Friday's News & Ideas - 10/23/2020
- MacArthur church COVID cases
- Plea deal in plot against AME church
- Piper writes against Trump
- QAnon’s ‘messiah’
- Arendt on loneliness
- The health toll of racism
Coronavirus outbreak strikes L.A. megachurch that defied public health orders*
Los Angeles Times: Grace Community Church in Sun Valley has seen three confirmed cases, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Georgia teen pleads guilty in plot to kill worshippers at Black church*
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Caitlyn Pye, now 17, was arrested last fall after authorities foiled her plan to stab worshippers at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Conservative preacher insists the character of a leader counts in anti-Trump diatribe
HuffPost: The prominent evangelical writer John Piper said he is baffled by Christians who can’t see that a “self-absorbed, self-exalting” leader is dangerous.
QAnon’s “messianic secret”
Religion & Politics: These days, the evangelical political imagination is so impoverished it’s not enough to see Trump as a hero or strongman fighting for them. For right-wing America, there’s only one move left: Trump has to be the Messiah incarnate.
Where loneliness can lead
Aeon: Hannah Arendt enjoyed her solitude, but she believed that loneliness could make people susceptible to totalitarianism.
The Spark
Racism’s hidden toll
In Minneapolis, the physical and mental strain* of a lifetime confronting racism surfaced in George Floyd’s final years, The Washington Post says.
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