by Bruce T. Gourley | May 28, 2020 | Editor's Picks
The Trump Effect: New Study Connects White American Intolerance With Support for Authoritarianism (NBC News) Donald Trump’s Sick Religion (MacLeans) Baptist World Alliance to Host Virtual Worship Service (EthicsDaily) Former Obama Staffer Offers a Primer on Religion...
by Bruce T. Gourley | May 27, 2020 | Editor's Picks
New Guidelines Released for California Religious Services (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Why Governments Should Not be Deeming In-Person Worship Essential (RNS) Why the Pandemic is Driving Conservative Christian Intellectuals Mad (The New Republic) U.K.: Evangelical...
by Bruce T. Gourley | May 26, 2020 | Editor's Picks
Finding a Salvo in Culture Wars, Trump Pushes for Churches to Reopen (New York Times) Trump Says Open. Religious Leaders Say, Thanks But Let’s Go Slow (Bloomberg) Some Churches Tentatively Open as Memorial Day Crowds Descend on Tourist Hot Spots (Washington Post) Four...
by Bruce T. Gourley | May 22, 2020 | Editor's Picks
More Than 1,200 Pastors Say They’ll Defy California’s State Order and Resume In-Person Worship Services (CNN) What’s Really Behind Republicans Wanting a Swift Reopening? Evangelicals. (Washington Post) Arson Suspected in Destruction of Mississippi Church that was...
by Bruce T. Gourley | May 20, 2020 | Editor's Picks
A New Documentary Reveals Jane Roe’s Anti-Abortion Pivot was ‘All an Act’ (Mic) Religious Exemptions are Gutting Civil Rights Protections, Advocacy Groups Warn (NBC News) Georgia Church Closes Two Weeks After Reopening as Families Come Down with Coronavirus (Christian...
by Bruce T. Gourley | May 19, 2020 | Editor's Picks
On the First Sunday Churches Could Reopen, a Church Called Hopeful Baptist Lived Up to Its Name (Washington Post) Evangelical Leaders Urge Congress to Protect Churches from Coronavirus Lawsuits (Christian Post) The Kind of Evangelicals Who Support Trump are Changing....