Sunday Morning Salons: Cultivating Engaged Citizenship – Alison Colpitts and Helen Mo
“Somewhere between a faith community potluck and the French salon, we carved out a working model and named it Sunday Morning Salon.” – Sunday Morning Salon creators Alison Colpitts and Helen Mo look back on thirteen successful salons and reflect on what it means to “stay informed” in today’s world.
The Bordeaux Statement & the G8: The Voice of Ecumenical Strength – Lindsay Ann Cox
“Religious leaders, like world leaders, now know that working for change necessitates expanded cooperation.”
Beyond Unrefined Frustrations – Simon Appolloni
“Can the education system from high schools to universities help youth to engage in deeper and more reflective deliberations? Or will youth simply turn to the vastness of the Internet or the convenience of railway corridors and graffiti to express unrefined frustrations?”
Link roundup: 5 June – 13 June
- Archaeologists discover a 300-year-old church in St. Augustine, Florida
- Indian police break up a guru’s fast.
- The Guardian publishes a philosophical critique of the new atheism.
- Do alcoholics need god? The fight over a ‘higher power’ splits AA groups in Toronto.
Link roundup: 29 May – 31 May
- The Washington Post chronicles a Mormon church for singles.
- A new piece from Stanley Fish in the New York Times, which considers the two faces of Judaism in American public discourse.
- The New York Times also considers Oprah’s theology of suffering.
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