# Roundup: Norway, climate science, the Middle East, homelessness, education

> In the ten days since the terror attacks in Norway, pastors and church workers have played a major role in caring for the survivors and the victims’ families, with churches opened for people seeking comfort and community.

4 August 2011 · News

Canonical: https://insights1.uca.org.au/articles/roundup-norway-climate-science-the-middle-east-homelessness-education/

## [The pastoral response continues in Norway](https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/15172)

In the ten days since the terror attacks in Norway, pastors and church workers have played a major role in caring for the survivors and the victims’ families, with churches opened for people seeking comfort and community.

## [The Norwegian massacre](https://revdrchriswalker.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/the-norwegian-massacre/)

Thoughtful Christians are now very aware of the need for sensitive Christian witness in a multi-religious world and the importance of positive relationships with people of other faiths.

## [Why climate scientists are so perturbed](https://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/why-climate-scientists-are-so-perturbed/)

An accessible summary of the inexorable mathematics at the root of the climate-change problem.

## [The story behind the story in the Middle East](https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/15173)

The Middle East and North Africa area remains a vast and heterogeneous region of turbulence, confusion, hope, dread, reform, stand-off, contradiction, expectation, frustration, life and death.

## [Homelessness is not always so visible](https://www.mudgeeguardian.com.au/news/local/news/general/homelessness-is-not-always-so-visible/2246671.aspx)

This week is National Homeless Persons’ Week, with the theme ‘Diversity in Homelessness’ emphasising that “homelessness engages diverse people, from diverse addresses for diverse reasons.”

## [Education liberalises religious views](https://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2011-08-03-education-religion_n.htm?csp=34&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Religion-TopStories+%28News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories%29)

A new study says education doesn’t drive people away from God — it gives them a more liberal attitude about who’s going to heaven.