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Come on down
A bunch of religious academics, 87 to be exact, have been fussing with some of us about being too easy on Bill Clinton....
Forgiven and accountable
While millions of dollars in aid pour into Nicaragua and Honduras in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch, millions of dollars are also pouring out--to service debts to foreign cre...
Something to declare: Checkpoint for Christian unity
Over a weekend in November, veterans of the ecumenical movement gathered in Indianapolis to celebrate the career of the dean of North American ecumenists, Paul A....
Church as parish: The East Harlem Protestant Parish
Fifty years ago, some graduates of Union Theological Seminary in New York, steeped in postwar ecumenism and idealism, decided to do something about the suburban migration of Protestant laity and th...
Can churches save the city? A look at resources: A look at resources
Can churches Save America's cities?...
Paying attention to youth culture
By Josephine A. Long and Carl I. Fertman, Youth Leadership: A Guide to Understanding Leadership Development in Adolescents. (Jossey Bass, 243 pp.)...
For richer, for poorer
About a dozen years ago, I took a bunch of rich kids from midtown Atlanta on a mission trip to rural Kentucky. To be fair, many of them did not know they were rich....
Teacher’s credentials
Doctor Laura, the second-hottest thing in talk radio, often intrudes on my expressway reveries. Turn her on and it is hard to turn her off....
Practicing fidelity: Isaiah 7:10-17; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25
Ahaz, Paul and Joseph were three men up against the inscrutability of God....
Overmarketing
By Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw, The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace T...
From Sacrament to Contract, by John Witte Jr.
By John Witte Jr., From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition. (Westminster John Knox, 315 pp.)...
Sanctions and suffering
The United Nations inspection team, which has resumed its work in Iraq, offers the best way of curtailing Saddam Hussein's weapons program....
An occasion of sin: The UN squeeze of iraq
A constant in the conflict between the United Nations and Saddam Hussein is the imposition of economic sanctions against Iraq....
Holy drama
When I was an adolescent, one of the visions that filled my head with flash and color and glory was the French Revolution....
Kings and queens
The Larry King show on October 16 featured a discussion of antigay violence in America....
Exposed and waiting: Psalm 146; Isaiah 35:1-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11
There's a phrase tucked away in Psalm 146 that provides the basis for our Advent hope: God "keeps his promise forever." Without that assurance there is no hope and no sense in Advent....
God and the search for moral truths
By J. B. Schneewind, The Invention of Autonomy: A History of Modern Moral Philosophy. (Cambridge University Press, 623 pp.)...
Passionate preaching
By Hughes Oliphant Old, The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church (Vol. 1: The Biblical Period; Vol....
Is God a Vegetarian? by Richard Alan Young
By Richard Alan Young, Is God a Vegetarian. (Open Court, 187 pp.)...
Critical Terms for Religious Studies,edited by Mark C. Taylor
Edited by Mark C. Taylor, Critical Terms for Religious Studies. (University of Chicago Press, 423 pp.)...