{"id":3851,"date":"2015-08-14T15:31:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T23:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3851"},"modified":"2015-09-05T12:14:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T20:14:05","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/08\/14\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-12","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To that end, I share articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful recent\u00adly in think\u00ading about broad\u00ader cul\u00adtur\u00adal and soci\u00adetal issues (be sure to see the dis\u00adclaimer at the bot\u00adtom). May these give you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar. Past emails are archived at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the too-close-to-home depart\u00adment: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2015\/09\/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind\/399356\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cod\u00addling of The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Mind<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Haidt, The Atlantic): the the\u00adsis of this essay is that a \u201ccam\u00adpus cul\u00adture devot\u00aded to polic\u00ading speech and pun\u00adish\u00ading speak\u00aders is like\u00adly to engen\u00adder pat\u00adterns of thought that are sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly sim\u00adi\u00adlar to those long iden\u00adti\u00adfied by cog\u00adni\u00adtive behav\u00adioral ther\u00ada\u00adpists as caus\u00ades of depres\u00adsion and anx\u00adi\u00adety.\u201d This is a long piece but is worth read\u00ading even if you sus\u00adpect it will infu\u00adri\u00adate you. There is some insight\u00adful <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/TrueReddit\/comments\/3gl4ci\/the_coddling_of_the_american_mind_in_the_name_of\/ctz4p9q\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">com\u00admen\u00adtary on Red\u00addit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> argu\u00ading that it\u2019s not stu\u00addents who have changed but admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the race-and-reli\u00adgion depart\u00adment: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2015\/08\/12\/a-year-after-ferguson-have-white-christians-learned-anything\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Year After Fer\u00adgu\u00adson, Have White Chris\u00adtians Learned Any\u00adthing?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Rus\u00adsell Moore, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary events depart\u00adment:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2015\/08\/10\/i-don-t-know-if-i-m-pro-choice-anymore.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Don\u2019t Know If I\u2019m Pro-Choice After Planned Par\u00adent\u00adhood Videos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ruben Navar\u00adrette Jr, Dai\u00adly Beast).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/8\/13\/9140849\/planned-parenthood-videos-unedited\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Watched All Twelve Hours Of The Unedit\u00aded Planned Par\u00adent\u00adhood Videos. Here\u2019s What I Learned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sarah Kliff, Vox).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/articles\/mugged-ultrasound\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mugged By Ultra\u00adsound<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Dalei\u00adden and Jon A. Shields, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Week\u00adly Stan\u00addard): this piece is old but inter\u00adest\u00ading as it is co-writ\u00adten by the guy behind the under\u00adcov\u00ader Planned Par\u00adent\u00adhood videos which gave rise to the above arti\u00adcles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the ISIS depart\u00adment: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/14\/world\/middleeast\/isis-enshrines-a-theology-of-rape.html?_r=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISIS Enshrines a The\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy of Rape<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruk\u00admi\u00adni Cal\u00adli\u00admachi,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> NY Times): this is a very dis\u00adturb\u00ading arti\u00adcle. The GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion com\u00admen\u00adtary on this piece is worth read\u00ading: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2015\/8\/14\/an-isis-theology-of-rape-strong-new-york-times-story-retreats-from-quran-details\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISIS The\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy of Rape \u2014 Strong New York Times Sto\u00adry Retreats From Quran Details<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ter\u00adry Mat\u00adting\u00adly).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/07\/26\/magazine\/is-this-the-end-of-christianity-in-the-middle-east.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is This The End of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty in the Mid\u00addle East?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Eliza Gris\u00adwold, NY Times): this is a long, infor\u00adma\u00adtive, and depress\u00ading sto\u00adry. Here as well the GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion com\u00admen\u00adtary adds use\u00adful per\u00adspec\u00adtive \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2015\/7\/25\/from-the-good-old-days-to-the-hellish-isis-days-for-christians-in-middle-east\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From The Good Old Days To The Hell\u00adish ISIS Days For Chris\u00adtians In The Mid\u00addle East? Real\u00adly?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the eat-your-wheaties&nbsp;depart\u00adment: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2015\/08\/14\/want-sustained-happiness-get-religion-study-suggests\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want \u2018Sus\u00adtained Hap\u00adpi\u00adness\u2019? Get Reli\u00adgion, Study Sug\u00adgests<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sarah Pul\u00adliam Bai\u00adley, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): if you have the desire, check out <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/aje.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/182\/2\/168.short\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the orig\u00adi\u00adnal study in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Jour\u00adnal of Epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. To that end, I share articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful recent\u00adly in think\u00ading \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/08\/14\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-12\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 12\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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[121,131,124,123,116],"class_list":["post-3851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abortion","tag-academia","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-islam","tag-race"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-107","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3851","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=3851"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3853,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3851\/revisions\/3853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}