Matthew Streib guest-blogs for the Religion News Blog about Ethan Nichtern and his work with the Interdependence Project.
Incidentally, don’t miss Streib’s super-cool blog American Pilgrimage, which follows his bicycle trip through the United States to meet Americans of various faiths. Of late, he’s been at Zen Mountain Monastery.
The Washington Post reports that researchers have found biological phenomena that appear to help confirm the hypothesis that “unrelenting grief” may be “a distinct psychological syndrome.” It is estimated that about 10 to 20 percent of people “who have lost someone close” experience this condition, which is known colloquially as “complicated grief.”
BBC journalist John Simpsons reports on how the Olympics are affecting human rights in China, just as a new poll by the venerable news organization finds that globally there are “widespread views that the Chinese people are oppressed.”
Visit the International Campaign for Tibet at http://www.savetibet.org.
