Friday's News & Ideas - 12/3/2021
- Worship music turnover
- Bible Gateway searches in 2021
- Utah’s welfare & LDS church
- Paris archbishop resigns
- Orthodox Jewish baseball players
- Frantz Fanon’s legacy
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise, but new worship songs only last a few years
Christianity Today: A study finds an increasingly rapid turnover time for church music.
Why ‘sorcery’ was the fastest-growing search term on Bible Gateway in 2021
Religion News Service: The Greek word ‘pharmakeia’ has appeared in debates over COVID-19 prevention measures, particularly opposition by some charismatic and evangelical Christians to vaccines against the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Utah makes welfare so hard to get, some feel they must join the LDS church to get aid
ProPublica: Utah’s safety net for the poor is so intertwined with the LDS Church that individual bishops often decide who receives assistance. Some deny help unless a person goes to services or gets baptized.
Paris archbishop who had ‘ambiguous’ relationship resigns
Associated Press: Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Paris, who unexpectedly offered to step down last week after admitting to an “ambiguous” relationship with a woman in 2012.
Can two young Orthodox Jewish players juggle pro baseball and religion?
The Guardian: This year MLB teams drafted two players who will not be able to compete on the Sabbath. But they are confident their religion can help their careers.
The Spark
Frantz Fanon’s enduring legacy
The post-colonial thinker’s seminal book, “The Wretched of the Earth,” described political oppression* in psychological terms, The New Yorker says. What are its lessons for our current moment?
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