Cultural Update: Ethics of psychedelic treatments; Child labor powering batteries

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Topics this week:

• Veterans are increasingly exploring psychedelic treatments in Mexico for trauma and brain injuries, raising medical, ethical, and spiritual questions.
• Syrian Christians face uncertainty and displacement following the rise of Islamist-led groups after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
• Over 1 million children in Nigeria are forced into hazardous lithium mining, sacrificing education and health for survival.
• Listener question: balancing faith with worldly pressures.
• Listener question: insights on identity, morality, and how to live out gospel values in a broken world.

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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith and Culture is a podcast from Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, which offers degrees both online and on campus in Southern California.
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