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Editor's note
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The Case for Christ opened in movie theatres this weekend. The film follows the faith journey of Lee Strobel, an investigative journalist who turns from a skeptic to a believer. The film makes a compelling case for the claim that the resurrection of Christ is historic fact.
But Brent Landau, a Biblical scholar at UT Austin, takes a close look at the evidence Strobel presents in the film and says that while he has “little doubt some of Jesus’ followers believed that they had seen him alive after his death... the world is full of such extraordinary claims.”
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Kalpana Jain
Senior Editor, Religion & Ethics
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Basilica of San Vitale, a church in Ravenna, Italy,
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Brent Landau, University of Texas at Austin
The movie 'The Case for Christ' is released this weekend. A scholar takes a close look at the claims for the historicity of Jesus' resurrection.
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Environment + Energy
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David R. Montgomery, University of Washington
Conventional wisdom says we need industrial agriculture to feed the world. Not so, says geologist David Montgomery: Practices that focus on creating healthy soil can transform agriculture.
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Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research ; Reto Knutti, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich
People worry Washington is losing respect for science and even the centuries-old scientific method. Two climate scientists explain how science can be done when talking about the future.
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Arts + Culture
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Petra S. McGillen, Dartmouth College
Theodor Fontane was a German newspaper's England correspondent – who reported 'from' London without leaving his Berlin desk.
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Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan
Netflix has seamlessly adapted to new technologies and disrupted existing business models. But unlike traditional media enterprises, Netflix has never tried to attract a mass audience.
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Economy + Business
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Mary Steffel, Northeastern University; Elanor Williams, Indiana University, Bloomington ; Ruth Pogacar, University of Cincinnati
Defaults are powerful tools that policymakers and marketers can use to nudge us to make certain choices, whether in our interest or in theirs. How do we ensure they're used responsibly?
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Philip Hackney, Louisiana State University ; Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University
As these tax-exempt vehicles transform philanthropy, they’re drawing more scrutiny. Will Congress or the Trump administration tinker with the rules that encouraged their rapid growth?
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Education
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Karen Eppley, Pennsylvania State University
Nationwide, 16 percent of charter schools are rural. Yet, somehow these key players are often overlooked.
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Kyle Greenwalt, Michigan State University
High school students in America learn two very different perspectives on World War I in their U.S. and world history classes. But which of these competing viewpoints should take center stage?
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Politics + Society
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Dennis Jett, Pennsylvania State University
A former US diplomat explains why some programs may make sense to cut, while others are crucial to America's moral standing.
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Jeremy Friedman, Harvard Business School
The Trump administration is facing a tough choice.
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Joannie Tremblay-Boire, Georgia State University
As President Trump puts U.S. foreign aid on the chopping block, few Americans know much about it. Perhaps even fewer realize that the U.S. lags behind its peers on this front.
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