Recently, The New York Times published an article by Nicholas Kristof that lamented how academics, cloistered like medieval monks, have…
Are academics cloistered?
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A hard road for an atheist preacher
In an article in this past Sunday's New York Times Magazine, Robert F. Worth writes about the four days he…
More on religion in the presidential race
At The Daily Beast, Micheal Medved joins the current discussion, set off by Bill Keller's recent Times article, on religion's…
Questioning religion’s role in the presidential race
At the Scoop, Maura Jane Farrelly rounds up some responses (and adds her own) to Bill Keller's Times Magazine editorial…
Can life be better than bearable?
At The Stone, philosopher Sean D. Kelly muses on Nietzsche's proclamation of the death of God and considers contemporary culture…
Ceding ground to propagandists
As I noted in August, one in five Americans mistakenly believes that President Obama is secretly a Muslim. Yet more…
Journalism and theology
At The Scoop, Diane Winston sums up and comments on Ross Douthat's recent talk at USC.
A Cold War choir
On Sunday, The New York Times featured an article on the significance of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s "Operation Telstar" performance…
Clergy urged to take it easy
The New York Times reports that several health studies on clergy show that clergy members "now suffer from obesity, hypertension…
South Park’s politics of religion
Long known for lambasting religious groups and celebrities alike (Scientology, thus, being one of the producers' favorite targets), South Park, the…