The Curiosity Index: Week 34


The Week’s Postings

Just two posts this week but compared to some weeks that output is almost miraculous.

Monday: The multi-cultural church in a changing world
Tuesday: Time to follow in the footsteps of the anti-footbinders

And related reading


From the archives

How Christianity thrived: “Why did anyone, especially in light of the enormous social costs of being a Christian actually become a Christian?”


Some interesting things (to me)

Seven posts that caught my eye.

  1. Excellent Historical Documentaries about Christians in 1930s Germany. You might want to follow that up with Why Did Women Vote for Hitler?
  2. Turkey Turns Another Historic Church into a Mosque. If this becomes a trend it doesn’t bode well.
  3. Israel, Recapitulated
  4. 7 Christopher Nolan films to watch while you wait for Tenet. Nolan is perhaps my favourite film director & I’d make a case for at least 3 of these films to be in my all-time top ten. I just keep changing my mind on which three.
  5. 7 Living Christian Composers You Should Know -I did not know, did you?
  6. This Couple Built A Mini Pub In A Garden – People are great.
  7. Do We All Actually Need to Floss Our Teeth? – My dentist insists the answer is yes.

Eye-catching stuff

The best places to rock climb in the world – in pictures. My kids are about to start to learn climbing and this will inspire them and terrify me.

Railay Beach in Krabi, Thailand, features giant limestone pillars over white beaches and the Andaman Sea.
Photograph: Cultura Creative/Alamy

Seven Twitter highlights

  1. Not a victory for women
  2. Hosting hacks for introverts
  3. Mad ancient architecture
  4. I went to the dentist and had a root canal filling. This is what happened on twitter.
  5. The Bible’s most gory story
  6. The internet as the mark of the beast or not?
  7. The difference running makes

Something to watch

Oh my.

Have a great weekend.


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