Tuesday's News & Ideas - 4/26/2022
- UMC bishops urge unity
- Rise of Judaism in Nigeria
- Decline of church-state separation
- Defund is not a dirty word
- Rethinking sex
- The ‘Gandalf of pizza’
United Methodist bishops open spring meeting with message of unity amid schism
Religion News Service: More than 100 bishops from across the globe are gathering through Friday on Zoom to discuss the future of the denomination, according to the Council of Bishops.
The lost Jews of Nigeria
The Guardian: Until the 1990s, there were almost no Jews in Nigeria. Now thousands have enthusiastically taken up the faith. Why?
The decline of church-state separation
Religion & Politics: In his new book, legal scholar Steven K. Green provides a comprehensive backstory to the fraught and turbulent historical relationship between religion and government in the United States.
Defunding the police is a move towards community safety
The Conversation: Defund should not be a dirty word.
We can ‘rethink sex’ without reviving purity culture
Sojourners: Casual dating is declining and intentional dating — dating with end goals of lifetime partnership or children or both — is on the rise.
The Spark
The ‘Gandalf of pizza’ speaks to the spiritual side of comfort food
Reinhart believes that spirituality can be found in striving for greatness and bringing people joy, even through pizza, NPR says.
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