Millennial and Generation Z Christian influencers are increasingly filling a void in American religion, growing audiences across digital platforms by steering young people to biblical answers to tough questions that aren’t always answered in Sunday sermons. (Kramon, AP News)
Read MoreAbout 50 of Planned Parenthood’s nearly 600 clinics have shut down this year, largely because of Republican moves to cut the organization off from government money — fulfilling a long-held conservative dream to defund the nation’s largest abortion provider. (Kitchener & Cai, The New York Times)
Read MoreThe religiousness of U.S. adults is strongly linked with how much religion they had in their lives as kids. So we wondered: How are parents today raising their children – the next generation of adults – when it comes to religion? (Alper et al., Pew Research Center)
Read MoreA university has been accused of discriminating against Christians after allowing a nativity play called A Gay in a Manger to go ahead. York St John University’s LGBTQ network is staging a play in which the baby Jesus and his parents Mary and “Jo” are depicted as homosexual, the three wise men as drag queens and heaven as a gay disco. (McArdle & Dixon, The Telegraph)
Read MorePrime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia announced on Thursday new measures to combat antisemitism, including legislation that would “crack down on those who spread hate, division and radicalization.” (Zhuang, The New York Times)
Read MoreBoys as young as 11 will be sent on anti-misogyny courses designed to stamp out violence against women and girls, under government plans. Pupils who show harmful behaviour will be signed up to “behaviour change programmes” in schools. The courses will be “focused on challenging deep-rooted misogynist influences”. (Scott, The Times UK)
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