Thursday's News & Ideas - 1/17/2024
- Bishop Curry faces misconduct complaint
- The ‘deification’ of Donald Trump
- Black churches & teen mental health
- Theological ed’s existential crisis
- Theology from the execution room
- Pets as family?
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry subject of clergy misconduct complaint over handling of allegations
Religion News Service: The complaint is regarding Curry’s response to abuse allegations against Bishop Prince Singh, the former bishop of the Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan.
The deification of Donald Trump poses some interesting questions*
The New York Times: Does Trump believe that he is God’s messenger, or are his direct and indirect claims to have a special relationship with God a cynical ploy to win evangelical votes?
How Black churches could lead the way on teen mental health
Vox: Suicides are up among Black adolescents. Sherry Molock, a clinical psychologist and ordained minister, believes Black churches could be their salvation.
Facing theological ed’s existential crisis*
The Christian Century: The four schools featured here have taken different routes to survival, but they share at least one thing in common: they serve as laboratories for an unpredictable future.
Theology from the execution room
Sojourners: While a number of anti-death penalty advocates rightly highlight the exonerations — since 1973, more than 195 people have been released from death row — Elizabeth Bruenig prefers writing about the “confessed and admittedly guilty … since we all already agree the innocent shouldn’t be put to death.”
The Spark
Pets really can be like human family
Pets are stuck in an uncanny valley of love,* says The Atlantic. We can purchase and own them, yet they are so much more to us than a material belonging: They can change us, hurt us, even compel us to put another’s needs before our own.
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