Thursday's News & Ideas - 4/7/2022
- Religious fervor in American right
- AME pension funds lawsuit
- Union wins and organized religion
- Leaving the church & content
- Ukrainian refugees
- Idaho’s road signs
The growing religious fervor in the American right: ‘This is a Jesus movement’*
The New York Times: Rituals of Christian worship have become embedded in conservative rallies, as praise music and prayer blend with political anger over vaccines and the 2020 election.
More than $90 million missing from AME pension funds, claim class-action lawsuits
Religion News Service: The lawsuits claim that thousands of retirement clergy have been harmed by the potential loss of their pensions.
Recent union wins mean it’s time for more organized religion
Sojourners: The new wave of union organizing has started conversations around worker power, economic injustice, and racial disparities. Christians have a new opportunity to oppose the evil and injustice that low-wage workers are currently facing.
Leaving the church makes for some good content
Vice: What happens when you make your religion your identity — and then decide to leave?
‘May God make a miracle’: Millions flee Ukraine praying for war’s end
Religion Unplugged: According to sources such as UNICEF, nearly a quarter of the nation’s 41 million people have been displaced. The war instigated by President Vladimir Putin of Russia has caused Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II and its aftermath.
The Spark
Decolonizing Idaho’s road signs
A new effort will add Indigenous history to historical markers across the state, High Country News says.
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