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This Preacher Would Be Happy to Share Your Bowl of Açaí – The New York Times
“Instagram built our church,” he said one afternoon at his office here a block from the El Rey Theater. “Isn’t that fascinating?” Mr. Veach believes he can save souls by being the hip and happy-go-lucky preacher, the one you want to share a bowl of açaí with at Backyard Bowls on Beverly Boulevard, who declines…
Read MoreHow amorality thrives on college campuses – Washington Times
[The article opens describing a short story, “The Lottery,” that involves human sacrifice for the purpose of ensuring good harvests.] When Ms. Haugaard pressed them for more of their thoughts, she was appalled to discover that not one student in the class was willing to say the practice of human sacrifice was morally wrong! She…
Read More“I think the Bible is true,” he says. “But I don’t know what that means.”
Jordan Peterson is trying to make sense of the world — including his own strange journey | Toronto Star “I think the Bible is true,” he says. “But I don’t know what that means. I don’t know how to reconcile it with the idea, for example, that the universe is 13 billion years old, or…
Read MoreFundies and the Super Bowl – Letter & Liturgy
I’m wondering if perhaps “fundies” have advantage in our emerging justice culture that others don’t have. Fundies grew up knowing that what they watched and where they went had moral importance. Fundies understand from an early age that entertainment is never just entertainment, and that mindlessly consuming anything is probably mindlessly consuming something bad. Fundies…
Read MoreTrump and the Evangelical Temptation – The Atlantic
One of the most extraordinary things about our current politics—really, one of the most extraordinary developments of recent political history—is the loyal adherence of religious conservatives to Donald Trump. The president won four-fifths of the votes of white evangelical Christians. This was a higher level of support than either Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush,…
Read More‘Fundamentalist U’
Author discusses his new book on evangelical higher education I’m interested in fundamental questions about education, politics and culture. I want to know more about competing visions about saving America by creating good schools. For questions like that, the network of interdenominational evangelical colleges and universities is the obvious place to start. No other family…
Read MoreThe religion of Madeleine L’Engle
‘A Wrinkle in Time’ author Madeleine L’Engle, a deeply religious writer, faced attacks from fellow Christians – The Washington Post L’Engle was not afraid to push buttons, said Luci Shaw, a poet, co-author, editor and a friend of L’Engle’s for more than three decades. She said L’Engle was a universalist, believing that all humankind will…
Read MoreReligious liberty ruled no basis for transgender policy
CINCINNATI (BP) — Religious freedom provides no legal basis to discipline transgender workers who violate workplace gender policies, a U.S. appeals court has ruled in a groundbreaking decision. more…
Read MoreReligion Needs a Savior
Tribal Divisions Created by Religion Most Harmful in Global Conflict, Experts Say | Best Countries | US News In a recent Best Countries survey of more than 21,000 people from all regions of the world, the majority of respondents identified religion as the “primary source of most global conflict today.” Spiritual beliefs create an inherent…
Read MoreCourse on How We Got the Bible
TGC Course | Early Christianity and the New Testament Canon How can I trust my Bible? How do I know the right books made it into the canon of Scripture? How do I know my English Bible accurately reflects the words in the original manuscripts? Maybe you have asked yourself questions like this before. The…
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