Friday's News & Ideas - 6/28/2024
- Abyssinian pastor scrutinized
- Abortion in debate
- Oklahoma requires Bible-teaching
- Harvard task forces
- Evangelical & transgender
- Cloning a dog
A storied Harlem church has a new leader. Its members have questions.*
The New York Times: Behind the opaque process that just selected the next pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church.
Trump falsely claimed that ‘everyone’ — including faith leaders — opposed Roe
Sojourners: President Donald J. Trump took credit for overturning federal abortion rights, and President Joe Biden promised to restore them if elected.
Religion Unplugged: Did Dobbs have a noticeable impact on abortion opinion?
Oklahoma state superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible
The Guardian: Ryan Walters calls Bible ‘necessary document to teach kids’ and says Ten Commandments will also be required learning.
Harvard task forces find discrimination and harassment against Jews, Muslims
Religion News Service: Their preliminary recommendations include more anti-harassment training and a high-profile series of talks that model respectful disagreement.
Creation of woman: Evangelical and transgender in the Bible Belt
Longreads: How a spouse’s confession freed a young couple from gender expectations in the Deep South.
The Spark
Would you clone your dog?
We love our dogs for their individual characters — and yet cloning implies that some also believe their unique, unreproducible selves* can, in fact, be reproduced, The New Yorker says.
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