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Wednesday's News & Ideas - 7/31/2024

  • Project 2025 to end policy work
  • Oklahoma districts vs. Bible mandate
  • Scopes trial & fundamentalism
  • Protests at CUFI summit
  • New York’s “Earth Church”
  • A restaurant at the end of the world

Project 2025 to end policy work after Democratic attacks angered Trump*
The Washington Post: The Trump campaign grew furious with the Heritage Foundation over media coverage tying the candidate to unpopular policy proposals.

Oklahoma school districts pushing back on Bible mandate
Baptist News Global: At least 13 large school districts in Oklahoma have told the state superintendent of public instruction they will not obey his order to place a Bible in every classroom and require every teacher to teach from it.

How Christian fundamentalism was born again*
The New Yorker: Nearly a century ago, a single trial seemed to shatter the movement’s place in America. It’s returned in a new form — but for old reasons.

Interfaith protest confronts Christians United for Israel summit
Religion News Service: For nearly three days in and around Washington, D.C., an interfaith coalition challenged the pro-Israel messaging of pastor John Hagee and CUFI.

‘Earthalujah!’: A rebel pastor preaches for the planet*
The New York Times: As part of its crusade against consumerism, an unorthodox New York church urges action to preserve the Earth.

The Spark

The strange tastes of a restaurant at the end of the world 
When your restaurant is high in the Arctic Circle, and most ingredients have to come in on a boat or a plane, you have to get pretty creative with your fine dining, says the BBC. That means seal, whale, reindeer — and plankton?

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