“In accordance with our bylaws, the executive committee has removed Brent Leatherwood as president,” the executive committee of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission said in a statement Monday. “Further details, as well as plans for the transition, will be provided at our September board meeting.” (Smietana, Religion News Service)
Read MoreAdidas has removed Bella Hadid from its social media pages after issuing an apology for “any upset or distress caused” by its release of an ad campaign for retro sneakers based on shoes first released during the 1972 Munich Olympics. (Moore, Los Angeles Times)
Read MoreThe report, released Tuesday (July 16), aims to draw international attention to what it considers violations of Muslim women’s and girls’ human rights. It also casts a critical eye on France’s “discriminatory policies against Muslim women” in sports and society, promulgated in the name of “laïcité,” or secularism, which demands religious neutrality in public spaces. (André, Religion News Service)
Read MoreIt’s fair to say that the Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield’s new girlfriend is not your conventional Hollywood plus-one…. She calls herself a “professional witch” and “spiritual mentor” with “powerful intuitive abilities”, and her website includes testimonies from Lena Dunham, the New Look founder, Tom Singh, and the Will & Grace star Megan Mullally. (Britten, The Times UK)
Read MoreAmericans aren’t just waiting longer to have kids and having fewer once they start—they’re less likely to have any at all. The shift means that childlessness may be emerging as the main driver of the country’s record-low birthrate. (Wolfe, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreAfter avoiding an attempted assassination on Saturday, former president Donald Trump was quick to credit divine assistance. Emily Crews, who leads the University of Chicago Divinity School’s Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion, finds that language telling. (DeRose, NPR)
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