Monday's News & Ideas - 9/28/2020
- Barrett’s charismatic Catholicism
- Yom Kippur & forgiveness
- Pell returns to Vatican
- Dever’s church sues D.C.
- Muslim detention centers
- Marilynne Robinson’s history
How Amy Coney Barrett’s religious group helped shape a city
Politico: The People of Praise isn’t well-understood by outsiders, but its influence -- and social conservatism -- run deeply through this Indiana city.
Associated Press: Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court nominee, is Scalia’s heir
To heal the world: Yom Kippur and the drama of forgiveness
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Ten Days of Repentance are the holy of holies of Jewish time. At no other time do I feel so close to God -- and I suspect the same is true for most Jews, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks says.
Church says Cardinal Pell returning to Vatican in crisis
Associated Press: Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ former finance minister, will soon return to the Vatican during an extraordinary economic scandal for the first time since he was cleared of child abuse allegations in Australia five months ago, a church agency said Monday.
Mark Dever’s Capitol Hill Baptist sues to not forsake the assembly
Christianity Today: Without online preaching or multiple services, the DC church crossed state lines to gather legally during the pandemic.
China is expanding Muslim detention centers, Australian researchers claim
HuffPost: China is shifting from detaining Uighurs in makeshift public buildings to constructing permanent mass detention facilities, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute alleges.
The Spark
Marilynne Robinson’s essential American stories
The author looks to history* not just for the origins of America’s ailments but for their remedy, too, The New Yorker says.
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