{"id":4071,"date":"2016-06-10T19:19:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T03:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4071"},"modified":"2016-08-26T13:36:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T21:36:50","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/06\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-53","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 53"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issu<\/span>es, with a preference for content from academics and influential voices. Be sure to see the ex<\/span>planation and disclaimers at the bottom. <\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Why I Believe Again<\/span><\/a> (A.N. Wilson, The New Statesman): this piece is about seven years old, but I don\u2019t remember seeing it before. \u201cone thing that finally put the tin hat on any aspirations to be an unbeliever was writing a book about the Wagner family and Nazi Germany, and realising how utterly incoherent were Hitler\u2019s neo-Darwinian ravings, and how potent was the opposition, much of it from Christians; paid for, not with clear intellectual victory, but in blood.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The Evangelical Roots of American Economics<\/span><\/a> (Bradley Bateman, The Atlantic): \u201cOne unlikely example of the Protestant influence on American culture is the formation of economics as an academic discipline in the United States.\u201d Fascinating and highly recommended.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Evangelicals like me can\u2019t vote for Trump \u2014 or Clinton. Here\u2019s what we can do instead.<\/span><\/a> (Alan Noble, Vox): This is a long and thoughtful piece. \u201cunless a third-party candidate with broad appeal emerges, evangelical Christians would be better served by abstaining from [the presidential] vote and shifting their energy toward electing people to Congress and local and state governments who have the opportunity to restrain whichever candidate is elected as needed.\u201c <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Here Is The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read Aloud To Her Attacker<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>Katie J.M. Baker<\/span>, Buzzfeed): many of you have seen this. If not, it\u2019s worth reading. Powerful and insightful. <\/span>\n