Thursday's News & Ideas - 6/27/2023
- Swing state faith voters
- Public perception of Christians
- Jerry Falwell’s toxic legacy
- New presiding bishop for TEC
- Mexican president & evangelicals
- Death doulas
Why the swing state faith voters who really matter in 2024 aren’t evangelicals
Religion News Service: MAGA evangelicals grab all the headlines. But it’s swing state faith voters — Catholics, mainliners and Black Protestants — who will likely decide the election.
Churchgoers believe public perception of Christians in the US is declining
Religion Unplugged: Most churchgoers believe Christians have a good reputation with Americans in general — but they worry those feelings are starting to sour.
Jerry Falwell’s toxic legacy*
The Christian Century: Keri Ladner digs into the Moral Majority founder’s archives to show how his fantastical interpretations of world politics seeded the ground for QAnon.
Sean Rowe, leader of Episcopalians in Penn., NY, elected next presiding bishop
Religion News Service: Rowe, who will be the 28th presiding bishop, has been bishop of the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania since 2007 and bishop provisional of Western New York since 2019.
Mexican female leaders are breaking through politically. Are evangelical women too?*
Christianity Today: Four leaders weigh in on whether a woman president will change gender dynamics in the church.
The Spark
Grief guides
Among the death doulas with n+1 magazine.
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