By Melissa Wuske Personality and Music Preference Does personality dictate music preference? David Greenberg, a University of Cambridge psychologist, thinks it can have an effect. “People who are high on empathy may be preferring a certain type of music compared to people who are more systematic,” he said. Empathizers tend to prefer more mellow, emotion-evoking […]
By Melissa Wuske Racism and the War on Drugs Since the Nixon administration began the War on Drugs in 1971, America’s prison population has risen from 300,000 to 2.3 million. Drug offenses make up half of those convictions, and two-thirds of the population of prisons are people of color. White Americans are just as likely […]
By Melissa Wuske Israeli & American Views on Israel Pew Research Center studied the differing views of Israeli and American Christians regarding the nation of Israel. While 82 percent of American evangelicals said they believe God gave the land of Israel to the Jews, only 19 percent of Christians who live in Israel and were […]
By Melissa Wuske Christlike Conflict Thirty Palestinian Christians and Messianic Jews gathered to study and pray and seek unity—a dramatic difference from the history of conflict across groups in the region. The participants met in Cypress, sponsored by the Lausanne Initiative for Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine (LIRIP). They released a statement to solidify their unity and […]
By Melissa Wuske Many Americans View Christianity as Extreme A study by the Barna Group explores American society’s views on faith, and in particular what constitutes religious extremism. Most Americans—75 percent overall and 90 percent of those with no faith affiliation—agree that “being religiously extreme is a threat to society.” Researchers asked people to categorize […]
