In the US, Chicago church’s plan to fast from ‘whiteness’ for Lent gets pushback
Chicago, USRNS To say that First United Church of Oak Park isn’t used to getting national media attention for its Lenten programming is “perhaps the understatement of the year,” according to senior pastor Rev John Edgerton. But after the congregation in suburban Chicago erected a banner announcing a fast from “whiteness” for Lent, the Christian […]
Essay: Faith in numbers – Fox News is must-watch for white evangelicals, a turnoff for atheists…and Hindus, Muslims really like CNN
In an article first published on The Conversation, RYAN BURGE, assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, looks at the intersection between faith and TV news preferences in the US…
ESSAY: HOW MANY AMERICANS BELIEVE TRUMP IS ANOINTED BY GOD?
US political scientists PAUL DJUPE and RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, look at what the data says about Americans’ belief that the President is anointed by God…
US Catholic bishops and laypeople may live in different news bubbles
RNS When Catholic bishops want to know what’s going on in the world, they’re likely to tune in to Fox News. Their parishioners, however, appear to prefer CNN. Newly revealed data reported by the National Catholic Reporter shows that news-watching habits of Catholic bishops seem to skew significantly more conservative than American Catholics overall, hinting […]
ESSAY: IN THE US, A FIGHT OVER ‘SO HELP ME GOD’? GOD HELP US
Writing from the US, Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, posits a way forward in the fight over whether “so help me God” should be dropped from oaths made before legislative committees…
STRANGESIGHTS: ‘TUDDER’ HELPING BOVINES CONNECT; FLUFFY SURVIVES THE BIG FREEZE; AND A HAND-WASHING SCANDAL…
DAVID ADAMS looks at the odder side of life…