Thursday's News & Ideas - 12/19/2024
- Olivet University loses license
- Oldest known Ten Commandments tablet
- Churches make room for Christmas grief
- ‘Paradise Lost’ study
- Religion journalism & democracy
- The ‘worst pastry on earth’
Christian Olivet University loses its license to operate in California but says it will remain open
Religion News Service: Olivet blames its woes on a long-running feud with the owners of Newsweek, former members of a sect led by David Jang, a controversial Korean minister and founder of the college.
Oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sells for over $5M
Associated Press: The tablet dates from 300 to 800 A.D. and is inscribed with the commandments in Paleo-Hebrew script — the only complete example of its kind from antiquity, according to Sotheby’s.
Churches are making room for grief and loss at Christmas
NPR: More and more clergy and congregations find a need to give voice to the less-than-joyful emotions people experience during the winter holidays.
Sure, “Paradise Lost” is radical, but did you know it was sexy?*
The New Yorker: A new study charts John Milton’s influence on revolutionary thinkers but misses the sheer seductiveness of his masterwork.
Why does religion journalism matter to democracy? Ask a Texas reporter
Sojourners: To report on abuse in the SBC, Robert Downen had to earn the trust of everyone from powerful, complementarian pastors to radical, queer exvangelicals.
The Spark
The luxury makeover of the worst pastry on earth
From The Atlantic: how panettone,* the once-reviled Italian Christmas treat, became a high-end commodity.
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