Friday's News & Ideas
Globally, religion defies easily identified patterns
New York Times: The National Opinion Research Center has released the most comprehensive analysis to date of global religious trends. But the landscape is so diverse that there are no clear trends in religious belief and practice.
The Pew Forum: Religious freedom report lacks specifics, experts say
Pastors unite to support same-sex marriage in D.C.
Washington Post: Although ministers opposed to same-sex marriage in the District have campaigned more vigorously, a growing number of religious leaders are mobilizing to support the proposal.
Washington Blade: Ministers rally against same-sex marriage bill
Who benefits when media industries and academics dialogue?
Fast Company: In a forthcoming book, Grant McCracken argues that corporations should have a “chief culture officer” to engage the knowledge the academic world can provide -- a sort of "cultural pattern recognition" that carries with it a deeper understanding of how communication and culture is changing.
The Benjamin Mays model
InsideHigherEd: Legendary Morehouse College president Benjamin Elijah Mays exemplified three major components of a college president, writes Walter M. Kimbrough, president of Philander Smith College.
The Spark
Monsters and the Moral Imagination
Monsters are on the rise. People can't seem to get enough of vampires lately, and zombies have a new lease on life. The monster proliferation can be explained, in part, by exploring the meaning of monsters, writes philosophy professor Stephen T. Asma. The monster is a permanent player in the moral imagination because human vulnerability is permanent. As long as there are real enemies in the world, there will be useful dramatic versions of them in our heads.
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