Susan Jacoby's recent post is one of the best statements I've seen in opposition to the "mamma grizzly" feminism of…
When the personal keeps on being political
Christianity
“Religion can make life inside bearable”
Francis Davis discusses the role of religion in the prison system, why certain religious movements acquire certain followings, and the…
Hatred and humanism
“Some of our comrades conceive this humanism as though it were a young, fair-haired girl walking through a scented meadow,…
The stories we tell
In a recent Newsweek article, “Saint Sarah,” Lisa Miller chronicles Sarah Palin’s iconic status among evangelical Christian women in the…
Controversial church poster depicts Jesus in the womb
In The Guardian, Karen McVeigh discusses a controversial advertisement that portrays a scan of a fetus with a halo above…
God, science and philanthropy
Nathan Schneider profiles John Templeton and the Foundation he built, in The Nation.
CFP: “Social Policy & Religion in the Middle East”
The 12th Mediterranean Research Meeting of the European University Institute---to be held in Florence, Italy, from April 6-9, 2011---will include…
How Christian is Tea Party Libertarianism?
At God's Politics, Jim Wallis asks: "Just how Christian is the Tea Party Movement---and the Libertarian political philosophy that lies…
Shrinking no more
Two recent studies conducted by the Christian organization LifeWay Research and supervised by missiological thought leader Ed Stetzer provide an…
The cross: more than religion?
On Wednesday, April 28, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Salazar v. Buono, its latest effort…