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Debate Heats Up Over “Francis Effect”

…ancis effect” from the pope’s first year. According to Daniel Burke at CNN.com in a lengthy, mostly anecdotal piece, “there’s more way than one to measure the pontiff’s influence” than, say, actual metrics like the number of people going to mass or returning to the church. According to Burke, you just have to “ask around” Boston to find folks who know someone who’s thinking about returning to the church or who feels less horrible about the church…

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Why Don’t White People Show Up For Juneteenth The Way They Showed Up For George Floyd?

…ite folks wish me happy juneteenth i’m supposed to say…. ?” https://twitter.com/DoctorRMB/status/1670773119127003136 However, at the root of Manigault-Bryant’s query lies the problem with a federally recognized holiday to celebrate the end of slavery: Americans still can’t honestly discuss slavery. Even if red state legislatures weren’t aggressively trying to ban meaningful discussions of race and slavery, Americans by and large are woefully incap…

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Pence Meets With One of Putin’s Top Clerics: Strange Bedfellows at BGEA’s World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians

…ars? Graham has been an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, who welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak (and a Russian state photographer) to the White House on May 10, a day before the start of BGEA’s summit. This oddly timed photo-op, paired with Pence’s meeting with Metropolitan Hilarion, would seem to herald a turn toward normalization of relations between the U.S. and Russia. Evangelical l…

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The Roots of White Evangelicalism’s Crisis Are in White Evangelical Churches, Not Republican Politics

…m every day.” Scholars often make this observation as well. https://twitter.com/PMatzko/status/1398742463557296129 Implicit in statements like these is the assumption that churches and pastors are a good influence on their congregations. The roots are healthy, but outside forces have corrupted the fruit. These assumptions should not stand unchallenged. Segregation as pragmatism It’s time for white evangelical leaders to consider the possibility th…

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How (Not) to Understand Romney’s Time as an LDS Bishop

…ing Church headquarters’ inquiries into their activities. On Tuesday, Salon.com’s Justin Elliot selected the most unflattering elements of Romney’s career as bishop to depict the GOP presidential candidate as “an enforcer of the most socially conservative policies of the LDS church.” Salon’s sensationalized story suggests that Mitt Romney was some kind of ecclesiastical Dirty Harry, especially on gender. To put Romney’s record into perspective, it…

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As US Reaches a 1940s Fork in the Road — Which Path Will We Choose?

…emocratic leaders call this a “continuation of January 6.” https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1480225343537569802 That’s crucial, and we don’t know how this will play out. Another big, unpredictable factor is the pandemic. I think future historians (provided humanity survives) will debate how COVID helped push the previous president out of power, particularly his lack of ability to address it effectively. A third major factor is the midterms. Y…

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LDS Apostle Says Same-Sex Attraction Can be Overcome

…ely to the Sunday morning message. Said Laura Compton of Mormonsformarriage.com, “So many Mormons have worked hard to increase understanding of what homosexuality is and what it means to be faithful. Now we have this message coming from the pulpit in General Conference by the president of the Quorum of the Twelve. It seems like hitting a brick wall. Hopefully, this won’t make people stop and say, ‘It wasn’t worth it.’” She continued, “When we are…

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Ugandan Bishops Push Notorious Anti-Gay Bill

…nalty would be removed in committee. “However,” notes a commentary on Care2.com, “readers familiar with the legislation’s history will know that such assurances have been made before only for the bill to go to the voting stage intact and without the death sentence deleted.” Also still in the bill: A 7-year jail sentence for consenting adults who have gay sex; A life sentence for people in same-sex marriages; Extradition and prosecution of LGBT Uga…

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Obama’s Divisive Choice of Rick Warren

…t just anti-abortion—he is anti-egalitarian. A page on his Web site Pastors.com, a resource for his fellow Christian leaders, features a woman named Beth Moore explaining and even celebrating the necessity of wifely submission. “God granted women a measure of freedom in submission that we can learn to enjoy,” she explains. “It is a relief to know that as a wife and mother I am not totally responsible for my family. I have a husband to look to for…

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