Remember the tenacity of 400,000 Welsh women a century ago. Then use your power to shape events today
By Rowan Williams Read the free article here
Divine retribution?
From “Scapegoats: The Gospel Through the Eyes of Victims” by Jennifer Garcia Bashaw When the Bubonic Plague devastated Europe in the fourteenth century, killing millions, clerics saw it as divine retribution for the Jew’s “blasphemous and satanic” practices. This hatred and blame trickled down to the towns and villages, and in the years after the
Divine retribution? Read More »
Religious Leaders May Be Key to Breaking Climate Action Gridlock, Poll Suggests
The survey, published the same day Pope Francis said ”no one can ignore” climate change, found that stronger religious convictions often paired with increased doubt in climate science. Read the free article here
Religious Leaders May Be Key to Breaking Climate Action Gridlock, Poll Suggests Read More »
People don’t get a chance to reflect like this very often
From “How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion” by David McRaney When I asked Broockman and Kalla for a lead or two, they said to look deeper into something psychologists call elaboration, a state of active learning in which a person unpacks a new idea by relating to something they already
People don’t get a chance to reflect like this very often Read More »
The Tough Stuff: Decarbonizing steel, cement and chemicals
Three materials — steel, cement and chemicals — form the building blocks of the modern world. But the industries that make them are among the world’s top climate polluters, and the solutions for cleaning them up are still emerging. In a special week of coverage, Canary Media explores how producers are working to dramatically transform
The Tough Stuff: Decarbonizing steel, cement and chemicals Read More »
The tribe of white evangelicals
From “The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy” by Christopher Beem Evangelicals are right to say that the United States has moved away from many of these beliefs and practices. Yet they go further; they believe that the cultured elite now spurns and denigrates anyone who still
The tribe of white evangelicals Read More »
Beam (or trash) in the eye
From “The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery” by Sarah Augustine When friends visit our home on the Yakama reservation for the first time, they often ask why there is so much trash in the yards of many of our neighbors. This is what I might have asked, too,
Beam (or trash) in the eye Read More »
10 charts that sum up 2023’s clean energy progress
The shift to clean energy is underway. These charts show how, where — and how fast — that transition is happening. Read the free article here
10 charts that sum up 2023’s clean energy progress Read More »
There must be two different Gods
From “US: The Resurrection of American Terror” by Rev. Kenneth W. Wheeler I would hear her praying for me, her only son, her only child. I would hear her talking to God about me. Lord, keep him in your care. Throw your loving arms around him and protect him. Keep him from all hurt, and
There must be two different Gods Read More »
UK use of gas and coal for electricity at lowest since 1957, figures show
Fossil fuel plants contributed about a third of electricity supplies in 2023 and renewables a record 42% Read the free article here
UK use of gas and coal for electricity at lowest since 1957, figures show Read More »
Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done
Stung by the 2008 oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit? Read the free article here
Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done Read More »
Will we be a people of insurrection or resurrection?
From “Filled to Be Emptied: The Path to Liberation for Privileged People” by Brandan Robertson Now, I will not try to offer a comprehensive analysis of how America got to this dark moment – it would certainly take more than a book of this size to even broach the subject. But what I will say
Will we be a people of insurrection or resurrection? Read More »
Journalism
From “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” by Timothy Snyder Journalists are not perfect, any more than people in other vocations are perfect. But the work of people who adhere to journalistic ethics is of a different quality than the work of those who do not. We find it natural that we pay
Christianity and Democracy: A Fraught History
From “Defending Democracy from its Christian Enemies” by David P. Gushee The peculiar development of the relationship between religion and politics in Europe and lands colonized by Europeans has added a dimension of Christian antidemocratic critique that in some cases continues today and must still be addressed. Democracy at its early modern origins reflected an
Christianity and Democracy: A Fraught History Read More »