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by Mark C. Taylor...art lest we loose the freedom above things that our ideal demands of us…. We should be able to stand above morality – and not only to stand with the...
A Secular Age
Immortal mortal
by Patrick Lee Miller...joins this effort, recounting how the clash between Heraclitus and Parmenides over the correct way to think about the world made its way into the dialogues of Plato, who decided...
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“iReligion”
by Amanda Kaplan...a Bible verse between levels), and my favorite, Granny’s Bible Dojo (Granny cracks boards with karate chops, and helps you learn the order of the books of the Bible). This...
"These things are old"
Barack Obama’s Book of Virtues
by John Schmalzbauer...the two values most often identified with the American creed: equality and freedom. Earlier in his address, Obama invoked the “God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and...
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The cross and the cheeseheads
by John D. BoyWhere do Christians stand with regard to Wisconsin’s euphemistically named “budget repair bill“? That’s a question stirring up some debate around the blogosphere. Becky Garrison at Comment is free: While...
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Obama’s living virtues
by Jennifer Herdt...do we uncover a sharply defined contrast between classical and Christian, or ancient and modern, virtues. Rather, what comes into focus is a continuously unfolding understanding of the virtues, driven...
Global Christianity, Global Critique
Falling on the sword of the spirit
by Ruth Marshall...the relationship between Christianity and critique. As they announce in their post, charismatic or Pentecostal Christianity might be “a leading force of change in the contemporary world,” if not for...
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Saving America, one godless liberal at a time
by Charles Gelman...a Liberal” and “pray earnestly and intensely for them.” (Semantic aside: Ironically, “liberty” and “liberal” share the same Latin root, liber, an adjective meaning free.) Liberty’s prayer list of liberals...