Wednesday's News & Ideas - 11/6/2024
- What we learned about faith voters
- Religion & policy in Trump White House
- Training social justice leaders
- CoE racial justice report
- Luxury tower at seminary
- Desert search for deceased migrants
Trump wins the presidency for a second time: 5 things we learned about faith voters
Religion Unplugged: Trump’s major wins with Catholics, votes against school choice and more.
Christianity Today: Donald Trump takes the White House again*
What we know about religion and policy in a Donald Trump White House
Sojourners: Trump won the election in part by courting conservative religious communities — and appealing to their anxieties — on the campaign trail. His policy agenda will likely be shaped by these groups, influencing the White House on a range of issues from education to reproductive rights.
Meet the religious leaders shaping the next generation of social justice activism
NPR: Through these leaders, students are learning the ways of the biblical prophets, who broach impolite topics and speak truth to power, whether within congregations or the public square.
Institutional racism blocks progress of Black clergy in Church of England, report finds
The Guardian: Chair of church’s racial justice commission says study on advancement of people of color paints ‘shaming’ picture.
A new luxury tower rises from a seminary and tries to blend in*
The New York Times: Claremont Hall, climbing 41 stories above the historic Union Theological Seminary campus, was designed to delight the eye without disrupting the neighborhood.
The Spark
Dying in the desert: A desert search for deceased migrants leads me to love
From the National Catholic Reporter: Clergy and volunteers gather in the New Mexico desert to find and memorialize the remains of migrants who’ve died and been abandoned there.
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