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On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

There will probably be no email next Friday \u2014 I\u2019m going to be visiting family and won\u2019t do much reading on the internet.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. Not-So-White Evangelicalism: How Conservative Denominations Actually Fare Better on Diversity<\/span><\/a> (Rebecca Randall, Christianity Today): <\/span>\u201cIn the United States today, 1 in 3 self-identified evangelicals is nonwhite, according to a September study from PRRI. This rises to 4 in 10 evangelicals when measured by theological belief, according to a December study from LifeWay Research. Of those that are white, 1 in 3 attends a multiracial church, reported another study, published in June in the <\/span>Review of Religious Research<\/span><\/i>. Researchers Joseph Yi and Christopher Graziul dug into the more than 3,000 responses to the 2006 Faith Matters Survey, and found that more than a quarter of white evangelicals reported having a close Hispanic friend. Even more\u2014about 2 out of 5\u2014said they have a close friend that is African American\u2026<\/span> In other words, evangelicals are now more likely than mainline Protestants to attend multiracial congregations and to report African American and Hispanic friends.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The Zealous Faith Of Secularism<\/a> (Mary Eberstadt, First Things): \u201cPaganization as we now know it is driven by a new historical phenomenon: the development of a rival faith\u2014a rival, secularist <\/i>faith which sees Christianity as a competitor to be vanquished, rather than as an alternative set of beliefs to be tolerated in an open society. How do we know this? We know it in part because today\u2019s secularist faith behaves in ways that only a faith can.\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. Is Trump a Blessing or Curse for Religious Conservatives?<\/a> (Ross Douthat, David French, John Zmirak): \u201cA year in, Trump has delivered on many of his specific promises, particularly where judicial appointments are concerned. At the same time, there\u2019s a great deal of angst within religious circles about what his personal moral defects and his administration\u2019s deep unpopularity mean for Christian cultural witness, and (among evangelicals, especially) whether the Trump era is setting up a kind of generational schism that will contribute to institutional Christianity\u2019s crisis going forward.\u201d