Monday's News & Ideas - 7/15/2024
- Assassination attempt & division
- Church after assassination attempt
- Women still leaving churches
- Cornerstone guts humanities
- Buddhist DJ
- Mangrove ecosystems
An assassination attempt that seems likely to tear America further apart*
The New York Times: The attack on former President Donald J. Trump comes at a time when the United States is already polarized along ideological and cultural lines and is split, it often seems, into two realities.
Church leaders call for solace, defiance in sermons after Trump attack*
The Washington Post: Less than 24 hours after the attempt to assassinate the former president, pastors across the country faced shocked and fearful worshipers Sunday morning.
Women are (still) fleeing the church — and the cause is (still) pretty clear
Religion Dispatches: Women’s attendance declined precipitously, dropping five points between 2012 and 2020. Since then, it’s been holding steady at 27%.
Students call for transparency as Cornerstone University guts humanities programs
Religion News Service: Several former faculty told RNS that the changes include the involuntary departures of six tenured faculty who had already signed contracts for the next school year.
A Buddhist DJ hopes to spin followers toward the faith in South Korea
NPR: He works passages from Buddhist sutras and puns on Buddhist terms into his sets. He sympathizes with the worldly tribulations of his young audience members and tells them to look forward to future rebirths.
The Spark
To protect mangroves, some Kenyans combat logging with hidden beehives
More than half of the world’s mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse, The Associated Press says.
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