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Take and read
In one of the most important studies now available for exploring the modern world expansion of Christianity, J. D. Y....
Take and Read
This volume collects prayers with which, over 42 years, famed Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann began his cl...
Flannery O'Connor and the Christ-Haunted South
The homogeneity of modernity—with its Wal-Marts, Lowe’s stores and Advance Auto Parts—is marking the South....
The Unexpected Way
Anyone who teaches at a secular university knows that today’s students are far more likely to know the name of a Hi...
Winning ways
The primary appeal of sports movies is in the way they combine the drama of competition with other genres—the triumph-of-the-spirit movie, for example, or the coming-of-age story, or the romantic c...
Casting my vote: Not sitting out
In the previous issue, Mark Noll, a distinguished church historian, indicated his intention to sit out the upcoming presidential election because no candidate or national party reflects his sense o...
Americans abroad: Identifying with people in other cultures
While visiting Istanbul this summer, an American pastor stopped to look an outdoor display of photos depicting American soldiers’ abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib....
Century Marks
Say you’re sorry: A sincere apology can mend a broken relationship and heal the grievance of an offended party....
The faith factor: Religion and presidential politics
Despite the attention given to religious issues in this year’s presidential race, three public opinion experts have stated that the political force of faith and ethics questions has been overblown....
Faithful to the script: John's Gospel on film
In 1964 the Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini created a new mode of presenting Jesus in film. His The Gospel according to St....
Finnish scholar's visa ordeal continues: The case of Veli-Matti Karkkainen
A Finnish theologian, forced by U.S....
Americans divided on church-state separation: Religious liberty prized
About half of Americans consider freedom of religion to be a top legal and guaranteed right, but a similar percentage think separation of church and state has become too severe or is not necessary ...
Anglicans to release report October 18 on gays and church unity: How to cope with tensions
Long-awaited recommendations will be made public October 18 in London on how the Anglican Communion should cope with tensions and threats of schism created by the election and consecration of gay B...
Habitat founder and board disagree on his retirement date: Conflict over leadership styles
Millard Fuller, who founded the world-renowned Christian housing ministry Habitat for Humanity International with his wife, Linda, in 1976, will end his service as president next year....
National Baptists reelect Shaw as president: Pulled the church out of scandal and disarray
One of the nation’s largest black religious denominations handed a second five-year presidential term to a Philadelphia pastor who pulled the church out of the scandal and disarray left by his pred...