Tuesday's News & Ideas - 4/30/2024
- UMC conference continues
- Echoes of 1968 protests at Columbia
- Faith-based retirement communities
- Documentary “Bad Faith”
- Faith-based groups & abuse
- Battle for attention
United Methodists prepare for votes on lifting LGBTQ bans and other issues at General Conference
Associated Press: United Methodist delegates are heading into the homestretch of their first legislative gathering in five years — one that appears on track to make historic changes in lifting their church’s longstanding bans on same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy.
Columbia University protesters occupy a campus building, echoing 1968
NPR: Columbia students protesting racism against Black people and the Vietnam War were occupying Hamilton Hall and other buildings exactly 56 years ago — on April 30, 1968 — when police violently cleared the campus.
No religion? At these faith-based retirement communities, no problem.*
The New York Times: Some communities with religious origins now offer spiritual programming as just one of many enticements, like the bingo nights of yesteryear.
‘Demolishing democracy’: how much danger does Christian nationalism pose?
The Guardian: The documentary “Bad Faith” looks at the history of a group trying to affect and corrupt politics under the guise of religion.
Why faith-based groups are prone to sexual abuse and how they can get ahead of it
Religion News Service: As Sexual Assault Awareness Month comes to a close, there are a few steps experts say every faith group can take to improve safeguarding protocols.
The Spark
The battle for attention
How do we hold on to what matters in a distracted* age? The New Yorker asks
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
