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<\/a>\n\n 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\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. Ethiopia\u2019s Evangelical Prime Minister Wins Nobel Peace Prize<\/a> (Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today): \u201cThe son of a Muslim father and Orthodox mother, Ahmed is a Protestant Pentecostal, or \u2018Pentay,\u2019 like many Ethiopian politicians. His faith is seen as a driving factor in his push for peace.\u201d<\/li>
  2. Algeria Forces Christians Out of the Country\u2019s Largest Churches<\/a> (Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today): \u201cAt least 15 Protestant churches\u2014out of only about 46 in the country\u2014have been shuttered since January 2018, according to the Christian advocacy group Middle East Concern. The country, home to just 125,000 Christians, fewer than 1 percent of the population, ranks 22nd on Open Doors\u2019 World Watch List. Christian congregations struggle to register with the government agency tasked with regulating non-Muslim worship, per a 2006 law. It never convenes and has not issued a single approval.\u201d<\/li>
  3. The Perilous Power of the Preacher\u2019s Wife<\/a> (Kate Bowler, New York TImes): \u201cOrdained progressive women secure a measure of institutional sway, but they lack the cultural capital of their conservative counterparts. My research shows that conservative women gain considerable influence without institutional power, and liberal women gain institutional power without considerable influence.\u201d The author is a professor at Duke Divinity School and I have spotlighted articles by her three times previously, in volume 37<\/a>, volume 116<\/a>, and volume 143<\/a>.<\/li>
  4. The deluded cult of social justice<\/a> (John Gray, UnHerd): \u201cSeldom have the demands of justice been so manifestly faddish. Increasingly, justice is seen as not an attribute of legal systems but of entire societies. At the same time it is believed to be owed to groups more than individuals. In these circumstances, everything depends on whether the group to which people are deemed to be belong is in vogue.\u201d The author is a retired professor of political philosophy (London School of Economics) and a well-known atheist. <\/li>
  5. How to Convince an Atheist that God Exists<\/a> (John Ellis, personal blog): \u201cI didn\u2019t become an atheist because that\u2019s what I wanted; I became an atheist because I believed it was the truth. So, standing on that sidewalk while trying not to think about my mom praying for me, I cursed a God I didn\u2019t even believe existed.\u201d<\/li>
  6. Some thoughts about China\u2019s government: