Monday's News & Ideas - 10/24/2022
- America’s largest seminary
- ACNA bishop ends voluntary leave
- Climate reparations
- White America vanishing
- Diwali celebrations
- An interview with Prue Leith
What’s the largest seminary in America today?
Baptist News Global: That Liberty University’s John J. Rawlings School of Theology is the largest seminary in America may surprise some but also illustrates one of the greatest changes in theological education over the past 30 years.
ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch, accused of spiritual abuse, ends voluntary leave
Religion News Service: Ruch had stepped down after admitting serious mistakes in responding to abuse in his diocese. He still faces an investigation into alleged spiritual abuse.
A Christian case for climate reparations
Sojourners: Looking at emissions from a historical perspective, we see that from 1850 to 2015, the U.S. was responsible for 26 percent of the total global carbon dioxide emissions.
Their America is vanishing. Like Trump, they insist they were cheated.*
The New York Times: The white majority is fading, the economy is changing and there’s a pervasive sense of loss in districts where Republicans fought the outcome of the 2020 election.
Residents across India celebrate Diwali with festivities and dazzling lights
Associated Press: Indians celebrated Diwali on Monday as bright earthen oil lamps and dazzling, colorful lights lit up homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival that symbolizes the victory of light over darkness.
The Spark
Prue Leith can’t resist
The judge of “The Great British Bake Off”* offers thoughts on her eclectic career to The New Yorker.
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