{"id":5754,"date":"2019-10-18T21:58:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T05:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5754"},"modified":"2019-10-18T21:58:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T05:58:52","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-223","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/10\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-223","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 223"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. Ethiopia\u2019s Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter Wins Nobel Peace Prize<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnutt, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThe son of a Mus\u00adlim father and Ortho\u00addox moth\u00ader, Ahmed is a Protes\u00adtant Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal, or \u2018Pen\u00adtay,\u2019 like many Ethiopi\u00adan politi\u00adcians. His faith is seen as a dri\u00adving fac\u00adtor in his push for peace.\u201d<\/li>
  2. Alge\u00adria Forces Chris\u00adtians Out of the Country\u2019s Largest Church\u00ades<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnutt, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cAt least 15 Protes\u00adtant churches\u2014out of only about 46 in the country\u2014have been shut\u00adtered since Jan\u00adu\u00adary 2018, accord\u00ading to the Chris\u00adt\u00adian advo\u00adca\u00adcy group Mid\u00addle East Con\u00adcern. The coun\u00adtry, home to just 125,000 Chris\u00adtians, few\u00ader than 1 per\u00adcent of the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion, ranks 22nd on Open Doors\u2019 World Watch List. Chris\u00adt\u00adian con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtions strug\u00adgle to reg\u00adis\u00adter with the gov\u00adern\u00adment agency tasked with reg\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading non-Mus\u00adlim wor\u00adship, per a 2006 law. It nev\u00ader con\u00advenes and has not issued a sin\u00adgle approval.\u201d<\/li>
  3. The Per\u00adilous Pow\u00ader of the Preacher\u2019s Wife<\/a> (Kate Bowler, New York TImes): \u201cOrdained pro\u00adgres\u00adsive women secure a mea\u00adsure of insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal sway, but they lack the cul\u00adtur\u00adal cap\u00adi\u00adtal of their con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive coun\u00adter\u00adparts. My research shows that con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive women gain con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable influ\u00adence with\u00adout insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal pow\u00ader, and lib\u00ader\u00adal women gain insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal pow\u00ader with\u00adout con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable influ\u00adence.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Duke Divin\u00adi\u00adty School and I have spot\u00adlight\u00aded arti\u00adcles by her three times pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly, in vol\u00adume 37<\/a>, vol\u00adume 116<\/a>, and vol\u00adume 143<\/a>.<\/li>
  4. The delud\u00aded cult of social jus\u00adtice<\/a> (John Gray, UnHerd): \u201cSel\u00addom have the demands of jus\u00adtice been so man\u00adi\u00adfest\u00adly fad\u00addish. Increas\u00ading\u00adly, jus\u00adtice is seen as not an attribute of legal sys\u00adtems but of entire soci\u00adeties. At the same time it is believed to be owed to groups more than indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals. In these cir\u00adcum\u00adstances, every\u00adthing depends on whether the group to which peo\u00adple are deemed to be belong is in vogue.\u201d The author is a retired pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of polit\u00adi\u00adcal phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy (Lon\u00addon School of Eco\u00adnom\u00adics) and a well-known athe\u00adist. <\/li>
  5. How to Con\u00advince an Athe\u00adist that God Exists<\/a> (John Ellis, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cI didn\u2019t become an athe\u00adist because that\u2019s what I want\u00aded; I became an athe\u00adist because I believed it was the truth. So, stand\u00ading on that side\u00adwalk while try\u00ading not to think about my mom pray\u00ading for me, I cursed a God I didn\u2019t even believe exist\u00aded.\u201d<\/li>
  6. Some thoughts about China\u2019s gov\u00adern\u00adment:\n