Thursday's News & Ideas - 6/24/2021
- Hillsong docuseries
- Bakker COVID-19 lawsuit
- ‘Fire monks’
- Young evangelicals & culture wars
- Fertility & religious decline?
- The myth of in-person innovation
A pair of Hillsong docuseries planned, examining the megachurch’s culture, the fall of Carl Lentz
Religion News Service: Both docuseries are planned in partnership with separate news organizations and based on their respective coverage of the ongoing scandals plaguing the global megachurch, with a spotlight on Hillsong NYC and its disgraced former pastor.
Jim Bakker, his church settle lawsuit over COVID-19 claims
ABC News: Jim Bakker and his southwestern Missouri church will pay restitution of $156,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the TV pastor of falsely claiming that a health supplement could cure COVID-19.
‘Fire monks’ ready to defend monastery from Big Sur blaze
Associated Press: A group of firefighting monks was ready to defend a Buddhist monastery being threatened Tuesday by a wildfire burning in the rugged central coast mountains.
White Gen X and millennial evangelicals are losing faith in the conservative culture wars
The Conversation: The majority of white evangelicals are aging, and a portion of younger evangelicals are engaging in both religion and politics differently.
Will the looming fertility bust destroy religion?*
Christian Century: As the global population ages, it’s unclear what will bind people to faith.
The Spark
Do chance meetings at the office boost innovation? There’s no evidence of it
For some, the office even stifles creativity. As the pandemic eases in the U.S., a few companies seek to reimagine* what work might look like, writes Claire Cain Miller at The New York Times.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
