Thursday's News & Ideas - 9/12/2024
- Evangelicals’ anti-idolatry statement
- Bethany sues Michigan
- Harris’ ‘freedom’ emphasis
- Interview with Friedel Dausab
- Apache Stronghold vs. mining companies
- A different kind of immigration coverage
Evangelicals rally behind statement that hopes to combat polarization with revival
Religion News Service: ‘I see this statement as a very important call to teaching,’ said Richard Mouw, a theologian and former president of Fuller Theological Seminary, who signed a statement urging evangelicals to reject ‘political idolatry.’
Bethany sues Michigan for denying state contracts due to faith-based hiring*
Christianity Today: The Christian ministry says it is being blocked from helping hundreds of refugee children and families, despite its decades-long history of service.
Kamala Harris’ message to women on ‘freedom’ helps explain why Black and white Christians are deeply divided over support for Donald Trump
The Conversation: By centering “freedom” in her campaign, Harris invoked a key element of Black identity and spirituality rooted in the historic struggle for liberation by formerly enslaved people. This legacy partly drives an attitudinal divide between Black and white Christians, especially on issues such as abortion and support for Trump.
Meet the born-again Christian who brought down Namibia’s sodomy laws
Sojourners: Friedel Dausab has worked for 25 years serving and advocating for those living with HIV/AIDS. His work culminated most recently in Namibia’s landmark legal decision in June to strike down the sodomy and unnatural sex act laws, inherited from the apartheid era.
Native American nonprofit appeals to US Supreme Court to block Arizona mine
The Guardian: At least four justices would need to agree to hear the appeal, in which Apache Stronghold and their attorneys at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty contend the government would be violating the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of religion if the mine is developed.
The Spark
The park. Sunday. Queens, New York.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, at the center of Queens, is “a third space for a community that is increasingly in need of it, during a time when third spaces are increasingly difficult to find,” says NPR.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
