Wednesday's News & Ideas - 1/27/2021
- Conspiracies in churches
- Has COVID strengthened faith?
- Pro-life movement & Trump
- Allegations against Pfleger
- Ascendant liberal Christianity?
- Joan Didion, the icon
Study reveals half of pastors say they’re hearing conspiracy theories in their churches
Religion News Service: The most likely to agree they frequently heard conspiracy theories from their congregants were those who pastor churches with attendance of 250 or more people.
More Americans than people in other advanced economies say COVID-19 has strengthened religious faith
Pew Research: Nearly three-in-ten U.S. adults say the outbreak has boosted their faith; about four-in-ten say it has tightened family bonds.
How the pro-life movement gave us Donald Trump -- and why it could bring worse
Religion Dispatches: Although numerous factors motivated support of Donald Trump among Christians, one bears more responsibility than any other: the pro-life movement.
Brothers accuse prominent Chicago priest of sexual abuse
Associated Press: Two brothers in their 60s on Monday accused a firebrand activist priest who has gained fame speaking out on national politics from the pulpit and for taking on drug dealers in South Side neighborhoods around his Chicago church.
In Biden’s Catholic faith, an ascendant liberal Christianity*
The New York Times: President Biden, perhaps the most religiously observant commander in chief in half a century, speaks of how his Catholic faith grounds his life and his policies.
The Spark
What Joan Didion means to us
Her new book, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, taps into what makes Didion an icon, Vox says.
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