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August 18, 2020

 

Daily Religion Headlines

 

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Will COVID-19 permanently convert in-person worshippers to online streamers? Most U.S. adults say that when the pandemic is over, they expect to go back to attending services in person as often as they did before the outbreak, according to a new Fact Tank post.

 

 

U.S. headlines

 

Jerry Falwell Jr. dreaded the spotlight. Then came Donald Trump
The Washington Post *

Praising Israel-UAE deal, Trump points to influence of evangelicals
Religion News Service

Trump tells rally he moved embassy to Jerusalem ‘for the evangelicals’
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

With Biden, advocates sense momentum for lifting abortion funding ban
The Hill

Detroit priest denies abuse, gets $125K in lawsuit deal
The Associated Press

Online prayers, social distancing in the pews: Christian leaders debate how to do church amid pandemic
USA Today

 

 

International headlines

 

S. Korea to ban worship services, large gatherings in major flareup
Bloomberg News *

Six killed in Kashmir in one of deadliest days since autonomy revoked
Reuters

India ruling party denies preferential treatment by Facebook
The Associated Press

Hotel assault in Somalia’s capital raises fresh questions about Al-Shabaab
The Wall Street Journal *

Brazil: Outcry as religious extremists harass child seeking abortion
The Guardian

‘My spirit broken’: Mexicans battle to ban conversion therapy
Reuters

China defends detention of Uighur model in Xinjiang
BBC News

India poised to surpass China in number of world’s largest religious statues
Religion Unplugged

 

 

Analysis and commentary

 

QAnon: The alternative religion that’s coming to your church
Religion News Service

It’s not just about abortion: What ‘pro-life’ means for Catholics in the 2020 election
The Washington Post *

Josh Dickson’s road from Republican evangelical to Biden’s faith outreach director
Religion News Service

Hagia Sophia has been converted back into a mosque, but the veiling of its figural icons is not a Muslim tradition
The Conversation

 

 
 

 

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