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Elizabeth Dias looks at the courageous decision of Episcopal bishop Mariann Budde to speak truth to power in a sermon confronting Trump to his face, and sees two versions of US Christianity confronting each other:

"In a flash, the war over spiritual authority in America burst into a rare public showdown.

The Canterbury Pulpit confronted the bully pulpit on the greatest possible stage."


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nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/trum

The New York Times · The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’By Elizabeth Dias