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Monday's News & Ideas - 9/23/2024

  • Gen Z men more religious than women
  • Views of Harris & Trump survey
  • Houston Ballet performs C.S. Lewis
  • Priest disciplined by church over protest
  • Abyssinian’s new pastor
  • Adoptees looking for truth

In a first among Christians, young men are more religious than young women*
The New York Times: At Grace Church in Waco, Texas, the Generation Z gender divide can be seen in the pews. It has the potential to reshape both politics and family life.

Neither Trump nor Harris is described by the public as religious or Christian
AP-NORC: Trump is viewed more favorably by white evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics. Black Protestants and Hispanic Catholics are more likely to have a favorable opinion of Harris. But Hispanic Protestants are closely split between the two candidates.

Houston Ballet debuts new work based on … C.S. Lewis*
Christianity Today: One of the largest ballet companies in the US has commissioned a piece about “The Four Loves.”

Retired priest speaks of ‘painful’ treatment by church over her climate protests
The Guardian: The Rev Sue Parfitt has lost the right to conduct religious ceremonies after her arrest at a Just Stop Oil demonstration.

Abyssinian Baptist Church’s Kevin Johnson has history of following prominent clergy
Religion News Service: “We're still going through a healing process here at the church,” Johnson said in an interview about grief over the death of his predecessor in 2022.

The Spark

Western nations were desperate for Korean babies. Now many adoptees believe they were stolen
Now adults, many adoptees have discovered that their adoption paperwork was untrue, and their quest for accountability now has spread far beyond South Korea’s borders to the Western countries that claimed them, The Associated Press says.

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