Giving Compass' Take:

• This post from The Conversation discusses how religious politics are changing despite the deeply-set foundation of beliefs supporting asylum for displaced individuals. 

• In what ways can secular nonprofits fill in the gaps that faith-based organizations once filled when it comes to refugees? 

• Here's how digital tools are vital for resettling refugees trying to start new lives. 

Robert Bowers lashed out at what he believed to be a Jewish plot to bring more refugees and asylum seekers to the U.S. before allegedly murdering 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

Bowers’s claim that HIAS, a prominent Jewish humanitarian organization, was bringing migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala northward to commit violence was false. But it is true that many religious communities in the U.S., including American Jews, have long supported refugees and asylum-seeking migrants who arrive in the U.S.

In my research on the nonprofits that resettle and assist these newcomers, I’ve found that while religious communities continue to do this work through faith-based nonprofits and individual congregations, there are signs that some white Christians no longer support this mission.

Read the full article about religion and refugees by Stephanie J. Nawyn at The Conversation.