report notes countries where foreign adoptions are the fastest and cheapest, plus which U.S. states adopt the most children.

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Attitudes Toward Israel, Kash Patel’s Lawsuit, and John Mark Comer’s Fame

Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Americans’ growing frustrations with Israel, Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million, and the popularity of John Mark Comer.

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How a Kidnapping Changed a Theologian’s Mind

Interview by Emmanuel Nwachukwu

An interview with Sunday Bobai Agang about the lessons he learned from his abduction last month.

On America’s 250th, Remember Liberty Denied

Thomas S. Kidd

Three history books on the US slave trade.

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What Christian Athletes Can’t Do

An NBA player’s fall resurrects an old anxiety: When does talking about faith become “detrimental conduct”?

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Facing Arrest, Cuban Christian Influencers Continue Call for Freedom

Hannah Herrera

Young people are using social media to spread the gospel and denounce the Communist regime.

Public Theology Project

Against the Casinofication of the Church

The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins told me about problems that feel eerily similar to what I see in the church.

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The Religion Gender Gap Among the Young Is Disappearing

Bob Smietana - Religion News Service

Women still dominate church pews, but studies find that devotion among Gen Z women has cooled to levels on par with Gen Z men.

Just War Theory Is Supposed to Be Frustrating

The venerable theological tradition makes war slower, riskier, costlier, and less efficient—and that’s the point.

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