{"id":3812,"date":"2015-05-29T22:57:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T06:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3812"},"modified":"2015-09-05T12:18:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T20:18:47","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/05\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-1","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

[this was an email I sent to the students in Chi Alpha @ Stanford<\/a>]<\/p>\n

In the time of King David, the Bible says that the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). That\u2019s a worthy goal \u2014 to understand our times and know how to live wisely in them. We need to learn how our faith interacts with the world.<\/p>\n

To that end, I\u2019m going to try something: for the next few weeks I\u2019ll send out three to five articles\/resources I have found helpful in thinking about national, global and theological issues (be sure to see the disclaimer at the bottom). My hope is these readings nudge you into continuing the tradition of Issachar. If these emails are well-received then they may become an ongoing thing.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s the first batch:<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    The Spiritual Shape of Political Ideas (Joseph Bottum, The Weekly Standard)<\/a>: many modern political ideas are derived from Christian theological concepts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    What ISIS Really Wants (Graeme Wood, The Atlantic)<\/a>: the key to understanding ISIS is understanding their faith, particularly their eschatology. A takeaway for Christians \u2014 your eschatology matters (so get it right).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Evangelical Protestants Are The Biggest Winners Whenever People Change Faiths (Leah Libresco, FiveThirtyEight)<\/a>: this is the most interesting take I\u2019ve seen on the Pew Forum study<\/a> that filled the news recently. If current trends continue until they reach an equilibrium point, then evangelicalism will become the largest religious identity in America (followed by either the religiously unaffiliated or the Mormons depending on whether fertility is factored in).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    God\u2019s Forever Family: The Jesus People Movement in America (Larry Eskridge, Oxford University Press)<\/a>: a scholarly history of an oft-overlooked Great Awakening \u2014 the Jesus People revival among the hippies. It is full of delightful anecdotes, including this charmer: one couple \u201cbegan to talk to their friends about Jesus and even went so far as to name their dog \u2018Repent\u2019 so they could stand in the city\u2019s parks and shout the canine\u2019s name and their message at the top of their lungs.\u201d  (p 148). The book is available online through Stanford\u2019s library system \u2014 the link will take you right there.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Suggestions for a better title \/ articles to consider \/ best day to send the email on \/ etc. are welcome, as is feedback on the idea as a whole.<\/div>\n

    Disclaimer<\/h3>\n

    Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read stuff (and may therefore share stuff) from all over the ideological map. I read widely in part because I aspire to pass an ideological Turing test<\/a> and more generally because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand.\u201d I encourage you to adopt a similar perspective.<\/p>\n

    Also, for the first few installments I\u2019ll probably reach farther back than normal for some articles that stand out in my memory. As time goes on I imagine the links will become more and more recent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    [this was an email I sent to the students in Chi Alpha @ Stanford] In the time of King David, the Bible says that the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). That\u2019s a worthy goal \u2014 to understand our times and know \u2026 Continue reading \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 1\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[124,127,123],"class_list":["post-3812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-history","tag-islam"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-Zu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3812"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3814,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812\/revisions\/3814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}