Thursday's News & Ideas - 12/16/2021
- Hobby Lobby papyri lawsuit
- African American saints
- No more “Christian fiction”?
- Christmas & interfaith families
- What Mary didn’t know
- Remembering bell hooks
Missing papyri professor must return $7 million to Hobby Lobby
Christianity Today: Dirk Obbink has lost a federal lawsuit over the fraudulent sale of Gospel fragments.
There are no African American saints. A lay Catholic group seeks to change that.
Religion News Service: ‘It is embarrassing to many of us that in the church where we worship, there are no United States African American saints recognized by the highest church authorities.’
A case for withdrawing the genre of “Christian fiction”
Literary Hub: Should “Christian fiction” be welcomed into the mainstream? A non-religious reader of the genre makes the case.
To tree, or not to tree? How Jewish-Christian families navigate the ‘December Dilemma’
The Conversation: Figuring out whether to celebrate holidays, and how, is tricky for lots of interfaith families – but thoughtful communication makes a difference.
What Mary didn’t know
Sojourners: Mary comes from a tradition of faithful people in the Bible who honestly question God.
The Spark
Remembering bell hooks and her enormous legacy
The influential critic, author and feminist bell hooks died Wednesday at the age of 69. Amna Nawaz of PBS NewsHour looks at her work and legacy.
