Monday's News & Ideas - 12/7/2020
- COVID-19 books
- Rise & fall of Carl Lentz
- Religion in Senate runoffs
- Saving Black spaces
- SBC pledge against critical race
- Rise in medical school applications
The COVID-19 books have arrived: From Pope Francis, John Piper, N.T. Wright and more
Religion News Service: Some prominent Christians have sought to offer comfort or answers to life’s biggest questions in new books published since the coronavirus first upended life last spring.
The rise and fall of Carl Lentz, the celebrity pastor of Hillsong Church*
The New York Times: A charismatic pastor helped build a megachurch favored by star athletes and entertainers -- until some temptations became too much to resist.
How religion is front and center in the heated Georgia Senate runoff races
Deseret News: With the runoffs in Georgia playing a decisive role in control of the U.S Senate, candidates appeal to voters’ religious beliefs in messaging and voter turnout efforts.
Efforts to save what’s left of Mary Allen Seminary reveal the challenges of preserving Black placemaking in Texas*
The Texas Observer: The Mary Allen Museum of African American History continues to race the clock to preserve what’s left of Texas’ first African American school for Black girls and women.
White evangelical leaders pledge seminaries will not teach key theory on systemic racism
HuffPost: Critical race theory examines the role of white supremacy in institutional racism. Southern Baptist seminary presidents don’t want future pastors to learn about it.
Christianity Today: Southern Baptists keep quarreling over critical race theory
The Spark
‘Fauci effect’ drives record number of medical school applications
Even as college and university enrollment overall has dropped this fall, the number of applicants to medical school is up 18% this year, NPR says.
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