Bill Hwang brought a book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer to court to read during jury selection.
Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’: Extraterrestrial Threats And The Death Of Atheism
Netflix’s new series “3 Body Problem” is a secular show that vividly wrestles with how the direct failures of the secular project have threatened the modern world and wrestles compellingly with non-religious answers on how to solve them.
1,200 Jewish professors call on Senate to reject controversial antisemitism definition
Some 1,200 Jewish university professors have signed a strongly worded statement rejecting a controversial antisemitism definition that the U.S. Senate is considering codifying in federal law.
Vatican Museums staff challenge the pope with a legal bid for better terms and treatment
Forty-nine employees of the Vatican Museums have filed a class-action complaint with the Vatican administration demanding better seniority, leave and overtime benefits in an unusual, public challenge to Pope Francis’ governance.
Exclusion of Jewish Jurors Prompts Review of California Death Row Cases
A jury was being chosen for a murder trial nearly three decades ago in California. The state was seeking a death sentence for Ernest Dykes, who had been charged with killing a 9-year-old boy during a robbery in Oakland.
Mississippi governor signs law restricting transgender people’s use of bathrooms and locker rooms
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he has signed a new law regulating transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings, making Mississippi at least the 12th state to restrict transgender students from using facilities that align…
Justice Alito Warns of Threats to Freedom of Speech and Religion
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. warned on Saturday that freedom of speech was under threat at universities and that freedom of religion was in peril in society at large.
Bim and Storke named Clemons Fellows
Baptist News Global welcomes two new Clemons Fellows who will serve in different roles this summer. Mara Richards Bim, a recent master of divinity graduate of SMU’s Perkins School of Theology, will serve in a writing fellowship. Catherine Storke, a…
BNG webinar with Jaime Clark-Soles will explore psychedelics and faith
BNG’s next “change-making conversations” webinar will feature an interview with Jaime Clark-Soles, professor of New Testament at Perkins School of Theology and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Southern Methodist University. The free webinar will be Tuesday, June 4, at noon…