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Daniel Clark’s culture shock
By
Patton Dodd
Last Friday, I was working at Wisdom Tea House (a dream of a place) when my friend Daniel Clark came in to join me for the afternoon. “30 hours ago I was in a jungle,” he said as he sat down. “Being here makes me feel sick.” Daniel was in the midst of culture…
While We Wait for ‘Culture Making’…
By
Patton Dodd
Coming soon in this space: an interview with Andy Crouch on his invaluable new book, Culture Making. Andy’s book is one of the wisest books on the subject of culture I’ve ever read, and it’s the single best work on the Christian cultural mandate that I’ve ever read. To whet your appetite: James Smith speaks…
Hindu Threat to Christians – Convert or Flee – NYTimes.com
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Patton Dodd
Must reading: Today’s Times has a report on the persecution of Christians in India. The photo above shows Christian refugees praying at a camp in Bhubaneshwar. It’s harrowing, harrowing stuff. An excerpt below, followed by a prayer. God help them: A few steps from where the nun had been attacked in Nuagaon, five men, their heads freshly…
Don Lattin’s Jesus Freaks
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Patton Dodd
One of the most unshakeable reading experiences I’ve had in the last year is Don Lattin’s Jesus Freak: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge. Taking a cue from Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven, Lattin uses the story of a freakish murder-suicide as the occasion to research the nature…
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