Across 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)
Read MoreAs the United States marks its 250th anniversary, 33% of U.S. adults say they are “extremely proud” to be an American, the lowest reading in Gallup's trend dating back to 2001. Another 20% say they are “very proud,” which means just over half of Americans express high levels of pride in their country. (Brenan, Gallup)
Read MoreThe Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicating its bishops and priests and warning its faithful they too face the harshest sanctions in the Catholic Church. (Winfield, AP News)
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