Joe Carter

The pacifists’ choice of ‘America the Beautiful’ over the National Anthem is causing controversy on a Mennonite campus : The Star-Spangled Banner may yet wave over Goshen College in Indiana, but no one’s going to be singing about it. The Mennonite campus is dropping the . . . . Continue Reading »

A recent survey claims that American women are rapidly falling away from religion. But is that really true? Rodney Stark and Byron Johnson explain why the decline is implausible —and why you should be skeptical of reporting on surveys about religion: The national news media yawned over the . . . . Continue Reading »

A recent report by the Pew Research Center finds that, on average, fathers are either spending more time with their kids or rarely seeing them at all: In 1965, married fathers with children under age 18 living in their household spent an average of 2.6 hours per week caring for those children. . . . . Continue Reading »

Disenchanting Determinism The New Atlantis , Caitrin Nicol Is Christian Just War Just Like Jihad? Patheos , Lee C. Camp 9/11 Ceremony won’t include clergy or formal prayers CNN Belief Blog , Eric Marrapodi Uphold Conscience Protection: Religious Freedom’s Contribution to the American . . . . Continue Reading »

In an article for The New Atlantis (a superb journal about technology and society), Gilbert Meilaender explains the difference between the kinds of transcendence aspired to by transhumanism compared to Christianity : Some of these attempts to extend life probably fall under the rubric of . . . . Continue Reading »

[Note: Joe Knippenberg beat me to this story , but I couldn’t resist posting about it too.] I owe Michelle Goldberg an apology. In commenting on her last week article on “dominionism,” I said it was the “dumbest article I’ve read all year.” I realize I was too hasty. . . . . Continue Reading »

What if they made a film about the War of 1812 (aka, that war between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War that we can’t remember anything about)? (Via: Neatorama ) . . . . Continue Reading »

Every August since 1998, Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List , providing perspective for us old timers on how students just entering college see the world. Every August since 2009 I post the list and every August (since 2009) readers complain about how dumb it is (as one . . . . Continue Reading »

Do We Need a Return to the Gold Standard? First Principles , Harry C. Veryser Less educated Americans are losing religion, study finds CNN , Liane Membis Why Do I Doubt Detractors of Biblical Archaeology? CADRE Comments Mormons using the Web to control their own image Washington Post , Michelle . . . . Continue Reading »

Rod Dreher wonders , “Does the secular left realize it has a civility and tolerance problem too?” It deeply annoys liberals to hear conservative Christians complain about how persecuted they are. They’re right, in a strictly limited way. It’s always unattractive to see . . . . Continue Reading »