Monday's News & Ideas - 10/25/2021
- Liberty University & sexual assault
- Unvaxxed secular Americans
- Evangelicals are splintering
- Haiti gang threatens missionaries
- China removing mosque domes
- Fear of police brutality
“The Liberty way”: How Liberty University discourages and dismisses students’ reports of sexual assaults
ProPublica: The school founded by evangelist Jerry Falwell ignored reports of rape and threatened to punish accusers for breaking its moral code, say former students. An official who says he was fired for raising concerns calls it a “conspiracy of silence.”
How to reach the secular Americans who refuse to get vaccinated
Deseret News: While those unaffiliated with a religion have a high vaccination rate, there are secular holdouts who remain hesitant or are refusers. With no centralized place to reach them, how do we help them get vaccinated?
The evangelical church is breaking apart*
The Atlantic: Christians must reclaim Jesus from his church.
Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries
Associated Press: The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that police say is holding 17 members of a kidnapped missionary group is seen in a video released Thursday saying he will kill them if he doesn’t get what he’s demanding.
China is removing domes from mosques as part of a push to make them more ‘Chinese’
NPR: China is removing the domes and minarets from thousands of mosques across the country. Authorities say the domes are evidence of foreign religious influence.
The Spark
“Stranger fruit”: Black mothers and the fear of police brutality
Jon Henry’s photography project seeks to convey the impact of police violence on Black families, The Marshall Project says.
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