Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 69 (June 2014)

by quaesitor

Sacred Treasure

What happens to Iran’s new Christians?
More on the Jesus’ wife fragment from Tyndale House + Simon Gathercole interview about God becoming Jesus
On the whole business of the Evangelical Alliance and Steve Chalke: I’m largely in sympathy with EA’s decision despite a lot of the negative (and frankly unfair press). After all, no one is claiming that the EA is the entirety of the church. Some good pieces here: Andrew Wilson defends the EA; Ian Paul offers a good overview of the issues; Matt Hosier on taking offence etc
A classic from the inimitable Dave Walker:

This is a surprising chart: the relative sizes of different industries globally – as John Naughton points out, the music industry is minute relatively speaking
Is there a crisis in the UK of masculinity? Isabel Hardman seems to think so
Mary Beard on the paradox of growing old in the UK
Our internet surveillance world is not Orwellian but Kafkaesque, argues John Naughton.