Thursday's News & Ideas
Mayor deprives rival of black clergy’s support
The New York Times: Deploying money, philanthropy, appointments and more, Bloomberg deprives his Democratic rival of the support of NYC’s black pastors.
Southwestern Seminary adopts statement asserting male headship
Associated Baptist Press: Seminary policy declares men and women equal before God but created for specific roles of headship and submission in the church and home.
Don't let your strength become your weakness
Harvard Business blogs: Over-developed strengths can turn into flaws.
Faith in fighting the flu
The (Toronto) Globe and Mail: With Canada's top health agency facing its largest test of confidence, enter the church.
Boston Globe: Citing swine flu, Catholics alter practices
Fla. man says Home Depot fired him over God button
Associated Press: Cashier says he was fired over “One nation under God" button; Home Depot says for violating dress code.
The Spark
Kierkegaard on the couch
In an age when all psychic life is understood in terms of neurotransmitters, the art of introspection has become passé. Galileos of the inner world, such as Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), have been packed off to the museum of antiquated ideas, says Gordon Marino, professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College. Yet, Marino writes in the New York Times’ Happy Days blog, the great and highly quirky Dane could help us to retrieve a distinction that has been effaced: the ancient distinction between psychological and spiritual disorders, between depression and despair.
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