David Chaplin1 day agoSouthern Baptist Convention Says It Faces Federal Investigation for Sexual Abuseverified_publisherThe New York TimesThe leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, said on Friday that the church was under investigation by the Justice Department for sexual abuse and that it would “fully and completely cooperate.” Church leaders said in a statement that multiple …
David Chaplin1 day agoHow partition divided a centuries-old manuscript between India and Pakistan—and continues to plague the region's heritagetheartnewspaper.com - Vivek GuptaOn the 75th anniversary of partition, it is worth remembering how the event displaced not only people across the Indo-Pakistan border, but heritage …
David Chaplin3 days agoThe Phantom God: What Neuroscience Reveals About the Compulsion to Believepublishersweekly.comThese dense musings by computational biologist Wathey (The Illusion of God’s Presence) ponder how mechanisms in the brain might give rise to mystical …
David Chaplin3 days agoCan God exist in a scientific world?bigthink.com - Bishop Robert BarronThe most misunderstood word in religion is “faith.” Faith is not a call to belief in superstition. We should love science, but not scientism — the …
David Chaplin4 days ago8,000-Year-Old Settlement Is Found in Saudi Arabia, Offering Rare View of Prehistoric Religionartnews.com - Francesca AtonAn 8,000-year-old settlement has been discovered by a group of Saudi and French archaeologists working at a site southwest of the Saudi Arabian …
David Chaplin5 days agoThe Whole Truth?historytoday.com - Lawrence RosenA balanced rendering of the Prophet Muhammad’s life. Westerners have long been fascinated by the Prophet Muhammad, but it is a fascination that has …
