Wednesday's News & Ideas - 2/16/2021
- Future of worship looks hybrid
- Unvaccinated medical workers
- Church color line
- Indian court bans hijabs
- Greek bishop’s lawsuit
- Zora Neale Hurston & Black idiom
Houses of worship grapple with the future of their online services
Religion News Service: Two years into the pandemic, more religious institutions are asking themselves what a hybrid approach can and should look like.
Unvaccinated medical workers turn to religious exemptions
Associated Press: In some institutions, religious exemptions are being invoked by staff and approved by managers in large numbers. It’s a tricky issue for hospital administrators, who are struggling to maintain adequate staff levels and are often reticent to question the legitimacy of the requests.
Crossing the ecclesiastical color line: Black churchgoers in multiracial congregations
AAIHS: A Pew study found that 13 percent of Black churchgoers attend a church that is predominantly white (or Hispanic or Asian), and 25 percent attend a multiracial church where “no single race makes up a majority of attendees.”
No hijabs for now, Indian court tells Muslim students*
The New York Times: In a dispute that’s become a flash point over minority rights, students are told to avoid religious garments of all kinds, pending a ruling on whether schools can ban head scarves.
Activists convicted of ‘falsely accusing’ Greek bishop of hate speech
The Guardian: Human rights groups said the verdict was part of a troubling trend in Greece’s criminal justice system.
The Spark
The Zora Neale Hurston we don’t talk about
In the new nonfiction collection “You Don’t Know Us Negroes,”* what emerges is a writer who mastered a Black idiom but seldom championed race pride, The New Yorker says.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
