Wednesday's News & Ideas - 12/14/2022
- CoE debates on marriage
- Oklahoma on religious schools
- Rape survivor’s careful activism
- How real is Wakanda?
- Orthodox Church at Ground Zero
- Horror movies on old age
Church of England bishops head for showdown on marriage for same-sex couples
Religion News Service: In the next few months, the Church of England’s long-running debate on marriage for same-sex couples may come to a head.
Oklahoma takes ‘momentous’ step to allow taxpayer-funded religious schools
Politico: A 15-page memo leans on a trio of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that favored religious schools and won rapt attention from conservative school choice advocates and faith groups.
A rape survivor’s careful activism in a place where #MeToo feels taboo*
The Washington Post: After helping launch the evangelical offshoot of #MeToo, Megan Lively still does not embrace the label, but she remains committed to helping survivors
How real is Wakanda?*
Christian Century: Speculative fiction, at its best, can inspire collaboration by artists and writers and ordinary fans.
A Greek Orthodox Church, destroyed during 9/11, reopens at Ground Zero
Smithsonian Magazine: The stunning new structure will also serve as place for visitors to reflect on the attacks.
The Spark
In 2022, nothing horrified us as much as old age
For as long as horror has existed, it’s served as both a window into our cultural fears and anxieties and an outlet for them, Vox says.
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