June 23, 2011 - Science and Religion Today

Multiculturalism at a Daycare
A new Canadian study suggests that preschool children sometimes prefer to play with kids of their own ethnicity?but researchers say the finding that should be stressed is that they?ll also make efforts to accommodate kids from different backgrounds. (Derek Abma, Postmedia News)

Why Do So Many More American Soldiers Suffer From PTSD Than British Soldiers Do?
Americans involved in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have suffered from PTSD at a rate of 30 percent, compared with 4 percent among Brits, according to a study published by the United Kingdom?s Royal Society of Medicine. And researchers say the difference isn?t a reflection of the jobs Americans take on; it holds up in comparisons between units that saw equally heavy combat. (Michael Scott Moore, Miller-McCune)

Global Survey of Evangelical Protestant Leaders
In the survey, two-thirds of evangelical Christian leaders in Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand said their faith was losing influence in their countries, while 58 percent from Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and most of Asia responded that their faith was gaining influence. U.S. evangelical leaders were particularly pessimistic, with 82 percent saying the faith?s influence was waning. (Andrew Stern, Reuters)

More on the Proposal to Ban Circumcision in San Francisco
Arguing that state law prevents San Francisco voters from criminalizing circumcision, Jewish groups with Muslim supporters filed a lawsuit to keep a ban of the practice off the November ballot. (Dan Schreiber, The San Francisco Examiner)

MOVIES
One Lucky Elephant
This finely woven documentary spans nine years in the complicated relationship between a circus elephant named Flora and her owner, ringmaster, and trusted companion, David Balding. One Lucky Elephant exerts a powerful poignance (at times it?s like a video-shot Dumbo), but its most memorable achievement is the way it burrows into the delicate layers of elephant psychology. (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly)

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