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As religion takes an ever-higher profile in America’s national-security concerns, a new book says that the FBI needs to improve the religious literacy of their agents and staff.
Gayle Fisher-Stewart is a former law enforcement officer and now an Episcopal priest. She speaks difficults truths about the issue of police violence against the black community and the racism which is feeding it.
This week’s review is “Free State of Jones,” a sobering look at a piece of Civil War history that’s not widely known. It’s probably a side of Confederate Mississippi many would like to keep quiet. If our nation were a family in therapy, not every family member would want to deal with this part of our history. But we must.
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