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<\/a> On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. My hope is that everyone will find at least one link intriguing enough to click through for more. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions, so if you read something fascinating please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Does a Religious Upbringing Promote Generosity or Not?<\/a> (Tyler J. VanderWeele, Psychology Today): \u201cIn 2015, a paper by Jean Decety and co-authors reported that children who were brought up religiously were less generous. The paper received a great deal of attention, and was covered by over 80 media outlets including The Economist, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and Scientific American. As it turned out, however, the paper by Decety was wrong.\u201d Recommended by an alumnus who noted, \u201cit seemed up your alley.\u201d A story which touches on religion, features a statistical screwup, and highlights media bias? Indeed it is! The author is an epidemiologist at Harvard whose writing I have highlighted before<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  2. Is American Christianity on Its Last Legs? The Data Say Otherwise.<\/a> (Bradley Wright, Christianity Today): \u201c\u2026evangelical Christianity is doing rather well for itself. Where it is not increasing, it is holding steady. As Stanton writes, \u2018Churches that are faithfully preaching, teaching, and practicing Biblical truths and conservative theology are holding stable overall. In some areas, they are seeing growth.\u2019 In contrast, the fortunes of mainline Protestantism in America are falling fast. Its long decline has been documented before, and Stanton updates our understanding of it. As he puts it, \u2018people are leaving those churches like the buildings are on fire.\u2019\u201d The author is a sociologist at U Conn whose writing I have highlighted before<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Looking back at the Snowden revelations<\/a> (Matthew Green, personal blog): \u201cOne of the most important lessons we learned from the Snowden leaks was that the NSA very much prioritizes its surveillance mission, to the point where it is willing to actively insert vulnerabilities into encryption products and standards used on U.S. networks\u2026. This kind of sabotage is, needless to say, something that not even the most paranoid security researchers would have predicted from our own intelligence agencies. Agencies that, ostensibly have a mission to protect U.S. networks.\u201d The author is a professor at Johns Hopkins.<\/li>\n
  4. Harvard\u2019s Legacies Are Nothing to Be Proud Of<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Opinion): \u201cIf you are wondering why Americans do not trust the current establishment, or why Americans are not so convinced that the Democratic Party actually will reverse income inequality, look no further than the Harvard admissions case.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. Inside Stanford\u2019s Last Fallout Shelter: a time capsule to Cold War politics and protests<\/a> (Patrick Monreal, Stanford Daily): \u201cAt the height of the Cold War, Stanford and the Office of Civil Defense, a federal agency established by Franklin D. Roosevelt, designated as many as 56 fallout shelters on campus. The University managed these shelters, which collectively had a maximum occupancy of 49,269 people, as a part of emergency plans in the event of a nuclear strike or natural disaster.\u201d<\/li>\n
  6. Some diverse perspectives on maximizing your time at Stanford.