Friday's News & Ideas - 12/6/2019

GOP Rep. pitches LGBTQ rights bill with religious exemptions
Associated Press: As Democrats champion anti-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community and Republicans counter with worries about safeguarding religious freedom, one congressional Republican is offering a proposal on Friday that aims to achieve both goals.

New Liberty University think tank aims to revive ‘Christian American culture’
Baptist News Global: Liberty University has launched a new think tank described in an introductory video as a “support network for the revival of Christian American culture across the nation.”

Pope Francis wants you to set up a Nativity scene to fight banal consumer Christmas
Religion News Service: On Thursday, the Vatican hosted a Christmas tree lighting ceremony ahead of the holidays, but it was the Nativity scene that stole the show.

David Bentley Hart’s polemic against the alleged doctrine of eternal hell
Christian Century: In his new book “That All Shall Be Saved,” Hart thunders like Amos against cruel, incoherent religion.

The moral universe of Timothy Keller*
The Atlantic: Peter Wehner profiles his personal friend Tim Keller.

The Spark

A choreographer dances out his feelings about race and religion
Kyle Marshall’s work* includes “A.D.” about the influence of Christianity on the black body, The New York Times says.

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