Tuesday's News & Ideas - 1/17/2023
- Heritage of Black preaching & MLK
- Growth in American religion
- Preserving Black churches
- SCOTUS & postal worker’s claim
- CoE debates on same-sex weddings
- Banks for women
How a heritage of Black preaching shaped MLK’s voice in calling for justice
Sojourners: King’s preaching used the power of language to interpret the gospel in the context of Black misery and Christian hope.
American religion is not dead yet*
The Atlantic: Participation in traditional houses of worship is in decline, but innovation and growth are happening elsewhere.
35 Black churches to receive total of $4 million for preservation work
Religion News Service: The new grant program honors the history of Black churches ‘while also investing in their physical permanence and financial sustainment into the future,’ an official said.
Supreme Court takes up Christian postal worker’s religious claim
NBC News: The employee, who objected to working on Sundays for religious reasons, claims the U.S. Postal Service did not do enough to accommodate his wishes.
‘We’d love to be married in church’: C of E debates same-sex church weddings
The Guardian: Anglican bishops to discuss and vote on proposal to be put to synod in February.
The Spark
A bank of her own
The first US bank for women was opened by a fraudster in 1879. It took 40 years for a reputable women’s bank to be founded in Tennessee, JSTOR says.
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