Friday's News & Ideas - 5/19/2023

Tim Keller, influential author and pastor, receiving hospice care at home
Religion News Service: Keller, founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2020.

American churches remain largely segregated — with one exception
Axios: The vast majority of U.S. churchgoers, a new survey found, report that they belong to congregations where most people are of their race or ethnicity, but Hispanic Protestants are an exception.

Hell, yes: Younger Britons more likely to believe in damnation, study finds
The Guardian: Belief in an afterlife is higher among Gen Z and millennials than in baby boomers, despite being less religious generally.

Israelis march through Jerusalem, raising tensions in a divided city*
The New York Times: The annual parade marks the unification of the city after Israel captured East Jerusalem in 1967. Israelis see it as a celebration, but Palestinians consider it an insult, and it was marred by incitement against Arabs.

Auschwitz museum begins emotional work of conserving 8,000 shoes of murdered children
The Associated Press: In a modern conservation laboratory on the grounds of the former Auschwitz camp, a man wearing blue rubber gloves uses a scalpel to scrape away rust from the eyelets of small brown shoes worn by children before they were murdered in gas chambers.

The Spark

The two-century quest to quantify our senses
From speaking flowers to smart watches, we’ve been seeking to understand ourselves with data since the 19th century, Nautilus says.

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