Thursday’s News & Ideas - 1/8/2026
- Latino evangelicals on Maduro
- Making of the pope
- Volf & Wiman’s friendship
- Complaint against archbishop
- Women of January 6
- Music of Jimi Hendrix
‘God is using Trump’: Latino evangelicals celebrate Maduro’s capture as divine victory
Religion News Service: Latino evangelicals maintain that their shared faith was key to Maduro’s capture and that the church will play a critical role in charting the country’s future.
The making of the first American pope*
The New Yorker: Will Pope Leo XIV follow the progressive example of his predecessor or chart a more moderate course? His work in Chicago and Peru may shed light on his approach.
Miroslav Volf: ‘Disagreeing with you feels like disagreeing with myself’*
Christianity Today: The deep friendship between the theologian and poet Christian Wiman is built around mutual respect and a willingness to tackle life’s hardest questions.
Complaint against incoming archbishop of Canterbury dismissed
The Guardian: The Church of England will take no further action after a review of Sarah Mullally’s handling of a London abuse allegation.
The women of January 6 who left Christianity for faith in New Age conspiracy theories
Religion News Service: Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the insurrection, RNS spoke with Noelle Cook about her new book, “The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging.”
The Spark
Acid blues (slight return)
The music of Jimi Hendrix continues to strike a chord, The American Scholar says.
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