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America and Uniracial Christianity
Back in 1960, less that 15% of the population of the US was non-European. Most of that…
On Marriage, Protect Freedom For All
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage, the question is: who deserves to be…
First Links—8.7.15
There Is No Pro-Life Case for Planned Parenthood Ross Douthat, The New York Times What Faith Is…
White Stone
Each of the seven letters to the churches of Asia ends with a promised blessing to those…
Overcoming Policy Paralysis
The US faces policy challenges of gargantuan proportions. Immigration, social security, drugs, race, crime and prison reform,…
Congregations and Social Capital
In her thorough study of American congregations, Pillars of Faith, Nancy Ammerman highlights the various ways that congregations…
First Links—8.6.15
Contemplation of Beauty Michael Rennier, Dappled Things Encounters with the Posthuman Sally Davies, Nautilus Louisiana Gov. Bobby…
Seated
I recently summarized the appearances of “sitting” posture in Revelation. Lazlo Gallucz develops a similar point in The Throne…
Swimming Upstream
Laura Choate teaches counseling education at LSU, has a private clinical practice working with teens and families,…
Exporting African Religion
Jacob Olupona (African Religions, 118-9) tells the remarkable story of Rev. Sunday Adelaja and the Word of…
Cosmopolitan Paul
Karin Neutel’s A Cosmopolitan Ideal is a detailed contextual study of Paul’s declaration that in Christ there is…
Announcing New Multimillion Dollar Aid-for-Adjuncts Grant
In what is being hailed as a revolutionary solution to the overpopulation problem of adjuncts in higher…
Utopian Modernism
Modernism was born in Vienna at the turning point from the 19th to the 20th century. On…
In the Temple
In his monograph on The Throne Motif in the Book of Revelation (228-9), Lazlo Gallusz lays out a…
The Fall, Basari Style
In his very short introduction to African Religions, Jacob Olupona summarizes the creation-and-fall myth of the Basari of…
