Day: March 30, 2015

Teenagers facing early deaths are increasingly being consulted about their care

The Lead

Jan Hoffman, writing for the New York Times, reports on a growing movement to include teenagers in their own end-of-life planning and care. Hoffman notes that this is an extension of a movement that focused first on adults. From the article: A national push to have end-of-life discussions before a patient is too sick to participate …

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Sufjan Stevens profiled for being a Christian musician who defies the stereotype

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David Roark writes about the popularity and broad appeal of musician Sufjan Stevens, a musician who explores Christian themes in his lyrics, contrasting it with the limited reach of music which adds “Christian” to the label. The article refers to a 2006 interview in DOA with Stevens about how his music is marketed and viewed. From the interview: …

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When Christians First Met Muslims: New translations and scholarship on the earliest interactions between Christians and Muslims

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Michael Philip Penn, Professor of Religion at Mount Holyoke College, has just published a new book on early Christian Muslim interactions and the overlooked history of Middle Eastern Christians. Penn identifies a critical problem in seventh century scholarship; Christian studies focus on western Christians, and Muslim studies focus on the writings of Muslims. For the first centuries of …

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