Terry Mattingly
Columnist, On Religion at Freelance
Orthodox, husband, father, grandfather, journalist, homeless professor, music fanatic, mountain guy. Rational Sheep Substack. Pronouns: Thee, Thou
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17 hours ago |
religionunplugged.com | Terry Mattingly
(ANALYSIS) For a century, there was one certainty in France: The population was 97% Catholic. That changed in the 1960s, with survey numbers spiraling to the current plateau of 25% for people aged 18-59, while the “religiously unaffiliated” numbers in France soared to 53%. Thus, it made headlines when the French Bishops' Conference announced that 10,384 adults joined the church this Easter, a 45% increase over 2024.
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23 hours ago |
kpcnews.com | Terry Mattingly
For more than 50 years ABC, with very few exceptions, has offered “The Ten Commandments” as the network’s featured film for Holy Week. Nothing says “Easter” like a showdown between Moses, the 13th-century B.C. Hebrew prophet, and the pharaoh, Ramses the Great, and the gods of Egypt. “Why is ‘The Ten Commandments’ an Easter movie? Part of me thinks they play it because people think it’s a generic Christian movie,” said Joe Wilson, reached by telephone.
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1 day ago |
news-journal.com | Terry Mattingly
To no one's surprise, 83% of white evangelical voters backed President Donald Trump in 2024, consistent with voting patterns in recent decades. The news, this time, was that Cooperative Election Study numbers indicated that Trump's support rose among non-white evangelicals and Catholics. He even won 55% of the votes from mainline Protestants.
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3 days ago |
frontiersman.com | Terry Mattingly
To no one's surprise, 83% of white evangelical voters backed President Donald Trump in 2024, consistent with voting patterns in recent decades. The news, this time, was that Cooperative Election Study numbers indicated that Trump's support rose among non-white evangelicals and Catholics. He even won 55% of the votes from mainline Protestants. kAm%96 G@E6C 32D6 7@C ':46 !C6D:56?E z2>2=2 w2CC:D 4@F=5 36 56D4C:365 2D Qq=24< !C@E6DE2?ED Z 2E96:DED[Q HC@E6 A@=:E:42= D4:6?E:DE #J2? qFC86 @7 t2DE6C?
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3 days ago |
religionunplugged.com | Terry Mattingly
(ANALYSIS) It’s Bright Monday morning and I am still exhausted, in a good way, by the wild, exhilarating services of Pascha (Easter in the West) here in the hills and mountains here in Northeast Tennessee. And, of course, I need to write something for Rational Sheep. I also need to prepare for an “On Religion” column tomorrow, to meet my usual Wednesday morning deadline (as I head into year 37). All of this is happening, of course, while the Internet reacts to the death of Pope Francis.
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