Monday's News & Ideas - 8/12/2024
- Disputing pro-Trump prophecies
- Promise Keepers resurgence
- Most religious places
- ACNA’s new misconduct policy
- Ramsey’s company lawsuit
- The Voynich Manuscript
A pastor said his pro-Trump prophecies came from God. His brother called him a fake.*
The Washington Post: Jeremiah Johnson became a sensation when he embraced politics. His brother Josiah, also a preacher, couldn’t shake his concerns.
The all-male Christian group seeking a resurrection in the Trump era*
The New York Times: At a gathering this weekend, the evangelical organization Promise Keepers leaned into partisan politics it once eschewed.
Where is the most religious place in the world?
Pew Research Center: The places that are most religious by these two measures tend to be in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Middle East-North Africa region. The places that are least religious tend to be in Europe and East Asia.
In scandal’s wake, ACNA adopts new rules on reporting misconduct
Religion News Service: Amendments to the denomination’s bylaws on preventing and reporting misconduct lay the groundwork for larger revisions, ACNA officials said.
Appeals court rules against Dave Ramsey’s company in COVID-era religious discrimination case
Religion News Service: Brad Amos, a former video editor at Ramsey Solutions, claimed he was fired for failing to follow Ramsey's faith-based beliefs on how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Spark
An intoxicating 500-year-old mystery
The Voynich Manuscript* has long baffled scholars — and attracted cranks and conspiracy theorists. Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its secrets, The Atlantic says.
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