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The New Divide in Global Anglicanism

Gerald McDermott

For the last fifty years the Anglican Communion has been divided over the doctrine of marriage. That came to an end in April 2023 when Global South Anglicans declared...

The Devil’s Face in Gaza

Gerald McDermott

Last week in Israel I saw the aftermath of diabolical barbarism. That is, what was left behind after Satan’s face appeared. I joined a group of Christian leaders, hosted...

Divinity Schools and Diversity

Gerald McDermott

Imagine if someone claimed that Jesus was a capitalist. He might point to Jesus’s parable of the talents, where he says the man with one talent should have invested...

A Lonely Hart

Gerald McDermott

David Bentley Hart is fun to tangle with. When you disagree with him, you get treated to sesquipedalian name-calling. You also learn new things about yourself. In my case, I have...

Hart’s Turn To Heterodoxy

Gerald McDermott

Tradition and Apocalypse:An Essay on the Future of Christian Beliefby david bentley hartbaker academic, 208 pages, $24.99 David Bentley Hart was once the darling of postliberal theologians for his...

Woke Theory at Evangelical Colleges

Gerald McDermott

Parents from Biden-voting areas such as Westchester County (NY), Maricopa County (AZ), and northern Virginia have been protesting the teaching of critical race theory in their public schools. They...

Fault Lines:The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastropheby voddie t. baucham, jr.salem books, 270 pages, $24.99 Several years ago I sent a manuscript on race to an evangelical...

Wanted: Pastors with Courage

Gerald McDermott

Pastors have many reasons to be afraid in these troubled times. COVID has divided their congregations between those who want to reopen the churches and those who think that...

Race and Redemption

Gerald McDermott

The death of George Floyd has shaken our nation’s foundations. Our churches are rightly trying to respond with compassion. But in pursuing that admirable goal, many church leaders and...