Poor Queen Jezebel, the misunderstood Phoenician feminist who fought for pluralism and Middle East peace against the narrow nationalists of her time. Or so writes Janet Howe Gaines of the University of New Mexico in the Biblical Archaeology Review, linked to this morning by Jewish Ideas . . . . Continue Reading »
Betrand Russell, famous for his agnostic views as much as for his theories on logic, was once asked how he would answer if he turned out to be wrong about God. Russell was delighted with the question and answered, “Why, I should say, ‘God, you gave us insufficient evidence.’” I suspect that . . . . Continue Reading »
Al Gore is dreaming if he thinks that global warming will spark a sustained mass protest movement here in the USA. From the story:Former Vice President Gore is calling for major rallies to protest congressional inaction on climate change. In a post on his personal blog headlined “The . . . . Continue Reading »
It’s hard to keep track of all the futurist predictions whether the next several decades are going to be utopian or dystopian. Still, when it comes to global warming, we so often hear nothing but dire predictions of doom, it is refreshing that some scientists have concluded that higher . . . . Continue Reading »
It may seem odd to relaunch Evangel with a post on the subject in the title, but ever since graduate school I have been exploring the complex relationship between Reformed and Roman Catholic social and political theories. Evangelicals should take note that, if last year marked the 500th birthday of . . . . Continue Reading »
The South African bishops had to correct one of their remaining “spirit of Vatican II” colleagues, who accused Pope Benedict of being a “restorationist.” The bishops called on “all Catholics to be equally bold in standing up for the doctrinal, social and the moral . . . . Continue Reading »
No surprise, but this 60 Minutes report way oversimplified—and I think misled—about the very real problem of the costs of end of life care, with supposedly too many people dying in ICUs: First, the economics of hospital payments by Medicare promote earlier releases. This is because . . . . Continue Reading »
As is the case in so many other countries, the Australian government is revisiting the question of higher education. The United States isn’t all that different. We’re worried about how to finance our gigantic system, and we’re concerned about how to ensure that various . . . . Continue Reading »
Dinesh D’Souza and Peter Singer will debate “Is God the Source of Morality?” on Monday, September 13, with Eric Metaxas as moderator—brought to you by Socrates in the City . Promises to be an interesting evening! The New Yorker has called Peter Singer “the . . . . Continue Reading »
Each 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. For the Class of 2014: 1. Few in the class know how to write in cursive. 12. Clint Eastwood is better known as a . . . . Continue Reading »
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