John Fea
brings humility, patience and objectivity to controversial questions of religion and the founding era of
American history. His book is a model of scholarly restraint.
For C.S. Lewis, Virgil prepared the way for all subsequent Christian epics by changing the subject from the adolescent theme
of heroism to the adult theme of vocation.
For Jesus, unity among his disciples is an instrument of the evangel itself. Presbyterians have a great evangelical opportunity to show a fractured world that it is possible for people to disagree and yet remain in fellowship.
Incendies is a
disturbing layover at the crossroads of forgiveness and revenge. It's a
challenging film on several levels. Not only is there a hearty helping
of violence to be digested over the film's 130 minutes, but audiences
must also wrestle with a complex narrative structure.
It's useful to meet the argument that torture works with the facts: actually, there is not much evidence
that it does. In the end, however, the question is not whether torture is ever useful but whether it is morally permissible.