A new Ipsos Global Advisor survey shows wide variations across countries and generations in the prevalence of religious affiliation and practice, beliefs, the role of religion, and the extent to which it defines personal identity and morality. Most geographic differences tend to follow a similar pattern, opposing a highly religious Global South to a mostly secular Global North. (Boyon, Ipsos)
Read MorePublic views of the family are complicated. Americans are more pessimistic than optimistic about the institution of marriage and the family. And there is no consensus on how some of the broad trends that are driving family change will impact the country in the future. (Parker & Minkin, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreThe corpses looked white and like stereotypical depictions of aliens — big head, little body, three fingers. Maussan said they were found in Peru in 2017 and are estimated to be 1,000 years old. One of the bodies had been pregnant, he claimed. (Peralta, NPR)
Read MoreThe group’s goal is to change the social fabric of the country and return America to what it says are its Judeo-Christian origins, and members are capitalizing on the momentum that the long-sought end of Roe v. Wade has given them to pass their vision of biblically informed law. (Larson & D’Annunzio, Religion News Service)
Read MoreThe BBC has denied that it pulled a scheduled programme of songs from Roisin Murphy as a result of her comments about puberty blockers. About five hours of the Irish singer’s songs, interviews and live performances were to be aired on BBC Radio 6 Music next week. They have been replaced by a package featuring Little Simz, the award winning rapper. (Farber, The Times UK)
Read MoreOn a midsummer day at Chicago’s Comiskey Park in 1938, a WGN Radio reporter asked an innocuous question to New York Yankees outfielder Jake Powell in a pregame interview: What did he do in the offseason? (Frommer, The Washington Post)
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