The U.S. would seem to be prime ground for deep and chronic social conflict. Yet the evidence indicates that Americans get along fairly well in spite of having many different religions, including the growing number who subscribe to "no religion."
In 1984, Marvel Comics created a new nemesis for Spider-Man. The character would be a symbiote, inspired by what parasitologists call the weaker of two organisms inhabiting the same space. The weaker organism can draw life from the stronger, and in the most dramatic cases it siphons off its host’s nutrients before the host realizes what’s happening.
Are mainline churches capturing the imaginations of young people and leading them toward long-term commitments to the church?Or do they serve as revolving doors—leading one way into secularism and the other way into"hotter"forms of religiosity found in evangelicalism or non-Christian faiths?What defines a successful yo
Books
Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition
Jaroslav Pelikan and Valerie Hotchkiss, eds.
Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition
Just a few months before his 80th birthday, Jaroslav Pelikan has published yet another major project—editing, in collaboration with Valerie Hotchkiss, a collection of the creeds and confession
