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Nuns hopeful on U.S. prelate's role in Vatican probe
(RNS) The recent appointment of an American archbishop to the Vatican
office overseeing a wide-ranging investigation of U.S. nuns has the...
Atheists' diversity woes have no black-and-white answers
(RNS) Alix Jules is an atheist, but for years he felt uncomfortable at
gatherings of nonbelievers. The reason: he's black.
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Church backing pastor jailed on molestation charges
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (ABP) -- An American Baptist church in California is
standing behind its pastor, currently held on multiple charges of child
molestation.
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If only you were more educated, then you would agree with me
I was sitting with a woman—a Mainline Christian woman—and we were
chatting about my background. I explained to her that my family is...
A dimly burning wick
Boston is dark in January. Very dark. At 5:30 p.m. light has completely abandoned the city. Sure, there is a kind of fake fluorescent light, a pale bluey glow, a TV light. But there is no authentic light, only illusion of it. And illusions only make the matter worse.
A review of Living Christianity
What ought to be the relationship between the church and the academy? Does professional theology matter for congregational life, and vice versa?...
Note to publishers: Cease and desist on the new English Bible translations and study Bibles
Harper One has just published The C.S....
New Year’s resolutions, a.k.a. "always reforming"
I am a great fan of New Year’s resolutions. As December turns into
January, I find myself taking them pretty seriously, pondering what one...
Religion book beat
In my capacity as an editor for Baker Academic and Brazos Press, I annually attend the meetings of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature....
Bill Donohue, art promoter
As is so often
the case in these situations, the only part of the National Portrait Gallery's
show "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture" that I have...
Our ten most popular blog posts in 2010
1. Is youth ministry killing the church? by Kate Murphy (February 4)...
On the move
When I hear the word immigration, I immediately think of friends, refugees from a war-torn country, who have spent more than 20 years and $30,000 trying to become legal U.S....
The KJV endureth: The 400th anniversary
I recently reread the biblical translation so familiar from my youth. I found its power and grandeur unabated, though some of the language has an odd ring today.
Not quite Screwtape
In mock
letters of advice from a convert to godlessness, Eberstadt tells the...
Spreading lies
It may seem hyperbolic for the Southern Poverty Law
Center to add large and highly visible advocacy organizations to the list of hate groups it monitors. But not all hate comes from the fringe.
Baptists debate social drinking
CARROLLTON, Ga. (ABP) -- Two decades after declaring victory in the war
over biblical inerrancy, Southern Baptists are battling about booze.
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Sunday, January 9, 2011: Matthew 3:13-17
My college motto is vox clamantis in deserto, the voice of one crying out in the wilderness....
My "criminal mindset"
A friend at
church asked me to help with her son's project for a college psychology class.
He was studying the criminal mindset of women inmates and needed a control...
A review of Unbroken
Hillenbrand calls the life of Louie Zamperini, the subject of her new biography, "incomprehensibly dramatic." A record-breaking high school track star, competitor at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (where...
Disobedience: Direct action on global warming
Global warming is dry science, an entirely rational question that should be addressed by experts working on our behalf and with our thanks. But it's not happening.