Faith in the News: Some new Rasmussen polling on religiosity + "He Gets Us"

Plus, Judaism plays major role in PA Gov campaign

Part of the “He Gets Us” campaign. Image credit: Washington Post

Faith in the News, week of 16 October 2022

• ICYMI, my article over at Christianity Today — “American Idol: How Politics Replaced Religious Practice.” The article describes some of the thinking and motivation behind the Center for Christianity and Public Life.

• Also…

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• The Acting General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Fr. Ioan Sauca, a Romanian Orthodox priest, met with Russian Patriarch Kirill this week. The topic? “How churches can be peacemakers.” (RNS)

• “The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 69% of American Adults consider themselves religious, including 24% who say they’re very religious. This finding is significantly higher than the 57% who considered themselves religious in June 2021.”