Friday's News & Ideas - 8/29/2025
- 'God, come to our aid'
- Are Nones spiritual?
- Tech tycoons tout faith
- Lawsuit over 'anti-Christian bias' order
- Faculty support religious diversity
- Slow-motion catastrophe
News & Ideas will return Tuesday, Sept. 2
The shattering of Wednesday Mass: Minnesota parish reels from attack*
New York Times: Annunciation Catholic Church and School has been a neighborhood anchor in Minneapolis for more than a century.
The Guardian: ‘God, come to our aid’: Community gathers to pray for victims of Minneapolis school shooting
Are the Nones replacing religion with spirituality?
Religion Unplugged: It’s often said that spirituality replaces religion for the Nones. But the data tell a different story: the nones just aren’t that spiritual, either, says researcher Ryan Burge.
Why the tech gods of Silicon Valley have turned to Christianity
The Times: Peter Thiel is among the tycoons touting their faith and messianic attitude — while building “superintelligence” — prompting deep philosophical questions.
AU files 2nd lawsuit against Trump admin. over Anti-Christian Bias Task Force
Sojourners: Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a lawsuit against the State Department, arguing that it is violating federal law by refusing to fulfill AU’s public-records request about the investigation of alleged anti-Christian bias.
Supporting religious diversity on campus is a surprising consensus among faculty across the red-blue divide
The Conversation: A new survey of college faculty reveals a surprising point of bipartisan consensus: faculty members’ belief in the importance of religious, spiritual and secular inclusion in diversity efforts.
The Spark
Hurricane Katrina in photos, 20 years after the ‘slow-motion catastrophe’
Initial reports suggested the damage in New Orleans wasn't worse than past hurricanes the city had weathered — until the levees failed, says CBS news.
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