Where can a terrorist go to unwind after a stressful year of setting off IEDs, murdering civilians, and shooting at Israeli soldiers? HezbollahLand! At Hezbollah’s “Museum for Resistance Tourism” on the mountain stronghold of Mleeta, war is celebrated, glamorized, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Just a week after the lower house of French parliament passed a measure banning burqas amid charges of discrimination and xenophobia, Syria’s Ministry of Education has rather quietly banned the niqab —a veil that leaves only the eyes uncovered—from public and private universities. . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve never heard of a religion consultant before, but I think the United Methodists may be using one. According to a BeliefNet report , the United Methodist church recently completed a study of 32,000 Methodist congregations, aiming to reestablish ecclesial vitality in the face of a financial . . . . Continue Reading »
I spent most of my time flying to Australia recently reading my pal Dean Koontz’ newest, Frankenstein novel, Lost Souls. It made the time fly as fast as the Boeing 777 I was on. Like almost everything Dean writes, it is an effortless read—the pages just melt away—and . . . . Continue Reading »
There seems to be a new article on the ordination of women, sex abuse, or some combination of the two every day now, many displaying theological tonedeafness and worse, scorn for the motives of Catholics who dare to take seriously the Church’s longstanding theological traditions. But there are . . . . Continue Reading »
There have been a slough of books recommended here at Evangel in the last month of so — and to buy them all you’d need a small fortune. But what if there was a book recommended here which was worth a small fortune, but you could in fact download it and keep it for free?My friends at the . . . . Continue Reading »
In Homecoming , a journalist explains “What soldiers are searching for when they return from the frontlines.” (Interested readers will want to read our In the Name of the Sons .) In Whistling past the graveyard , a law professor reviews Stephen D. Smith’s new book The . . . . Continue Reading »
According to a story on ucanews.com , the website of the Union of Catholic Asian News, Christian leaders in Pakistan are urging their followers not to engage in discussions of Islamic doctrine with their Muslim neighbors. This warning came after the arrest of two Pakistani Christian brothers on . . . . Continue Reading »
One last item on the subject of praying for Christopher Hitchens, which I discussed here and a few days later here . The idea enraged some of our atheist readers and baffled even a few Christians. I bring it up again to pass on something sent me by our frequent contributor Father Edward Oakes. . . . . Continue Reading »
Paul Hockenos has a fine article in The Chronicle of Higher Education detailing plans by the German government to establish institutes for the study of Islamic theology. In Germany, the universites have faculties of Protestant and Catholic theology responsible not only for academic study but also . . . . Continue Reading »
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