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1 month, 1 week ago

The ultimate answer to why Donald Trump won: White Christians

Salon

The Democratic Party, the mainstream news media and the political class are conducting a political autopsy of the 2024 election and how Donald Trump and the MAGA movement were able to easily triumph when the “conventional wisdom” suggested a historically close election. While the Democratic Party is trying to make sense of how Kamala Harris’ campaign can spend more than …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump received major support from white Christians again — but added others

NPR

Trump received major support from white Christians again — but added others Donald Trump saw continued support from white Christians, especially white evangelicals, but a huge shift in Latino Catholics helped him as well AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Exit polls show that Donald Trump again received major support from white Christians this election. Trump also made inroads with Hispanic Catholics, and …

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2 months ago

When a MAGA-style movement nearly destroyed democracy — 110 years ago

Salon

Consider this scenario, unfolding in a country that views itself as the world’s leading democracy: A cynical but charismatic demagogue emerges as a disruptive force in politics — a person of wealth, privilege and fame who claims to represent a mass movement of ordinary people, but uses it for his own purposes. One reason why you probably haven’t heard about …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Technology opens up new realm to experience ancient town

China Daily

The six-century-old town of Qingyan on the outskirts of Guiyang, Guizhou province, is a small military outpost that today serves as a major tourism destination which welcomes mass incursions by visitors from far beyond its borders. ERIK NILSSON/CHINA DAILY Travelers can stroll through ancient manors belonging to military leaders and temples honoring Confucius and Wenchang — the deity of literature …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Their churches no longer feel safe. Now Nicaraguans are taking their worship home

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “If I’m pursued at the …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

An unsteady alliance: Donald Trump and the religious right

The Hindu

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee for 2024, presents a concatenation of contradictions. We look at the extent of and causes for support for Mr. Trump among the Christian right, and broadly look at how the Republican party has been intertwined with religious causes. In his days as a New York businessman, Mr. Trump was pro-choice; in a 1999 interview, …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Supporters Believe ‘Hand of God’ Saved Trump

Wired

On Monday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina took to the stage and declared he believes in miracles. But an American lion got back up on his feet and he roared.” Scott, a man who once literally hammered the Ten Commandments to the wall of a government building, is one of dozens …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants

Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century’s worth of denominational bans on gay clergy and same-sex marriages. It took decades of activism for a change that was “so very healing,” said McAvoy, pastor of Shepherd of the Valley United Methodist Church in Hope, Rhode Island. The reversals can be seen …

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8 months ago

Mexico’s likely next president would be its first leader with a Jewish background

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexico’s first female president. Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City and the governing party’s candidate, has kept a comfortable lead in all polls against opposition candidates Xóchitl Gálvez and Jorge Álvarez Máynez. FILE - Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters as she arrives to her opening campaign rally …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel and the Puritans: A dangerous historical romance

Salon

"Humankind cannot bear very much reality," T.S. Even more remarkably, Puritans justified what they were doing not by looking ahead 300 years but by looking back more than two millennia, emulating biblical Israelites' "Hebrew republic" so intensely that they called themselves the “New Israel” and New England their “Zion.” They even put the Hebrew phrase Urim v’tumim, — meaning, approximately, …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Black pastors see popular Easter services as an opportunity to rebuild in-person worship attendance

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many churches moved their services online, the Rev. “I resisted kicking and screaming because I’m a child of the ’70s,” said Lamar, the senior pastor of historic Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. “I’m not a digital native.” Four years later, Lamar, a talented preacher, has adjusted to …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

The relentless focus on White Christian nationalism is spreading a racist myth

CNN

Story highlights Evangelicals in the US are typically depicted as White men But one in three American evangelicals is a person of color Their politics are often more progressive than those of White evangelicals CNN — It’s been called an “imposter Christianity,” a heretical faith that “sanctifies lies,” and “the most serious threat” to democracy in America. This future will …

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1 year, 1 month ago

'I just don't get it': Ex-FBI agent stumped by evangelicals’ devotion to Trump

Raw Story

Although Donald Trump is by no means universally loved in Christianity, he continues to be incredibly popular among a certain type: white fundamentalist evangelical Protestants, who have a different set of beliefs from Catholics and Mainline Protestants. "According to the national election and AP Votecast voter exit polls in 2020, 81 percent of 'born-again' evangelical Christians supported Donald Trump for …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Christians observe All Souls Day

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The Christian community thronged to cemeteries across twin cities on Thursday and remembered good memories of the departed souls to observe All Souls Day. Protestants and Catholics observe All Souls Day on November 2, when families visit the graves of their loved ones and decorate them with flowers and light candles in their memory. This day reflects love towards …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Fewer people ‘think relations between Protestants and Catholics have improved’

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fewer people in Northern Ireland think relations between Protestants and …

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1 year, 8 months ago

The Deep-Down Truth of Why Evangelical Christians Can’t Stand Drag

Slate

In late March, the Judicial Committee for the Nebraska Legislature heard public testimony over LB 371, a bill that would criminalize drag shows where minors are present. In the same book, STBS President Albert Mohler calls gender complementarity “the Bible’s most fundamental revelation about what it means to be human.” In a 2022 national survey conducted by the Public Religion …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux

Associated Press

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Teenagers from Catholic and Protestant youth groups lit candles on a Belfast street in memory of those who perished in the Holocaust, then listened solemnly to a warning about the dangers of Northern Ireland’s own infamous religious bigotries. “Let’s show people that love works, but it has to be genuine love, not preaching at them.” The …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We all know what prejudice is,” said Stephen Hughes, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux

LA Times

Jonny Clark, program manager for public theology at Corrymeela, an organization that has worked for decades toward reconciliation in Northern Ireland, visits the peace walls in west Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 28. The violence largely ended 25 years ago this month with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which laid out a political process for resolving Northern Ireland’s …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Evangelicals embraced MAGA out of desperation over their 'demographic slide': expert

Raw Story

Evangelicals were driven to support former President Donald Trump out of fear of their "demographic slide" and their impending loss of political and cultural relevance, argued Robert P. Jones for Religion News Service on Tuesday — and several points of data suggest that their fear is justified. "After a long life spanning nearly two hundred and forty years, White Christian …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Pope warns German church reform process elitist, ideological

Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has warned there’s a risk that a reform process in the German Catholic Church over calls for married priests and other possible liberalizing reforms might become harmfully “ideological.” In an interview with The Associated Press at the Vatican on Tuesday, Francis was asked about the process in Germany, where Catholic bishops and representatives of an …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Sinn Fein leader: Time to plan for border poll on Irish unity

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “A future of unity and progress draws closer and a new Ireland is on …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Service to mark 50 years since Claudy massacre

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Survivors and families of those killed in the Claudy bombings …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Claudy bombing widow: Northern Ireland must never return to horror of 1972

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A woman whose husband was killed in the bombing of …

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The ultimate answer to why Donald Trump won: White Christians

Trump received major support from white Christians again — but added others

When a MAGA-style movement nearly destroyed democracy — 110 years ago

Technology opens up new realm to experience ancient town

Their churches no longer feel safe. Now Nicaraguans are taking their worship home

An unsteady alliance: Donald Trump and the religious right

Supporters Believe ‘Hand of God’ Saved Trump

Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants

Mexico’s likely next president would be its first leader with a Jewish background

Israel and the Puritans: A dangerous historical romance

Black pastors see popular Easter services as an opportunity to rebuild in-person worship attendance

The relentless focus on White Christian nationalism is spreading a racist myth

'I just don't get it': Ex-FBI agent stumped by evangelicals’ devotion to Trump

Christians observe All Souls Day

Fewer people ‘think relations between Protestants and Catholics have improved’

The Deep-Down Truth of Why Evangelical Christians Can’t Stand Drag

Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux

Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux

Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux

Evangelicals embraced MAGA out of desperation over their 'demographic slide': expert

Pope warns German church reform process elitist, ideological

Sinn Fein leader: Time to plan for border poll on Irish unity

Service to mark 50 years since Claudy massacre

Claudy bombing widow: Northern Ireland must never return to horror of 1972