Wednesday's News & Ideas - 4/9/2025
- TEDS will move to Canada
- Angel Studios
- ‘War on empathy’
- Death doula program
- Learning from Octavia Butler
- 100 years of Gatsby
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School will move to Canada in acquisition deal
Religion News Service: A prominent but troubled evangelical seminary has agreed to be acquired by a Canadian university and move to British Columbia, the school’s leaders announced Tuesday (April 8).
This studio turns to viewers of faith to greenlight movies*
The New York Times: The company behind “Sound of Freedom” follows an unusual strategy that relies on an army of subscribers to its streaming platform.
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
The Guardian: Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague.
Death doula helps navigate end-of-life care
United Methodist News: A new Iliff School of Theology course aims to give pastors and others the foundation they need to support the dying and their families.
The wisdom of Earthseed*
The Christian Century: In the Parable novels, Octavia Butler imagines not just a dystopian future but also a way to survive it.
The Spark
100 years later, ‘The Great Gatsby’ still speaks to the troubled dream of America
Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: they’re both timebound and timeless. And, boy, does Gatsby have something to say to us in 2025, says NPR.
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