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The faith of the scholars: Theology and religious studies
The Politics of Religious Studies, by Donald Wiebe...
Why are they singing?
Our hosts in Estonia were somberly describing the challenges they faced in maintaining a Christian presence throughout the Soviet era....
Not-so-new age
Chesterton said that when people stop believing in God they do not believe in nothing, they believe in everything. That dictum is well illustrated in postsecular America....
The obedient son: Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32
Radical obedience means going to the cross.
Telling details: No safe parts in scripture
"Avoid abstraction," I was told as I prepared to speak to a group of junior high school students....
Intimate partners
Charlotte von Kirschbaum and Karl Barth: A Study in Biography and the History of Theology, by Suzanne Selinger...
Growing Up Religious, by Robert Wuthnow
American religious life is in ferment, not decline....
Financing American Religion, edited by Mark Chaves and Sharon L. Miller
This compact, valuable book brings together the most important current research on faith and money....
Listening for God, by Renita J. Weems
While most of us grit our teeth and slog through times of spiritual dryness hoping that nobody will notice, Renita Weems looks these times straight in the face....
Creation mysteries: The evolution debate
Forty percent of Americans favor teaching "creation science" instead of evolution in public schools. Fully 68 percent would like to see creationism taught alongside evolution....
Crisis of fatherhood: When dad is missing
Fatherhood is in trouble in the black community, and throughout American society....
Washing away, washing up
I saw my wife, Judy, cringe the first time she read the children's book Noah's Ark to our son, Nathanael. "A long time ago there lived a man called Noah....
The inner history
Sidney E. Mead died this summer at age 94. With Sidney Ahlstrom he dominated the study of American religious history a generation or two ago....
Forgiven and forgiving: Matthew 18:21-35
We do not abandon others, and we refuse to be abandoned ourselves.
Witching hour
When a summer film grosses over $48 million in its first week of wide release, we can assume that it is glossy and entertaining, perhaps boasting the latest special effects....
Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph, by Jas Elsner and The Clash of Gods, by Thomas F. Mathews
The rich and fascinating resources explore the first few centuries of Christian art in the context of the culture of Rome and its provinces, imperial religious ceremonies and competing cults....
The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet, by Freeman J. Dyson
An English theoretical physicist, Freeman Dyson came to America after World War II and held a coveted position at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton....