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THOUGHTFUL SITES

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Here are a few blogs, podcasts, and news feeds that always have interesting articles or posts on cultural and theological topics.

The Public Commons: Building public spaces that actually serve the public

Original broadcast date: July 23, 2021. How can we create public places that feel welcoming and safe for everyone? This hour, TED speakers examine our physical and digital spaces—how they run, who they serve, and how to make them better. Guests include community organizer Shari Davis, researcher Eli Pariser, Wikipedia Library founder Jake Orlowitz, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, and artist Matthew Mazzotta.TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plus subscription also lets you listen to regular episodes (like this one!) without sponsors. Sign-up at plus.npr.org/ted.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

So Awkward: How to embrace the embarrassing

Forgetting a name, a poorly executed hug, the 7th grade — awkwardness is part of our lives whether we like it or not. But what if we put the embarrassment aside and embraced our awkward selves? Guests include social scientist Ty Tashiro, cartoonist Liana Finck, journalist Melissa Dahl and sex and relationship counselor Erin Chen. TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plus subscription also lets you listen to regular episodes (like this one!) without sponsors. Sign-up at plus.npr.org/ted.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

What's In A Face: How technology uses our faces

Original broadcast date: December 9, 2022. We think our faces are our own. But technology can use them to identify, influence and mimic us. This week, TED speakers explore the promise and peril of turning the human face into a digital tool. Guests include super recognizer Yenny Seo, Bloomberg columnist Parmy Olson, visual researcher Mike Seymour and investigative journalist Alison Killing.TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plus subscription also lets you listen to regular episodes (like this one!) without sponsors. Sign-up at plus.npr.org/ted.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Christian nationalist activists lead pro-Israel rally at Columbia University

NEW YORK (RNS) — A ‘United for Israel’ march, advertised on social media earlier yesterday, was intended to show support for Israel, Jewish students and faculties. The post Christian nationalist activists lead pro-Israel rally at Columbia University appeared first on Religion News Service.

As many HBCUs thrive, faith-based Black schools fight financial and accreditation woes

Adelle M. Banks

(RNS) — Several faith-based historically Black colleges and universities have faced governance and financial concerns, even as other HBCUs are seeing increases in enrollment and financial donations. The post As many HBCUs thrive, faith-based Black schools fight financial and accreditation woes appeared first on Religion News Service.

In ‘Infinite Dignity,’ the Vatican defends people, not politics

(RNS) — Tackling matters that are the topic of political debates today, the document drew more controversy than intended. The post In ‘Infinite Dignity,’ the Vatican defends people, not politics appeared first on Religion News Service.

Freakonomics Radio Network’s 2022 Staff Picks

Freakonomics Radio Network Staff

To celebrate a wonderful year of production on all of the shows in our network, we asked our staff to choose their favorite episode of the year. Lyric Bowditch, Production Associate“Why Do Doctors Have to Play Defense?” from Freakonomics, M.D.After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, my feeds were flooded with content about it. This episode cut through the . . . The post Freakonomics Radio Network’s 2022 Staff Picks appeared first on Freakonomics.

Congratulations to Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler!

Stephen J. Dubner

It should surprise no one, and delight everyone, that Richard Thaler has won this year’s Nobel in economics. Congratulations! Thaler is a big reason I personally got interested in economics. (I’ve known him quite a bit longer than I’ve known Steve Levitt.) He is everything to be admired in a scholar and thinker: original, judicious, crafty, and more than a . . . The post Congratulations to Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler! appeared first on Freakonomics.

Calling All Music-Industry Insiders and the Economists Who Love Them

Stephen J. Dubner

The Princeton economist Alan Krueger — he led the Council of Economic Advisers under Obama, and his research has been featured several times on Freakonomics.com — is among a group of scholars launching a new endeavor. It’s called the Music Industry Research Association, and they want you to come to their first conference, at UCLA, in August. Here’s their writeup: Starting with . . . The post Calling All Music-Industry Insiders and the Economists Who Love Them appeared first on Freakonomics.

The Hollowness of the Southern Baptists’ New Racism and Sexual Abuse Amendments

Bless their hearts. Earlier this week, some 8,000 delegates representing the denomination that ordained me some 25 years ago gathered in Birmingham, Alabama, to hold their annual conference. Faced with a history of racism, patriarchy, and sexual abuse, they came together to put into words what they continuously fail to enact in deeds. The Southern […]

20 Years for Giving Water to Migrants? A Religious Freedom Case of Little Interest to ‘Religious Freedom’ Industry

While the “religious freedom” industry is busy protecting discriminatory bakeries and pharmacists who refuse to do their job, a humanitarian faces a hefty prison sentence for providing food and water to migrants in the desert. This country has an odd way of defining “religious freedom.” Refusing to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple […]

The Pedagogical Problem with White Professors

A few years ago, during a search for a New Testament professor, I asked two questions during the interview – two questions I ask of every candidate for a position with our institution regardless of rank or discipline. The first is innocent enough: “How important is racial/ethnic diversity to you when teaching?” All candidates, to […]

Here is a Q and A with John on Biblical Israel and Modern Israel: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=750653543607754

Podcast with John

Yahweh in the First Testament and Jesus in John’s Gospel

John says that Jesus is the embodiment of God, the God of Israel, soone would expect that looking at Yahweh would tell you things you cansee in Jesus as John portrays him, and that looking at John’s Jesuswould tell you things you can see in Yahweh. This paper considers whatYahweh was like as the God […]

Brian Lugioyo (Ph.D., King's College, Aberdeen)

Dean & Professor of Theology & Ethics

Seattle Pacific University

lugioyob@spu.edu

www.linkedin.com/in/brian-lugioyo

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