A multi-university research group has found AI models largely omit religion when asked about ethical or existential concerns, such as how to save one’s marriage from infidelity, whether to forgive an unfaithful friend, how to remain calm during difficult times or what makes people truly happy and free. (Ramirez, USA Today)
Read MoreFor three years, Christian missionaries with the evangelical organization Cru have gathered every Friday in VRChat, a popular social platform where millions of people from around the world interact through avatars resembling anime characters, animals, robots and humans. (Murphy, NPR)
Read MoreAcross the Holy Land, Christians are being targeted by a tide of hostility and violence — attacks that risk drawing the ire of Christians in the United States, including evangelicals who are traditionally among Israel’s most ardent American supporters. (Shih, The Washington Post)
Read MorePRRI interviewed more than 5,000 adults to assess Americans’ views on national identity, politics, religion, democracy, and cultural change. Specifically, this report explores favorability toward political and religious leaders and movements, including President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV, as well as Trump’s handling of immigration and the war in Iran. (PRRI)
Read MoreAs someone who has been studying American evangelicalism since the 1960s, I see the 1976 “year of the evangelical” phenomenon as both a turning point for evangelicalism and the most pointed illustration of why the subject is so elusive. (Marsden, Christianity Today)
Read MoreThe Johnson-Warnock meeting, which the Democrat has otherwise described as “respectful,” added to the brewing debate over Matthew 25 that has been building over the last year, pitting mainline pastors, Black protestants and the pope against evangelical politicians put on the defensive amid outspoken religious criticisms of President Donald Trump’s policies. (Jenkins, Religion News Service)
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