Schlagwort-Archive: Economist

Why are American politicians more pious than their constituents?

Erstellt am 10. Februar 2021 von hkarner

Date: 10‑02‑2021 Source: The Economist As Americans ditch the church, Congress still fills the pews   AMERICA’S CONSTITUTION is explicit: “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office.” Yet Americans expect piety from their politicians. … Weiterlesen →

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The mark of Cain

Erstellt am 12. Juli 2020 von hkarner

Date: 10‑07‑2020 Source: The Economist Lexington A Christian pollster argues that a reckoning is due in America’s churches Few things about Donald Trump’s rise are harder to explain than the fact that some of the most religious Americans were behind … Weiterlesen →

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The Trump era has exposed divisions among Catholics and evangelicals

Erstellt am 31. März 2019 von hkarner

Date: 31-03-2019 Source: The Economist: Erasmus But in a secular age, Christian groups find common cause VERY NEARLY a quarter of a century has passed since a sort of joint manifesto was published by some of America’s most prominent Roman … Weiterlesen →

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Francis on the ropes

Erstellt am 9. November 2018 von hkarner

   Date: 08-11-2018 Source: The Economist Clerical sexual-abuse scandals strengthen the pope’s conservative critics Launched in optimism, Francis’s papacy is bogged down in infighting and scandals As an fbi agent for 29 years, Philip Scala led the operation that jailed … Weiterlesen →

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The odd connection between Brexit and lukewarm religion

Erstellt am 29. September 2018 von hkarner

Date: 28-09-2018 Source: The Economist Subject: Anglicanism, evangelicalism and Brexit The odd connection between Brexit and lukewarm religion A happy breed of nativists who like their religion cool and English YOUR correspondent was chatting the other day to a young … Weiterlesen →

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Christian soldiers: How America’s evangelicals became a potent force

Erstellt am 7. April 2017 von hkarner

Date: 07-04-2017 Source: The Economist A new history of “the most American religious group”, from the Great Awakening to the Reagan coalition and beyond The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America. By Frances FitzGerald. Simon & Schuster; 740 pages; $35. … Weiterlesen →

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Why women are more religious than men

Erstellt am 13. April 2016 von hkarner

Date: 13-04-2016 Source: The Economist WOMEN are in general more likely to believe in and practice a religion than men are. The difference is not vast if you aggregate all creeds and countries (83.4% of women identify with a faith … Weiterlesen →

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Germany, Britain and religion

Erstellt am 7. Januar 2016 von hkarner

Date: 07-01-2016 Source: The Economist German politicians are both more and less religious than British ones ANGELA MERKEL, who grew up in communist East Germany as the daughter of a Lutheran pastor, is a „serious Christian“ whose faith is mostly … Weiterlesen →

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The pope as a turnaround CEO: The Francis effect

Erstellt am 17. April 2014 von hkarner

Date: 17-04-2014 Source: The Economist About to take over a crisis-ridden company with a demoralised workforce? Turn to a Roman case study BUSINESS schools regularly teach their students about great “turnaround CEOs” who breathe new life into dying organisations: figures … Weiterlesen →

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