Emotions only get us so far
We are emotional beings much more than we want to admit. Emotions control us. PICTURE: Aneta Pawlik/Unsplash This is not a bad thing. Why? We make gut, emotional, instinctive decisions in a split second about all sorts of things; so that we get away from danger. Our emotions – instincts – have ensured our survival. […]
ESSAY: HOW WE RESPOND TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKS MAY DEPEND ON WHAT WE WANT FROM RELIGION
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JAMIE D ATEN, founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, looks at what research shows about the role of religion in reactions to crises like the Ebola outbreak or Syrian refugee crisis…