Wednesday's News & Ideas - 10/2/2024
- Vance & controversial preacher
- Israeli theologians reflect on Oct. 7
- Flourishing after religion
- SCOTUS appeals from religion
- Cecelia Williams Bryant obit
- Social media & suicide crisis
The controversy even J.D. Vance wants to avoid*
Slate: He was supposed to campaign with a MAGA celebrity preacher. But something spooked him.
In a sacred time on the Jewish calendar, Israeli clerics ponder theology of Oct. 7 attack
Religion News Service: “The challenge,” said one rabbi, “has been the attempt to understand why God did this to us, or where was God on Oct. 7?”
New book explores research on how to flourish after being ‘done’ with religion
Religion News Service: In “Done: How to Flourish After Leaving Religion,” Hope College psychology professor Daryl Van Tongeren offers ways to navigate the grief, loss and longing that often accompany religious transitions and points to signs of hope.
Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to promote religion
CNN: Religious interest groups are queuing up a series of high-profile appeals at the Supreme Court this fall that could further tear down the wall separating church and state, seeking to take advantage of a friendly 6-3 conservative majority that has rapidly pushed the law in their favor in recent years.
Cecelia Williams Bryant, AME Church minister and mentor to clergy, dies at 77
Religion News Service: “I am not the person I am today without her prayers and love, which have been my north star throughout my life,” said the Rev. Jamal Bryant of his mother.
The Spark
Has social media fueled a teen-suicide crisis?
Mental-health struggles have risen sharply among young Americans, and parents and lawmakers alike are scrutinizing life online* for answers, The New Yorker says.
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