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Faith Angle Forum

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We convene leading journalists and scholars for conversations on religion, politics, and public life. An @AspenReligion program. youtu.be/yNOvjyss-7Y?si=wFwYuCX-3EG…

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Our weekend read is @johninazu.bsky.social ‘s “Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect” a.co/d/5fLSZ6R

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Aspen Religion and Society Director Josh Good, featured on this week’s “In Good Faith” podcast hosted by BYU Radio to discuss Aspen’s work on religious pluralism, creative exilic minorities, and new opportunities to work together across divides without losing our convictions: t.co/KHbsWk0Lx5

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-286-how-religious-communities-can-change-society/id1279492636?i=1000709228068

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Who tells the story matters. Good economic sense/history in this one from David Brooks citing Michael R Stein, Yascha Mounk, and @rahmemanuel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...

Opinion | Can We Please Stop Lying About Obama?

Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Check out more from @shadihamid.bsky.social , over at the Wisdom of Crowds podcast. Including this recent episode featuring Ross Douthat titled “Ross Douthat on Why We Should All Be Religious” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Ross Douthat on Why We Should All Be Religious

Podcast Episode · Wisdom of Crowds · 04/04/2025 · 49m

Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Our weekend listen, @shadihamid.bsky.social, Molly Roberts and @drewlgoins.bsky.social cover some of the latest religion data on Opinion Impromptu. This episode titled, “Why Religious People are Happier” t.co/jlLs1ZYLmS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/impromptu/are-you-there-god-im-lonely/?itid=ap_chrissuellentrop_5

Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

@yonat.bsky.social of @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy on the National Survey of Religious Leaders wondering how a pastors relationship with their congregation in a specific moment might impact their responses. This clip from our recent Faith Angle Miami m.youtube.com/watch?v=N0P-...

Faith Angle Forum: The Embattled American Cleric

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

From our recent Faith Angle Miami Mark Chaves reveals that the data show clergy well being indicators are not as bad as reported with the exception of Mainline clergy youtu.be/N0P-B9Knhbg?...

Faith Angle Forum: The Embattled American Cleric

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Emma Green, journalist @newyorker.com and Eboo Patel, founder of @interfaithamerica.bsky.social , discuss the genesis of DEI, where it went wrong, and what might replace it in our search to create a flourishing multicultural society. faithangle.podbean.com/e/whats-next...

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Emma Green and Eboo Patel: What's Next for DEI? | Faith Angle

To comply with a flurry of Executive Orders issued in January, many colleges throughout the country have been renaming, restructuring, or altogether eliminating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion progra...

Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Before 6,000 journalists, Pope Leo XIV today: “The church recognises in these witnesses — I am thinking of those who report on war even at the cost of their lives — the courage of those who defend dignity, justice and the right of people to be informed” apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope Leo XIV urges release of imprisoned journalists, affirms gift of free speech and press

Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press.”

Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Elise Ann Allen with excellent reporting of Pope Leo XIV speaking to journalists voicing ‘“the church’s solidarity with journalists ‘who are imprisoned for seeking to report the truth,” and, “for the release of these imprisoned journalists.”’ cruxnow.com/vatican/2025...

Pope Leo calls for freedom of journos jailed who ‘report the truth’

In a speech to members of the international media Monday, Pope Leo XIV called for a rhetoric of peace over words of anger or ideology, and issued an appeal for the freedom of journalist imprisoned for...

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Touching piece from Julie Bosman of @nytimes.com on the late Mildred Prevost, mother of Pope Leo XIV www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...

The Mother Whose Catholic Faith Inspired the Future Pope

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

John L. Allen Jr. from an earlier Faith Angle Europe on the role of the curia within the Papacy. vimeo.com/301232401?sh...

The Catholic Church in Crisis: Abuse, Canon Law, and Reform Prospects

This is "The Catholic Church in Crisis: Abuse, Canon Law, and Reform Prospects" by Ethics and Public Policy Center on Vimeo, the home for high quality…

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

From an earlier Faith Angle Europe, John L. Allen Jr. on The Catholic Church in Crisis: Abuse, Canon Law, and Reform Prospects vimeo.com/301232401?sh...

The Catholic Church in Crisis: Abuse, Canon Law, and Reform Prospects

This is "The Catholic Church in Crisis: Abuse, Canon Law, and Reform Prospects" by Ethics and Public Policy Center on Vimeo, the home for high quality…

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

NEW EPISODE: Emma Green & Eboo Patel weigh in on "What Comes After DEI?" faithangle.podbean.com/e/whats-next...

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Emma Green and Eboo Patel: What's Next for DEI? | Faith Angle

To comply with a flurry of Executive Orders issued in January, many colleges throughout the country have been renaming, restructuring, or altogether eliminating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion progra...

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Official Bio for Pop Leo XIV the first American Pope www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Biography of Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost - Vatican News

Prior to his election as Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. Here is the biography of the 267th ...

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

So what happens next? A good summary between white smoke and the announcement to the world. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

The election of a Pope: From white smoke to ‘Habemus Papam’ - Vatican News

We offer a detailed look at what happens inside the Sistine Chapel in the moments before the appearance of the white smoke, and what takes place prior ...

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Mark Chaves covers how certain religious beliefs by clerics differ around dire medical news from our recent Faith Angle Miami m.youtube.com/watch?v=N0P-...

Faith Angle Forum: The Embattled American Cleric

YouTube video by The Aspen Institute

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

@yonat.bsky.social reviews the data from the National Survey of Religious Leaders and highlights the differences in political views between Mainline and evangelical clerics. From a recent Faith Angle Miami. m.youtube.com/watch?t=2840...

Faith Angle Forum: The Embattled American Cleric

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

What about the attitude of clerics towards mental health? Do clerics refer people to mental health services? Mark Chaves with the data driven details from our recent Faith Angle Miami m.youtube.com/watch?v=N0P-...

Faith Angle Forum: The Embattled American Cleric

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

50% of Mainline Protestant clerics report being more liberal than their congregations. Mark Chaves with the details from our recent Faith Angle Miami m.youtube.com/watch?v=N0P-...

Faith Angle Forum: The Embattled American Cleric

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Evangelical clerics agree that the climate is changing but differ on the severity and importance in ways that stand out from their religious peers. Mark Chaves with the data, from our recent Faith Angle Miami m.youtube.com/watch?v=N0P-...

Faith Angle Forum: The Embattled American Cleric

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

How are clerics compensated? Are they more unhappy than other professions? Mark Chaves with some surprising data driven conclusions. From our recent Faith Angle Miami youtu.be/N0P-B9Knhbg?...

Faith Angle Forum: The Embattled American Cleric

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Our weekend read comes from Emma Green on “What Comes After DEI?” Features Eboo Patel www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

What Comes After D.E.I.?

Colleges around the country, in the face of legal and political backlash to their diversity programs, are pivoting to an alternative framework known as pluralism, Emma Green reports.

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Alan Cooperman in a compelling exchange with Christian Smith on pro social behavior on how you might measure pro social behavior as it relates to religion youtu.be/l_7POAn4BNk?...

Faith Angle Forum: Why Religion Became Obsolete

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Christian Smith on why he thinks religion has become obsolete and his take on theories of secularism at our recent Faith Angle Miami youtu.be/l_7POAn4BNk?...

Faith Angle Forum: Why Religion Became Obsolete

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Christian Smith explaining a growing movement of enchantment beliefs and its relationship with other social belief systems at our recent Faith Angle Miami youtu.be/l_7POAn4BNk?...

Faith Angle Forum: Why Religion Became Obsolete

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Nearly 29 percent tell pollsters they are "spiritual but not religious." University of Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith’s new book, "Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America,” explains the understory m.youtube.com/watch?v=l_7P...

Faith Angle Forum: Why Religion Became Obsolete

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Don’t miss Christian Smith in conversation with Jason Shelton on How Religion Became Obsolete from our recent Faith Angle Miami www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_7P...

Faith Angle Forum: Why Religion Became Obsolete

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

@spulliam.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social in conversation with Alan Cooperman of Pew at a recent Faith Angle Miami. In this segment they cover social influencers and what the data has to say about if religious communities are becoming smaller and more Orthodox t.co/OFGdEodhBM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYM75CDZ4m0&t=8504s&pp=2AG4QpACAQ%3D%3D

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

What impact did COVID have on the religious attendance? Alan Cooperman @pewresearch.org on what the data reveals m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYM7...

Faith Angle Forum: A New US Religious Landscape

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

What’s the relationship between being religious and pro-social actions? Alan Cooperman of @pewresearch.org with a response youtu.be/yYM75CDZ4m0?...

Faith Angle Forum: A New US Religious Landscape

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

What about social desirability bias and its impact on surveys and data? Alan Cooperman of @pewresearch.org with this detailed response. m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYM7...

Faith Angle Forum: A New US Religious Landscape

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

What role does religion play related to income level and education? Alan Cooperman of @pewresearch.org with a detailed break down youtu.be/yYM75CDZ4m0?...

Faith Angle Forum: A New US Religious Landscape

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

We covered how clerics see the current moment with Mark Chaves and Yonat Shimron of @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy at Faith Angle Miami www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0P-...

Faith Angle Forum: The Embattled American Cleric

YouTube video by The Aspen Institute

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

A very good Sunday listen featuring Ross Douthat of @nytimes.com and @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Can the Catholic Church Quit the Culture Wars?

Podcast Episode · Interesting Times with Ross Douthat · 04/24/2025 · 58m

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

For more from Lauren Jackson of @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/by/lauren-ja...

Lauren Jackson is an associate editor and writer for The Morning, The Times’s flagship daily newsletter.

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Our weekend read “America Wants a God’ by Lauren Jackson @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/b...

America Wants a God

Today, we’re introducing “Believing.” The Times is exploring how we experience religion and spirituality now.

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Christian Smith in conversation with Jason Shelton on why religion has become obsolete at our recent Faith Angle Forum Miami www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_7P...

Faith Angle Forum: Why Religion Became Obsolete

YouTube video by The Aspen Institute

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

What is the relationship between the spiritual but not religious? Alan Cooperman of Pew weighs in with data youtu.be/yYM75CDZ4m0?...

Faith Angle Forum: A New US Religious Landscape

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

You can watch Alan Cooperman of @pewresearch.org ‘s opening presentation at Faith Angle Miami here youtu.be/yYM75CDZ4m0?...

Faith Angle Forum: A New US Religious Landscape

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Alan Cooperman Director of Religion Research at Pew and @spulliam.bsky.social at our Faith Angle Miami gathering discussing @pewresearch.org ‘s new religious landscape survey of the United States www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYM7...

Faith Angle Forum: A New US Religious Landscape

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Be sure not to miss @aspenideas.bsky.social June 25-28 (Ideas 1), June 28-July 2 (Ideas 2), Aspen, CO www.aspenideas.org/pages/event-...

Event Overview: Aspen Ideas Festival | Aspen Ideas

Save the dates! The 2021 Aspen Ideas Festival will be held online June 27–July 1.

Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Connor Greene of CNN at last week’s Michael Cromartie Forum.

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Maria Tornielli of Domani at last week’s Michael Cromartie Forum in Middleburg, VA.

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

A good round up from @amykazmin.bsky.social on.ft.com/3GyjzNG

Who could be the next pope?

The candidates to succeed Francis reflect the changing demography of — and rifts within — the Catholic Church

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Adam Nicholas Phillips @therevadam.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Was great to spend time with an incredible cadre of journalists thinking about faith in their reporting. Thank you @aspeninstitute.bsky.social @faithangleforum.bsky.social 🙏 📰

Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

@simonkuper.bsky.social with this piece from 2014 on Pope Francis and his passion for Football. on.ft.com/443qh8q

Francis: a pitch-perfect Pope

Any virgin bachelor leading 1.2 billion people will struggle to seem a regular guy. Day by day, football helps

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

To go along with our weekend read, be sure to not miss the podcast with @jonrauch.bsky.social and @peter-wehner.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

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Jon Rauch and Pete Wehner: Christianity and Democracy in America

Podcast Episode · Faith Angle · 03/04/2025 · 54m

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Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Our weekend read, “Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy” by @jonrauch.bsky.social a.co/d/1tVPj1B

Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy

Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy [Rauch, Jonathan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy

Faith Angle Forum @faithangleforum.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Richa Karmarkar of @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy at this year’s Michael Cromartie Forum.

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