Tuesday September 7, 2010
- Tom Waits: Theologian of the dysangelion by Ben Myers (Faith and Theology)
- Jonny Lang: Back to basics (Glide)
- The generation that can’t move on up by Andrew J. Cherlin and W. Bradford Wilcox (Wall Street Journal)
- The reinvention of Anberlin: On the day their new album releases, Anberlin’s lead singer talks about the project, social justice and Guitar Hero 6. (Relevant)
- Check out Tasha Cooney’s cool jewelry (Etsy)
- 5 Great Music Magazines to Ease the Pain of Losing Paste (FlavorWire)
- Golden locks: Troy Polamalu’s hair is insured for $1 million. How does body-part insurance work? (Slate)
- Check out Monastery Greetings: Products from Abbeys, Convents, Monastaries, and Hermitages.
- Why do heavy drinkers outlive nondrinkers? (Time)
- The many iterations of William Shatner (NY Times)
- I’m out of here, for Christ’s sake by Richard Flory and Brie Loskota (TransMission)
- Genius declared: Wilde tops the wit list (Guardian)
- Fewer young voters see themselves as Democrats (NY Times)
- Hipster faith: To remain relevant, many evangelical pastors are following the lead of hipster trendsetters. So what happens when ‘cool’ meets Christ? by Brett McCracken (Christianity Today)
- Check out Muddy Waters playin “Got My Mojo Workin’” (No Depression)
- Kristen Scharold reviews Brett McCraken’s "Hipster Christianity" (TGC)
- On labels, categories, and “Hipster Christianity” by David Kern (Beside the Queue)
- Many kinds of universes, and none require God: Stephen Hawking’s pop-science book about the origins of our universe got attention for a passage about God. (NY Times)
- Baseball’s best mascots: An unscientific poll (OC Register)
- The crime of causing the darkness by John H. Armstrong (Acts 3)
- Legacy of spiritual truths in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’: Robin Russell interviews Matt Litton (UM Portal)
- True barbarians: A review of "Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean" by Adrian Tinniswood (Hoover)
- Antics aside, a Dalí of constant ambition (NY Times)
- The Church on a justice mission: On the front lines of the battle against sex trafficking and forced prostitution. A review by Amy L. Sherman (Books & Culture)
- Should Glenn Beck speak for Christians? by Russell D. Moore (Relevant)
- Quelle horreur! Asterix surrenders to McDonald’s: A new McDonald’s advert featuring Asterix enjoying a hamburger and fries has sparked outrage among French comic purists who claim the Gallic hero has surrendered to the American fast food chain. (Telegraph)
- America’s ruling class — and the perils of revolution by Angelo M. Codevilla (American Spectator)
- Peru’s jungle treehouse: One of the ways to help save the Amazon is to visit it. And you can stay in luxury in this Peruvian treehouse above the rainforest canopy (Guardian)
- If 40 is the new 30, is 20 the new junior high? by Donald Miller (Relevant)
- The Good Man Philip and the Scoundrel Pullman. A parable for our times. By Betty Smartt Carter (Books & Culture)
- A niche of the unreal in a world of credulity: Since 2008, ChristWire.org has emerged as the leading Internet site for ultraconservative Christian news, commentary and weather reportage. (NY Times)
- Hipster faith: To remain relevant, many evangelical pastors are following the lead of hipster trendsetters. So what happens when ‘cool’ meets Christ? by Brett McCracken (Christianity Today)
- Bleat, flay, loathe … one man’s search for God on a Cineplex screen (Vancouver Sun)
- Hollywood now opening arms to gay characters, families (USA Today)
- How to end the Great Recession by Robert B. Reich (NY Times)
- How not to be hated on Facebook: 10 more rules by Claire Suddath (Time)
- The gospel of wealth by David Brooks (NY Times)
