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Sep 28, 2020 · Judge Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, is a member of a Christian group that inspired Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Rating:...
Oct 27, 2020 · The false link between Amy Coney Barrett and The Handmaid’s Tale, explained. They’re not actually connected. But the story spread anyway.
- How Charismatic Catholic Groups Inspired 'The Handmaid's Tale'
- What Is People of Praise?
- Amy Coney Barrett's Connection to People of Praise
Members of People of Praise are assigned to personal advisers of the same sex—called a "head" for men and "handmaid" for women, until the rise in popularity of Atwood's novel and the television series based on it forced a change in the latter. Atwood herself has previously referred to the practices of a charismatic Catholic group motivating her to ...
People of Praise describes itself not as a church, but as a "charismatic Christian community" on its website. The group has about 1,700 members in 22 cities across the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean, according to the website. The covenant community is one of many that formed across the U.S. in the 1970s as a part of the Charismatic Renewal movement...
While he refused to comment on Barrett in 2018, who at the time was in the running to be picked as Trump's nominee before Brett Kavanaugh was ultimately chosen, Lent said that the group stays out of politics (although he said it opposes abortion) and does not attempt to influence its members' professional lives. Nevertheless, concerns have been rai...
Oct 7, 2020 · President Trump’s Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett, at the center of a highly contested whirlwind push for confirmation, has made headlines multiple times over the past few weeks for...
Her mother, Linda Coney, served in the New Orleans branch as a handmaid, the Associated Press previously reported, and her father, Michael Coney, led that branch as principal coordinator and sat...
Sep 28, 2020 · Learn more about claims Amy Coney Barrett's People of Praise group has ties to The Handmaid's Tale. There's evidence Margaret Atwood was inspired by a different group.
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Sep 24, 2020 · Why do people incorrectly claim People of Praise is related to The Handmaid’s Tale? Amy Coney Barrett was nominated by President Trump to be a federal judge in 2017.
