Thursday's News & Ideas - 2/3/2022
- Church sues over free meal limits
- Is Bitcoin a religion?
- Church breweries
- NBA history & the Black church
- Life after religion
- The COVID jerk
A church is suing after a town says it can give away free meals only twice per week
NPR: An Oregon church has sued the town where it’s located over a new local ordinance that restricts the number of times the church can dole out free meals each week to those in need.
Why are people calling Bitcoin a religion?
The Conversation: Does Bitcoin’s having prophets, evangelists and dietary laws make it a religion or not?
Suds in the sanctuary: Craft breweries populate vacant U.S. churches
Religion News Service: At least eight church breweries have opened in the U.S. since 2020.
The witness of the Black church rings through NBA history
Christianity Today: Over 75 years of the professional league — and for decades before — Black Christians brought a social conscience to basketball.
States of disbelief: Non-believers wrestle with life after religion
Religion & Politics: Secularizing is an unusually bumpy ride when it involves leaving behind the familiar structures of a daily life governed by rules and conformity.
The Spark
The COVID jerk
The boundaries of responsible behavior are less clear* than they once were, says The Atlantic.
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