The Highway to Heaven sits on the eastern part of Montgomery County, Maryland, which was determined to be the most religiously diverse county in the country, according to the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). The U.S. Census does not collect data about religious affiliation, so the PRRI Census of American Religion is considered to be one of the most reliable sources of data on the topic. (Ventre, NPR)
Read MoreThe election of Donald Trump has sparked a surge of interest in the United States in South Korea’s 4B movement, a radical feminist crusade that preaches the four Bs: bi-hon (no marriage), bi-yeonae (no dating), bi-sekseu (no sex) and bi-chulsan (no childbirth). (Kim, Los Angeles Times)
Read MoreOnce a month St Peter’s Church in Shipley hosts Kingdom Wrestling, a Christian professional wrestling charity, which puts on a show interspersed with prayer, worship and testimony. (Alt & Feeny, The Times UK)
Read MoreSince the early 1970s, Stratton’s family has been nurturing evangelical Christian talent from its home base in Taylors, South Carolina. The museum has booked Logos for two more shows in 2025, including a yet-to-be-named adaptation of a C.S. Lewis novel. (Ritzel, The Washington Post)
Read MoreCoca-Cola solely used artificial intelligence to generate this year’s Christmas advert instead of casting a person to play Santa Claus. The 15-second recreation of its famous “Holidays are Coming” ad is the fizzy drink brand’s first extensive use of generative AI in a television Christmas campaign. (Montgomery, The Telegraph)
Read MoreThe study, published on Thursday in The Lancet, reveals the striking rise of obesity rates nationwide since 1990 — when just over half of adults were overweight or obese — and shows how more people are becoming overweight or obese at younger ages than in the past. (Agrawal, The New York Times)
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