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From John Piper’s God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God’s Love as the Gift of Himself The critical question for our generation—and for every generation—is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever . . . . Continue Reading »

Liberty, Justice, and the Common Good: Political Principles for 2012 and Beyond Public Discourse , Ryan T. Anderson Pondering the Hermeneutic of Suspicion Archdiocese of Washington, Msgr. Charles Pope Be not afraid of evangelicals Washington Post, Lisa Miller How abortion frames conservative . . . . Continue Reading »

The decline of the liberal arts over the past decade has been attributed to everything from the flagging economy to apathetic students. But Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus think at least part of the blame should be put on professors : If students are staying away from those classes, it’s not . . . . Continue Reading »

On September 9, Duke Law School will be hosting a conference exploring the role of theological argument in law through the work of Stanley Hauerwas. The conference is free and open to the public, though attendees are encouraged to RSVP. See here for more information. . . . . Continue Reading »

1. The Cult of Cats Cats first decided to live among humans over 9,000 years ago. A burial site in Cyprus dating from 7,500BC provides the earliest evidence, with the corpse of an eight-month-old cat carefully laid out in its own tiny plot less than two feet away from its companion human. This . . . . Continue Reading »

When it comes to admitting the true agenda of the gay rights movement, The Advocate can be refreshingly honest. “We often protest when homophobes insist that same sex marriage will change marriage for straight people too,” says the magazine in a recent article . “But in some ways, they’re . . . . Continue Reading »

Abortion Abatement BreakPoint , Chuck Colson 40 Years Later: How to Undo the Autonomy Argument for Abortion Rights Public Discourse , Erika Bachiochi Florida teacher reassigned for Facebook comments on gay marriage CNN, Melanie Whitley Wiccan days included on Tenn. university calendar USA Today , . . . . Continue Reading »

Slate.com asked several authors, critics, and editors to confess their least favorite “must read” book . The selections aren’t all that surprising ( Ulysses and The Catcher in the Rye are named twice; Gravity’s Rainbow three times), but I appreciated this insight by novelist . . . . Continue Reading »

The Princeton Review recently announced its annual survey of colleges with the most and least religious college students. The lists are based on a 122,000-student survey from 376 colleges: Top 5 Colleges for “Most Religious Students” 1- Brigham Young University (Provo UT) 2 -Hillsdale . . . . Continue Reading »

God and country music: Despite all the drinking and cheating, genre comfortable with religious themes Deseret News , Rhett Wilkinson The Failure of Liberal Bioethics New York Times , Ross Douthat Survey: Most Catholics unaware of Mass revisions OSV Newsweekly , Melissa A. Cidade Report: . . . . Continue Reading »