Friday's News & Ideas - 8/2/2019
- Churches, racism & civil rights
- Millennials & loneliness
- ‘Burqa ban’ unworkable
- Author removes Harris foreword
- Faith in tech low
- Mosque rebuilt every year
Montgomery, Ala., churches part of city’s 200-year history of slavery, civil rights
Religion News Service: Connections between Christianity, Confederacy and civil rights -- and the history of slavery -- are in plain sight in Alabama’s capital.
22 percent of millennials say they have “no friends”
Vox: Loneliness can be helpful, unless it becomes chronic.
Dutch ‘burqa ban’ rendered largely unworkable on first day
The Guardian: Police and transport companies have signaled unwillingness to enforce face covering ban.
Southern Baptist author removes foreword by Joshua Harris from his book
Baptist News Global: A Southern Baptist author asked a Christian publisher to remove a foreword written by Joshua Harris from future printings of a book.
Americans now have less faith in tech than church
Christianity Today: Christians hope to address the ethical concerns raised as the country grows more skeptical of Big Tech.
The Spark
The massive mosque built once a year
Every year, residents of Djenné, Mali work together to repair and rebuild the Grand Mosque, the world’s largest mud-brick structure. BBC has the story.
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