Thursday's News & Ideas - 4/14/2022
- New tool scores campus religious diversity
- Shanghai churches
- Losing religion in the 1990s
- Idaho abortion lawsuit & Catholic church
- Screening children for anxiety
- Coffee or meditation?
A new tool for assessing campus climate on religion*
Inside Higher Ed: The tool will allow colleges and universities to assess their atmosphere for religious diversity.
Churches in Shanghai are stepping up during the latest lockdowns
Christianity Today: Pastors, leaders and members pray and volunteer in the city’s communities amid a surge of COVID-19.
How America’s youth lost its religion in 1990s
Religion News Service: We are living in the aftermath of one of the most dramatic demographic shifts in American history, says political science professor Ryan Burge.
Catholic church can’t intervene in Idaho abortion lawsuit
Associated Press: The Idaho Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request by the Roman Catholic Church in Idaho to intervene in a lawsuit over a new Idaho law banning nearly all abortions.
All children 8 and older should be screened for anxiety, U.S. task force says*
The New York Times: A panel of experts says the latest research supports early intervention for younger kids.
The Spark
How to convince yourself it’s still meditation when you’re drinking coffee
“Without judgment acknowledge that your first thoughts are about coffee,” writes Joanne Nelson in The Other Journal.
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