Protestantism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Christmas Spectacles, Good and Bad
This year marks the Radio City Rockettes’ one hundredth anniversary, and the annual Christmas Spectacular at Radio…
The Problem with the Evangelical Elite
The problem with the evangelical elite is that there isn’t one. All too few evangelical Christians hold…
Recovering a Christian World
We’ve lost touch with reality. Technology is certainly a factor. A few years ago, people on airplanes…
While We’re At It
Anglicans refer to the last Sunday before Advent as “Stir Up” Sunday. This puzzled me as…
Make Me A Lutheran
John Fisher, the renowned Bishop of Rochester, is known to history chiefly for having been put to…
We Were Jesus Freaks
”Hey you, I’m into Jesus,” I sang, driving to school in my 1988 Buick Park Avenue, the…
Anglican Imaginary
I have long thought that the Great Litany of the Book of Common Prayer represents most fully…
Goodbye “Big Eva,” Hello “Gig Eva”
Many years ago, I coined the term “Big Eva.” While today the term is used as a…
Lessons from Luther and Newman
Recent events in Canterbury and Rome underscore this year’s significant anniversaries. I am not thinking here of…
Sarah Mullally and Reforming the Anglican Communion
The Church of England has announced the appointment of Sarah Mullally as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury.…
Enjoyably Evangelical
Not many people need to write an autobiography—especially not philosophy professors. Not many people who take the…
Protestants Against the Pill
Ben Jefferies is an Anglican priest who says he knows that one of his parishioners throws away…
Dare to Be a Dobson
Jerry Falwell. R. C. Sproul. John MacArthur. And now James Dobson. Over the last twenty years, death…
More and More and More
Thomas More: A Lifeby joanne paulpegasus books, 624 pages, $39.95 Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Jeffrey…
Christianity Is Nothing Without Dogma
Even as I was writing my column on the irrelevance of mainline Christianity two weeks ago, the…
