Thursday's News & Ideas - 7/7/2022
- Evangelical activist prays with SCOTUS
- Church destroyed in 9/11 is consecrated
- Mary used in nationalism
- Public education as common good
- Hajj begins
- Golden age of thrifting
SCOTUS justices ‘prayed with’ her — then cited her bosses to end Roe
Rolling Stone: A right-wing evangelical activist was caught on tape bragging that she prayed with Supreme Court justices. The court’s majority cited a legal brief that her group filed while overturning Roe v. Wade
Church destroyed during 9/11 attacks consecrated as national shrine
Religion News Service: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, in addition to Orthodox services, will also feature dedicated interfaith and nonsectarian spaces.
The patriotic Virgin: How Mary’s been marshaled for religious nationalism and military campaigns
The Conversation: Western Christianity has often been enlisted to stir up patriotic fervor in support of nationalism.
The Supreme Court is decimating public education as a common good
Religion & Politics: As two Supreme Court cases decided this term demonstrate, white evangelicals want both religious schools funded by the state and religion in public schools—and the Supreme Court’s (Catholic) majority is eager to assist. The goal is religion-state consolidation, not separation.
Saudi Arabia expecting 1 million in largest hajj since virus
Associated Press: One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one of Islam’s five pillars.
The Spark
‘The golden age of thrifting is over’
A glut of fast fashion has made its way into local thrift stores, making it hard for women who have been purchasing secondhand* for decades to find quality garments they can wear, The New York Times says.
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