Monday's News & Ideas - 11/1/2021
- Witchcraft more than Halloween
- Biden’s Catholicism
- Created out of nothing
- Mister Rogers sculpture
- Cricket, nationalism & religion
- Deadly traffic stops
Witchcraft isn’t just for Halloween
Religion News Service: Halloween’s commercialized kitsch and other hocus pocus can be, well, dispiriting.
Biden is America’s most prominent Catholic. The church’s most conservative wish he wasn’t.
NBC News: A debate over whether Biden should be able to participate in one of the core elements of his faith has spilled out into public.
Created out of nothing means created out of love*
Christian Century: To say creation is ex nihilo is to say that divine love is the only power at work in the creation of everything.
Beautiful day for a neighbor: Mister Rogers has a sculpture
Associated Press: A little rain didn’t stop it from being a beautiful day at Rollins College in Florida as school officials unveiled a sculpture honoring the beloved children’s TV host.
Why cricket in Pakistan is infused with religion and nationalism
DW: Cricket in Pakistan has become all about politics and religion, with narratives like “avenging” the “mistreatment” of Muslims by defeating India, or “teaching a lesson” to New Zealand for walking away from a match.
The Spark
Why many police traffic stops turn deadly
Officers, trained to presume danger, have reacted with outsize aggression.* For hundreds of unarmed drivers, the consequences have been fatal, The New York Times says.
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