Tuesday's News & Ideas - 11/1/2022
- Reconciliation after Brazil election
- ‘Heretic’ memoir
- Vision of Christian nationalism
- Latino evangelicals
- Scaffolding in conversation
- Photos of abandoned spaces
Church hopes for reconciliation of Brazilians after Lula’s election
Crux: More than one day after the election, Bolsonaro had not yet publicly acknowledged his defeat. All over the nation, groups of his supporters have been blocking roads and asking for a military coup to correct what they saw as “a voting fraud” – although there is no evidence of voting irregularities.
“They cannot survive without fear”: A heretic on leaving the evangelical church*
Salon: In “Heretic,” Jeanna Kadlec writes of the hard but necessary journey of escaping fundamentalist Christianity.
As Christian nationalism digs in, differing visions surface
Religion News Service: As Christian nationalists get more specific, ideological and theological divisions have reemerged.
‘We need to make America godly again.’ The growing political influence of Latino evangelicals
CNN: Latino Protestant churches surfaced as a key organizing space since the 2020 election when then-President Donald Trump did considerably better in some Hispanic areas than he did in 2016.
Teaching conversational skills through scaffolding*
Inside Higher Ed: As we all relearn the art of conversation, integrating the concept of scaffolding can help students have meaningful conversations, Laurie L. Patton writes.
The Spark
The eerie comfort of liminal spaces
Why are we compelled by images of abandoned shopping malls, waiting rooms, and corridors?* The Atlantic asks.
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