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On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. The Ugly Coded Critique of Chick-Fil-A\u2019s Christianity<\/span><\/a> (Stephen Carter, Bloomberg View): \u201cA few years ago, a well-known progressive commentator mused to his large Twitter following that sometimes he wishes all the Christians would just disappear. I would like to believe he was simply too uninformed to realize that he was wishing for a whiter world.\u201d This article makes an important point that you may find useful in campus discussions. It is in response to the very odd <\/span>Chick-Fil\u2011A\u2019s Creepy Infiltration Of New York City<\/span><\/a> (Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker). Recommended to me by an alumnus.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Church Of The Donald<\/span><\/a> (Ruth Graham, Politico): \u201cTrump personally has appeared 11 times on CBN since his campaign began; in 2017 alone, he gave more interviews to CBN than to CNN, ABC or CBS\u2026. Christian broadcasters offer an unmediated channel to the living rooms of a remarkably wide swath of American believers, an audience more politically and racially diverse than you might expect. TBN alone has more local stations to its name than Fox or the three major networks.\u201d Insightful and recommended.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. When the Rohingya Came, This Christian Hospital Was Ready<\/span><\/a> (Sarah Eekhof Zylstra, Christianity Today): this is a gripping story and difficult to excerpt. Wow.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Alfie Evans and Our Moral Crossroads<\/span><\/a> (Charles Camosy, First Things): \u201cAlfie Evans\u2019s death is being aimed by the very people whose vocation it is to help and protect him. The difference in Alfie\u2019s case is that, because he has continued to breathe, the pretense of \u2018removal of burdensome treatment\u2019 is patently absurd. In a situation that was no doubt distressing to those who hoped he would die, Alfie\u2019s continuing to breathe has clarified the true object of the act of removing his ventilator.\u201d The more I read about this case the angrier I become. <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Alan Jacobs: a Christian intellectual for the internet age<\/span><\/a> (David J. Michael, America): \u201c\u2026he was publishing scholarly work within his field but was increasingly devoting time to writing essays and theological pieces for Christian magazines and journals. Switching back and forth could be disorienting, and he spent several years debating and praying about which audience he should focus on. \u2018At one point, I just had an epiphany: You don\u2019t get to choose.You\u2019re gonna have to write for your scholarly peers, and you\u2019re gonna have to write for your fellow Christians because you have things to say to both audiences. So, that means, you gotta learn to code switch.\u2019\u201d I am a big fan of Alan Jacobs\u2019 writing. <\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Dear Humanities Profs: We Are The Problem<\/span><\/a> (Eric Bennett, Chronicle of Higher Education): \u201cThree generations ago, literature professors exchanged a rigorously defined sphere of expertise, to which they could speak with authority, for a much wider field to which they could speak with virtually no power at all\u2026. Literature professors have affected America more by sleeping in its downtown hotels and eating in its fast-food restaurants than by telling one another where real prospects for freedom lay. \u201d Oof. That\u2019s a solid blow, right there. The author is an English professor at Providence College.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Uncanny Vulvas<\/span><\/a> (Diana Fleischman, Jacobite Magazine): \u201cVideo games and social media already undermine the native psychological mechanisms that make us work towards status \u2014 they supply more immediate rewards and take far less effort than anything we work towards out in the real world. Sex robots are only going to make that worse, especially for young men.\u201d Definitely not a Christian article. From a somewhat related Christian standpoint: <\/span>The Economics of Sexual Purity<\/span><\/a> (Douglas Wilson, personal blog).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n