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On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. Eat, pray, live: the Lagos megachurch\u00ades build\u00ading their very own cities<\/span><\/a> (Ruth Mclean, The Guard<\/span>ian): \u201cRedemp\u00adtion Camp has 5,000 hous\u00ades, roads, rub\u00adbish col\u00adlec\u00adtion, police, super\u00admar\u00adkets, banks, a fun fair, a post office \u2013 even a 25 megawatt pow\u00ader plant. In Nige\u00adria, the line between church and city is rapid\u00adly van\u00adish\u00ading.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. An Open Let\u00adter to Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/span><\/a> (Jason D. Hill, Com\u00admen\u00adtary Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): a gay black man strong\u00adly believes in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan dream and takes issue with Coates\u2019 dis\u00adpar\u00adage\u00adment of it. \u201cI expect\u00aded no spe\u00adcial treat\u00adment because, as an Amer\u00adi\u00adcan, I was already part of an excep\u00adtion\u00adal process. My ideas, I had decid\u00aded on the flight over, would one day be taught in col\u00adleges and uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties. I will tell you present\u00adly the extent to which that <\/span>willed deci\u00adsion <\/span><\/i>became real\u00adi\u00adty, and why it was pos\u00adsi\u00adble only in the Unit\u00aded States of Amer\u00adi\u00adca.\u201d (inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, I fea\u00adtured an essay by Coates back in issue 80<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The Ques\u00adtion of Race in Cam\u00adpus Sex\u00adu\u00adal-Assault Cas\u00ades<\/span><\/a> (Emi\u00adly Yoffe, The Atlantic): \u201cKagle believes that men of color\u2014and espe\u00adcial\u00adly for\u00adeign men of col\u00ador, stu\u00addents from Africa and Asia\u2014were unique\u00adly defense\u00adless when charged with sex\u00adu\u00adal assault, typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly lack\u00ading finan\u00adcial resources, a net\u00adwork of sup\u00adport, and an under\u00adstand\u00ading of their rights.\u201d I linked Yof\u00adfe\u2019s two pre\u00advi\u00adous arti\u00adcles in last week\u2019s edi\u00adtion<\/a>. They should be read in con\u00adjunc\u00adtion with Cam\u00adpus Rape, A Sur\u00advivor\u2019s Sto\u00adry<\/a> (Bret Stephens, NY Times).<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. They Serve Gay Clients All The Time. So Why Won\u2019t They Cater A Same-Sex Wed\u00adding?<\/span><\/a> (Josh Shep\u00adherd, The Fed\u00ader\u00adal\u00adist): \u201cPhillips choked up with emo\u00adtion as he con\u00adtin\u00adued: \u2018You can\u2019t serve God and mon\u00adey. I didn\u2019t open this so I could make a lot of mon\u00adey. I opened it up so it would be a way that I could cre\u00adate my art, do the bak\u00ading that I love and serve the God that I love in ways that would hope\u00adful\u00adly hon\u00ador Him.\u2019\u201d See also Icing on the Cake: Jus\u00adtice Dept. Backs Chris\u00adt\u00adian Bak\u00ader Bound for Supreme Court<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnut, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today). The lat\u00adter is tremen\u00addous news, and pre\u00adsum\u00adably due to the influ\u00adence of Mike Pence.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. How Many Church\u00ades Does Amer\u00adi\u00adca Have? More Than Expect\u00aded<\/span><\/a> (Rebec\u00adca Ran\u00addall, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201c<\/span>Accord\u00ading to a recent paper pub\u00adlished by soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist Simon Brauer in the <\/span>Jour\u00adnal for the Sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic Study of Reli\u00adgion<\/span><\/i>, the num\u00adber of reli\u00adgious con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtions in the Unit\u00aded States has increased by almost 50,000 since 1998.\u201d You can see the orig\u00adi\u00adnal research <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> \u2014 the researcher is a soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at Duke Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. Inter\u00adest\u00ading news. It\u2019s almost like the gates of hell can\u00adnot pre\u00advail against the church. <\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Faith groups pro\u00advide the bulk of dis\u00adas\u00adter recov\u00adery, in coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion with FEMA<\/span><\/a> (Paul Singer, USA Today):  \u201c <\/span>\u2018About 80% of all recov\u00adery hap\u00adpens because of non-prof\u00adits, and the major\u00adi\u00adty of them are faith-based,\u2019 said Greg For\u00adrester, CEO of the nation\u00adal VOAD. The mon\u00adey is \u2018all raised by the indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals who go and serve, raised through cor\u00adpo\u00adrate con\u00adnec\u00adtions, raised through church con\u00adnec\u00adtions,\u2019 and amounts to bil\u00adlions of dol\u00adlars worth of dis\u00adas\u00adter recov\u00adery assis\u00adtance, he said.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. The Human Fetus Pref\u00ader\u00aden\u00adtial\u00adly Engages with Face-like Visu\u00adal Stim\u00aduli<\/a> (Cur\u00adrent Biol\u00ado\u00adgy, Reid et al): appar\u00adent\u00adly about a month and a half before birth babies can per\u00adceive faces through the uter\u00adine wall. You can read a pop\u00adu\u00adlar sum\u00adma\u00adry of the research at Seek\u00ader: Human Fetus\u00ades Can See and React to Faces From Inside the Womb<\/a>. I found this research both amaz\u00ading and depress\u00ading. I won\u00adder how many babies were excit\u00aded to be mak\u00ading a new friend up until they were abort\u00aded.<\/li>\n
  8. Har\u00advard Calls Chelsea Man\u00adning Invite A \u2018Mis\u00adtake,\u2019 Rescinds Fel\u00adlow\u00adship Offer \u2014 Here\u2019s What\u2019s Going On<\/a> (Ben\u00adjamin Gog\u00adgin, Digg). For a good expla\u00adna\u00adtion of rea\u00adsons so many were opposed to this appoint\u00adment, read When Trans\u00adgen\u00adder Trumps Treach\u00adery<\/a> (James Kirchick, NY Times). Kirchick is gay, which makes his piece all the more inter\u00adest\u00ading to read.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n