Friday's News & Ideas - 4/8/2022
- Francis Collins profile
- Hillsong faces reckoning
- Successful kids & faith
- SBC candidate drops out
- Bomb threats at HBCUs
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
Faith, science, and Francis Collins*
The New Yorker: As an evangelical Christian, the retiring N.I.H. director has built bridges across America’s cultural divide. Have they burned?
Brand or church? How Hillsong is facing a day of reckoning
The Guardian: Several years of scandals and a culture of secrecy has led to calls for an overhaul of the global Pentecostal megachurch.
Trying to raise successful kids? Experts say you shouldn’t forget about faith
Deseret News: Busy family schedules often leave no time for religion. That may be a bigger problem than parents realize, experts say.
Willy Rice, SBC presidential candidate, drops out
Religion News Service: Rice had come under fire for ordaining a deacon with a history of sexual misconduct.
‘An assault on many fronts’*
Inside Higher Ed: Students, parents, employees and administrators at historically Black colleges and universities are wrestling with the mental health challenges caused by repeated bomb threats.
The Spark
Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman confirmed to Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court in a milestone for the United States, Reuters says.
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