Thursday's News & Ideas - 8/24/2023
- Shannon Harris’ book
- Nicaragua seizes Jesuit property
- Civilization’s collapse
- TX law allows chaplains in schools
- Young evangelical climate activists
- Uranium mines
How Shannon Harris kissed biblical womanhood goodbye
Religion News Service: In her forthcoming memoir, Shannon Harris documents her journey from marrying purity culture celebrity Josh Harris to finding herself outside of her marriage and the church.
Nicaraguan government bans Jesuit order and says all its property will be confiscated
The Associated Press: Nicaragua’s government on Wednesday declared the Jesuit religious order illegal and ordered the confiscation of all its property.
We are witnessing the first stages of civilization’s collapse*
The Nation: Will our own elites perform any better than the rulers of Chaco Canyon, the Mayan heartland, and Viking Greenland?
Rights groups oppose Texas law that lets chaplains work as school counselors
The Guardian: Opponents of a law passed in the Republican-run state argue that it is a violation of religious freedom guaranteed in the US constitution.
Young evangelical activists face a key climate barrier: Their elders
Sojourners: When today’s 3-year-olds will be 30-year-olds, climate scientists expect the height of the slowly unfolding climate disaster to have arrived.
The Spark
The dark history Oppenheimer didn’t show
Coming from the Congo, I knew where an essential ingredient* for atomic bombs was mined, even if everyone else seemed to ignore it, Ngofeen Mputubwele says at Wired.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
