Wednesday's News & Ideas - 1/18/2023

Art professor sues after firing over Prophet Muhammad images
Associated Press: Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said Tuesday she is suing the Minnesota university that dismissed her after a Muslim student objected to depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art course, while the university admitted to a “misstep” and plans to hold public conversations about academic freedom.
The New York Times: After lecturer sues, Hamline University walks back its ‘Islamophobic’ comments*

Church of England bishops refuse to allow same-sex marriages
Reuters: The Church of England will refuse to allow same-sex couples to get married in its churches under proposals set out on Wednesday in which the centuries-old institution said it would stick to its teaching that marriage is between a man and a woman.

Trump chides onetime evangelical supporters who haven’t endorsed him
Religion News Service: “There’s great disloyalty in the world of politics, and that’s a sign of disloyalty,” Trump said.

From church to classroom: the Rev. William Barber takes his ‘moral mission’ to Yale
The Guardian: The leader of the Poor People’s Campaign will train the next generation of “moral fusion leaders” at the Yale divinity school.

The concerns of young evangelicals offer political insights for 2024
Religion & Politics: There’s plenty of evidence that there will still be a significant portion of evangelicals in the electorate for decades to come, and they will be a noticeable force in electoral politics in both the short and long term.

The Spark

10 years later, ‘This is fine’ meme creator wants to put out the fire
Wearing his tidy little hat and staring at his sad little coffee cup, the dog has become the internet’s patron saint of denial,* a hero of helpless resignation, says The Washington Post.

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