Tuesday's News & Ideas
Sociologists get religion
Inside Higher Ed: Sociologists’ interest in religion has increased significantly over past 25 years.
Faith-based defiance
The New York Times: “Jesus, Jobs, and Justice” tells the untold stories of scores of religious and politically active black women.
Political prayer breakfasts are bad religion
Boston Globe: James Carroll says there are only three things wrong with the National Prayer Breakfast: the past, the present, and the future.
Atlanta's theology schools respond to higher calling
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Interest in Atlanta's seminaries has remained steady even as enrollments nationwide dropped about 4 percent since 2006.
Evangelical group seeks broader tent
Wall Street Journal: Focus on the Family's new head hopes to strike more positive tone, but the shift could diminish fund-raising ability.
The Spark
Will you be e-mailing this column? It’s awesome
Sociologists have developed elaborate theories of who spreads gossip and news -- who tells whom, who matters most in social networks -- but they’ve had less success measuring what kind of information travels fastest. Do people prefer to spread good news or bad news? Would we rather scandalize or enlighten? Which stories do social creatures want to share, and why? Now some answers are emerging thanks to a rich new source of data: you, Dear Reader.
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Hooray for James Carroll and
Hooray for James Carroll and his marvelous essay
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