Overturning Tables: Freeing Missions from the Christian-Industrial Complex, Scott Bessenecker. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014 Summary: Scott Bessenecker argues that Western missions efforts are often captive to corporate culture and practices inconsistent with efforts to reach across cultures and to the marginal peoples outside the corporate world. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Overturning Tables
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Science Corner: These Friends are Just Right
Is your Facebook network an echo chamber? Plenty of people angst over that and related questions; they worry that personalized communication and media networks keep us from being exposed to new ideas. If that's really the case, one solution would be to try to mix people up as much as possible, so that you get exposed to the widest possible range of information. It might sound intuitive, but according to this study, it might be better to arrange moderate mixing while maintaining some natural clustering. … [Read more...] about Science Corner: These Friends are Just Right
Issues in College Christian Humanitarianism: Part 3
"Join Wall Street. Save the world." This article went viral in my Facebook feed: [Jason] Trigg makes money just to give it away. His logic is simple: The more he makes, the more good he can do. He's figured out just how to take measure of his contribution. His outlet of choice is the Against Malaria Foundation, considered one of the world's most effective charities. It estimates that a $2,500 donation can save one life. A quantitative analyst at Trigg's hedge fund can earn well more than $100,000 a year. By giving … [Read more...] about Issues in College Christian Humanitarianism: Part 3