There is much that could be said about the history of the Catholic Church and its dedication to the defense…
The world that Smith made
Christianity
Hosanna-Tabor in the religious freedom Panopticon
Michel Foucault famously describes Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon as a “cruel, ingenious cage” to be understood not as a “dream building…
Religious freedom, minority rights, and geopolitics
Conventional wisdom has it that religious liberty is a universally valid principle, enshrined in national constitutions and international charters and…
Believing in religious freedom
Like a good movie, the story of international religious freedom offers something for everyone. It pits cowardly oppressors against heroic…
Missions and church-planting in Europe
Last month, Eurochurch.net published a report on the state of missional church-planting activities in Europe authored by Darrell Jackson and…
The cry for immanence
Today begins a discussion series at the collaborative theology blog An und für sich on Daniel Barber's recent book, On Diaspora: Christianity, Religion, and Secularity. Daniel…
Power and resources: A conversation with Sidney Jones
In May of 2010, I sat down for a conversation with the legendary human rights advocate Sidney Jones of the…
“The Church”
The last sentence of the Court’s opinion in Hosanna-Tabor announces the dogma that binds the majority opinion. Affirming for the…
Eagleton against reluctant nonbelief
Reviewing Alain de Botton's Religion for Atheists for the Guardian, Terry Eagleton expresses his distaste for the tradition of "reluctant…
Global Christianity
The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life has recently published a new study on global Christianity.