Thursday's News & Ideas - 5/26/2022
- Guns as ‘religion of the right’
- First AME Zion female bishop dies
- SBC’s ‘double trauma’
- U.S. views on Israel, Palestine
- Faith leaders on Texas shooting
- ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ conviction
School shootings confirm that guns are the religion of the right*
TIME: There’s a reason we always hear calls for Christian nationalism rather than for common sense gun legislation from the right.
Bishop Mildred Hines, first AME Zion female bishop, dead at age 67
Religion News Service: ‘We will miss her powerful preaching, her electrifying teaching, her dynamic leadership, and her loving spirit,’ her fellow bishops said of the first and only female bishop in the denomination.
No atheist has done this much damage to the Christian faith*
The Atlantic: Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention reportedly chose to protect their denomination by hiding abuse — and then attempted to destroy the victims.
Modest warming in U.S. views on Israel and Palestinians
Pew Research Center: Young Americans’ attitudes are as favorable toward the Palestinian people and government as toward Israel.
Faith leaders and politicians ask for prayers for Texas shooting victims
Deseret News: In formal statements and less formal social media posts, leaders have asked Americans to pray for an end to gun violence and to push elected officials to enact policy changes.
The Spark
‘How to Murder Your Husband’ writer found guilty of murdering husband
A jury in Portland, Oregon, has convicted a self-published romance novelist who wrote an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband” of fatally shooting her husband, says The Guardian.
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