Friday's News & Ideas - 7/26/2024 cjk41@duke.edu Fri, 07/26/2024 - 11:40 Story of closing a church Texas migrant shelter Harris’ Israel policy Alpha Kappa Alpha French Muslim athlete may use cap Sport as older adults My church is closing, and I don’t know what comes next — for me, or America Deseret News: I researched the decline of organized religion while having a front-row view of the change in my own life, pastor and researcher Ryan Burge writes. Catholic Rio Grande Valley migrant shelter wins victory against Texas AG Religion News Service: It’s the latest legal defeat for a Republic ..read more

Wednesday's News & Ideas - 7/24/2024 cjk41@duke.edu Wed, 07/24/2024 - 11:07 Kamala Harris’ religious identity Olympic chaplains Netanyahu in DC Academic journals Project 2025’s plan for schools Living near friends Kamala Harris’ multi-religious identity is a map of the future Religion News Service: She would be the first presidential candidate with a diverse personal religious and spiritual history that is now far more representative of America’s multi-faith makeup. Olympic chaplains — not street evangelists — offer spiritual care in Paris Sojourners: This year, numerous official Olympic ..read more

2024 - Wabash Center announces new workshops jr131@duke.edu Mon, 07/22/2024 - 12:10 Wabash Center announces new workshops Each year, the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion launches a new set of workshops and colloquies that meet regularly throughout the year. Their 2025 programs include “African Diaspora,” “Community as Classroom” and “Sacred Self-Care.” Learn More ..read more

Monday's News & Ideas - 7/22/2024 cjk41@duke.edu Mon, 07/22/2024 - 11:16 Reactions to Biden dropping out RNC is Trump’s church Robert Jeffress’ church fire Lawsuit over LDS tithing NOLA archbishop denies memo Energy drinks How political and religious leaders reacted to Biden dropping out of the race Deseret News: President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential election on Sunday, prompting a wave of social media reactions from political and religious leaders. Inside the megachurch of Donald Trump* The New Republic: This week’s Republican convention felt more like a religious gat ..read more

Study reveals clergy leaders often lack adequate training in five key areas cjk41@duke.edu Fri, 07/19/2024 - 14:26 ..read more

Kwok Pui Lan: Writing our stories and finding ourselves apm47@duke.edu Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:57 ..read more

S. Charmaine McKissick-Melton: A civil rights era activist celebrates Pauli Murray's inclusion in the American Women Quarters Program shicks@duke.edu Thu, 07/18/2024 - 15:30 ..read more

Three historic Black churches come together to make a new congregation shicks@duke.edu Thu, 07/18/2024 - 15:01 ..read more

Gun violence apm47@duke.edu Fri, 07/19/2024 - 15:02 From the archives Ministering in the midst of violence means being broken open but not apart Sarah S. Howell-Miller Jeffrey Myers and Eric Manning: A healing friendship in the aftermath of gun violence Stephanie Hunt Are we losing our ability to lament gun violence? Aleta Payne William H. Lamar IV: Reject the myth of redemptive violence ..read more

Friday's News & Ideas - 7/19/2024 shicks@duke.edu Fri, 07/19/2024 - 10:11 GOP reassures evangelical base JD Vance’s countercultural faith Hindu Americans leaning right Texas curriculum raises worries Bernice Johnson Reagon dies A non-boring list of the best books of the 21st century The RNC is trying to sell big tent Republicanism — but the tent is still Christian The Forward: Diversity took center stage throughout the RNC, yet veiled references reassured Trump’s evangelical base that the party is still Christian. JD Vance shows the future of Christianity* The Times: The conservative Cat ..read more