Friday's News & Ideas - 10/7/2022
- Christians abandoning Social Gospel
- Ending hunger takes more than charity
- Political centrists keep losing
- Popularity of end times books
- Trinity & queerness
- Changing NASCAR
Even Christians who are Democrats are abandoning the Social Gospel
Religion News Service: Survey data show that church attendance, not party, is more likely to determine how Christians view the kingdom.
Christian charity alone won’t end hunger
Sojourners: Far too many Christians cling to a stubborn belief that individual acts of charity are sufficient to fulfill their obligation to help all those experiencing hunger and poverty.
Moral middle candidates want to save America (but they keep losing)
Christianity Today: Christians concerned about division, disinformation, and democratic norms are straining to reestablish the political center.
Why growing parts of the Christian Right are convinced it’s the apocalypse*
Slate: Even after Dobbs, the end times are dominating bestseller lists.
The Christian God is a queer God*
Christian Century: I cannot begin to imagine anything queerer than the doctrine of the Trinity, Rachel Mann says.
The Spark
He gave up football for NASCAR. Then he changed the sport.
Dion Williams, who is Black, has helped upend the perception of who belongs in NASCAR,* The New York Times says.
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