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Faith & Leadership is the online magazine of leadership education at Duke Divinity and learning resource for Christian leaders. We design educational services, develop intellectual resources, and facilitate networks of institutions that cultivate a coherent vision of Christian institutional leadership and form Christian leaders.
Faith and Leadership
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Thursday's News & Ideas - 3/28/2024 egl22@duke.edu Thu, 03/28/2024 - 11:39
Easter & Black church attendance
LGBTQ-affirming clergy investigation
Scorsese to host Fox religious series
German citizenship test adds Judaism questions
A Eucharist of sourdough or wafer?
Toni Morrison’s rejection letters
News & Ideas will resume publication on April 1, 2024.
Black pastors see popular Easter services as an opportunity to rebuild in-person worship attendance
Associated Press: This Easter is also an opportunity for Black churches to welcome more visitors to their pews and try to begi ..read more
Faith and Leadership
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Wednesday's News & Ideas - 3/27/2024 egl22@duke.edu Wed, 03/27/2024 - 10:19
Trump selling patriotic Bibles
Survey on why people leave religion
Health of America’s clergy
Chinese pastor unable to get ID
‘The Anti-Greed Gospel’
Visualizing Gaza numbers
In video ad, Donald Trump endorses ‘God Bless the USA’ Bible for every American home
Religion News Service: “Religion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from this country,“ said Trump in the promotional video.
People say they’re leaving religion due to anti-LGBTQ teachings and sexual abuse
NPR: People in the U.S. are leaving and ..read more
Faith and Leadership
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Tuesday's News & Ideas - 3/26/2024 cjk41@duke.edu Tue, 03/26/2024 - 11:02
UN demands ceasefire
Survey on US church attendance
Threats to Catholic charities
Ultra-Orthodox military exemption
Language affects policy
Hotel guest who wouldn’t leave
UN demands cease-fire in Gaza during Muslim holy month of Ramadan, its 1st demand to halt fighting
Associated Press: The 15-member council voted 14-0 to approve the resolution, which also demanded the release of all hostages taken captive during Hamas’ Oct. 7 surprise attack in southern Israel. U.S. officials chose to abstain rather than veto the ..read more
Faith and Leadership
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Catherine Montgomery apm47@duke.edu Mon, 03/25/2024 - 14:42
Catherine Montgomery is the outreach administrator at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Jacksonville, Florida, and a seminarian at General Theological Seminary. She is also the founder and executive director of The Lighthouse, which partners with Episcopal and other affirming churches to provide safe spaces for LGBTQIA+ youth and their parents.
Founder and executive director, The Lighthouselarge-photohide-photoshow-titleOff ..read more
Faith and Leadership
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Monday's News & Ideas - 3/25/2024 cjk41@duke.edu Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:13
Palm Sunday in Jerusalem
Former president sues Southwestern
Evangelical character
Essay on Paul Tillich
‘Life begins at conception’ belief
Amputees from Gaza
Thousands of Christians attend Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem against a backdrop of war
Associated Press: Thousands of Christian faithful attended Palm Sunday celebrations at Jerusalem’s sacred Mount of Olives, marking the first day of Holy Week as conflict surges across the region.
Former president sues a top Southern Baptist seminary over financial dis ..read more
Faith and Leadership
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Friday's News & Ideas - 3/22/2024 cjk41@duke.edu Fri, 03/22/2024 - 10:38
Survey on US opinion on Israel
Catholics choosing IVF
New SBC executive council leader
Muslim court pick losing nomination
Dates open letter on MLK
US preventing regulation on formula
Majority in U.S. say Israel has valid reasons for fighting; fewer say the same about Hamas
Pew Research Center: 57% express some sympathy for both Israelis and Palestinians.
Despite church prohibitions, Catholics still choose IVF to have children
NPR: “We had tested the other options as much as we could,” one couple said. “And we knew ..read more
Faith and Leadership
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Thursday's News & Ideas - 3/21/2023 cjk41@duke.edu Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:44
Homeschooling is growing
Trump loyalists look to fascism
Survey on US Hispanic churches
Copper mine testing religious freedom
Haiti’s crisis
QAnon shaman
Homeschooling is outgrowing far-right, Christian fundamentalism
Sojourners: According to a study by The Washington Post, in states where data was available, homeschool students rose by 51 percent between 2017 and 2023. By comparison, enrollment in private schools rose by only 7 percent.
Project 2025: How Trump loyalists and right-wing leaders are paving a fast ro ..read more
Faith and Leadership
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Wednesday's News & Ideas - 3/20/2023 cjk41@duke.edu Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:59
Young people becoming less happy
Poll on abortion
Trump criticizes Jewish Democrats
Pope’s memoir
92NY struggles with war
Mr. Beast goes Hollywood
Young people becoming less happy than older generations, research shows
The Guardian: Report finds falling happiness among youth of North America and western Europe, but rise in sub-Saharan Africa and eastern Europe
TIME: U.S. falls out of top 20 happiest countries
The evangelical campaign against abortion faces three big pushbacks this year
Baptist News Global: When i ..read more
Faith and Leadership
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Tuesday's News & Ideas - 3/19/2024 cjk41@duke.edu Tue, 03/19/2024 - 11:12
‘Exvangelical’ reporter’s book
Notre Dame restoration process
Shadowy Christian nationalist group
Letter denounces Glazer’s Oscars speech
Ramadan & fundraising
Lifelike illusions of A.I.
An ‘exvangelical’ on loving, leaving and reporting on the culture of Christianity
NPR: As an NPR reporter covering the Republican National Convention, Sarah McCammon was struck by the support Trump garnered among white evangelicals.
Notre Dame Cathedral’s restoration has been a 5-year journey of dedication and recovery
The Asso ..read more
Faith and Leadership
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Block by block, an organization addresses the trauma underlying community needs cjk41@duke.edu Thu, 03/14/2024 - 10:57 ..read more