{"id":3955,"date":"2016-02-19T16:31:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T00:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2016-06-10T13:54:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:54:47","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/02\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-37","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 37"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Fridays I share articles\/resources I have found helpful recently in thinking about broader cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, I normally include articles from a variety of sources, but this week I noticed that I\u2019m including a bunch from GetReligion. I guess they\u2019ve been on fire lately. <\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Death, The Prosperity Gospel, and Me<\/span><\/a> (Kate Bowler, NY Times): This piece is moving and funny and also not quite right\u2026 despite her study she still misunderstands some aspects of the Charismatic and Pentecostal world. All in all well worth reading. \u201c<\/span>No word of a lie: I once saw a megachurch pastor almost choke to death on his own fog machine. Someone had cranked it up to the Holy Spirit maximum.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Think Pieces on Justice Scalia, Funeral Sermons, Humility, and the First Amendment<\/span><\/a> (Terry Mattingly, GetReligion): Scalia was such a fascinating man.I like what one of our lawyer alumni posted on Facebook: \u201c<\/span>Justice Scalia! You wrote your opinions with so much life, I guess I thought you\u2019d never die. The world has lost a great grumpy conservative. Rest easy.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Why Is The Atlantic Surprised That Early Pro-Lifers Were, Uh, Liberals?<\/span><\/a> (Julia Dulin, GetReligion): This is an article about some articles about a book. Meta but fascinating.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Little Sisters of the Poor on Supreme Court case: Why we can\u2019t \u201cjust sign the form\u201d<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>Constance Veit, <\/span>Catholic Review): Mother Theresa\u2019s compatriots explain their conscientious objection in their own words.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Vote For Trump! Vote For Hilary! Vote For Jesus At This Racially Diverse S.C. Megachurch!<\/span><\/a> (Bobby Ross, GetReligion): Interesting. Also, a reminder that reporters\u2019 perspectives on churches often miss si<\/span>gnificant details.  \u201cNone of the roughly 1,300 words in the Times report is \u2018Jesus.\u2019\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Causes and Consequences of the Protestant Reformation<\/span><\/a> (Becker, Pfaff & Rubin, a working paper): There\u2019s a lot here. Recommended for social scientists. One cool bit: \u201cThey argue that the spread of university students from Protestant strongholds (Wittenberg and Basel, the intellectual homes of Luther and Zwingli) and orthodox Catholic strongholds (Cologne and Louvain) had a significant impact on whether a town ultimately adopted the Reformation.\u201d Which is a very fancy way of saying God uses university students. <\/span><\/li>\n
  7. On the random side:<\/span>\n