Tuesday's News & Ideas
Religious leader promotes 'green' causes
Washington Post: An unusual environmental lobbyist will be making the rounds this week on Capitol Hill: the spiritual leader of the Orthodox Church.
Islam’s Darwin problem
Boston Globe: There is another creationist movement whose influence is growing, and which is fueling challenges to science in countries where Christianity has little sway: Islamic creationism.
New York Times: Creationism, minus a young Earth, emerges in the Islamic world
Beyond the grave
Wall St. Journal: In the book "After Lives: A Guide to Heaven Hell, and Purgatory," British scholar John Casey shows the many ways in which mankind has tried to make sense of life after death.
Prayer services opened door for peaceful street protests
Wall St. Journal: The protests that eventually brought down the Berlin Wall were an outgrowth of prayer services that had been held at St. Nicholas's Church in Leipzig since 1982. Nov. 9 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall.
A faith-based prison is pushed
Tulsa World: Wakita, Okla., may soon own the country's only all-Christian prison, with Christian administrators, employees, counselors and programs. The idea is backed by town leaders, has some support from state officials, and, its founders believe, is able to pass constitutional muster.
The Spark
The vestigial tale
The story is the original killer app, writes Joel Achenbach. In an essay in the Washington Post, he argues that narrative will never die because story-loving isn't just culture; it's biology. The human brain has evolved in such a way as to enable the construction and comprehension of narratives. Or, as Dave Barry says, “I don't see anybody ever going to the beach with a big old mess of Twitters.”
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