Thomas Turner, author of the blog Everyday Liturgy, interviews Brett McCracken on his new book, Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool…
What does it mean to be cool and Christian?
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“Theologians seldom write memoirs”
"Theologians seldom write memoirs." This, Stanley Hauerwas concedes in a follow up to his recent memoir: Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir (2010).…
Catholicism, conservatism, and antihumanist politics
Geroulanos’s central thesis is compelling but simple: French antihumanism, in its theoretical mode, was based on a radicalized “negative anthropology,”…
A third Jewish temple?
1,940 years after the destruction of the Second Jewish Temple, a building plan has been authorized in São Paulo, Brazil…
A Chinese turn to religion?
A recent poll suggests that one in three Chinese consider themselves religious, "an astonishing figure for an officially atheist country,…
Au contraire, Mr. Beck
On July 13, 2010, Glenn Beck made liberation theology---and especially Black Theology---the subject of his televised program. The real subject…
The Son of Sam’s evangelical following
The 'Son of Sam' serial killer, David Berkowitz, has developed a large following after becoming a born-again Christian 23 years…
Can greed be good?
In the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's new Religion and Ethics section, renowned American theologian Stanley Hauerwas asks, "Can greed be good?"—a…
Presbyterians split on gay-friendly measure
A vote before the Presbyterian Church's (U.S.A.) General Assembly in Minneapolis this past Thursday allows gays in a committed relationship…
HI governor vetoes civil unions bill
Citing her belief that the debate over civil unions should settled by referendum and not through the state legislature, Hawaii…