Friday's News & Ideas - 8/2/2024

Indian and Black, Hindu and Baptist: The multiplicities of Kamala Harris
Religion News Service: Kamala Harris’ hyphenated identity has become a chance for Americans to discuss how one person can represent multiple religions and races at once.

Republicans are going for Jeremiah Wright 2.0 against Harris*
New York Magazine: The question now is whether conservatives and their Republican allies choose to go full Wright on Harris’ pastor Amos Brown and demand that Harris formally break with him.
Newsweek: 13,000 sign Christian petition rebuking religious attacks on Kamala Harris

The Christian case against Trump*
The New York Times: The troubling ascendancy of white Christian nationalism has galvanized evangelicals for whom following Jesus demands speaking truth to power. The convictions of these ardent evangelicals cast a rare and hopeful vision of America’s moral heart, writes Eliza Griswold.

What good can come out of Sing Sing?*
Christianity Today: A stunning film about a prison theater program shows the power of a loving community — rather than self-help — to bring transformation.

Elon Musk mocked for claiming Christianity is under attack while wearing Baphomet armor with upside down crosses in his profile pic
Yahoo: Some X users, particularly in light of Musk’s outrage regarding the Definitely-Not-Last-Supper controversy, pointed out that in Musk's X profile picture, he’s wearing a suit of Satanic armor engraved with a depiction of the pagan Baphomet idol and upside-down crosses.

The Spark

Inside the secret negotiations to free Evan Gershkovich
The effort to bring home The Wall Street Journal reporter and others unfolded on three continents, involving spy agencies, billionaires, political power players and his fiercest advocate — his mother.*

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