Walter Russell Mead asks whether the striking global growth of Christianity will lead to a growth in democracy: One interesting speculation: the push toward democracy in many countries has been led by Christian laypeople and religious organizations. (That was not true 100 years ago; outside . . . . Continue Reading »
Hanukkah and Orthodoxy American Catholic Blog , Nicholas Frankovich The Gospel according to Hitchens Washington Post , Gayle Trotter Kim Jong Il and the danger of deifying leaders CNN , R. Albert Mohler, Jr. The 2011 CT Music Awards Christianity Today Happy Hanukkah, Marines! Wall Street Journal , . . . . Continue Reading »
Good news, Tolkien nerds, you have less than a year until Peter Jackson’s version of The Hobbit hits theaters: (Via: The Daily What ) . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m tired so I’ll keep it quick. I was listening to Ed Rollins predict that Ron Paul will win Iowa. Since Rollins ran the campaign of the last Republican to win the Iowa Caucuses I’m not inclined to disagree. But . . . the right-of-center media environment has . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the fastest-moving academic trends in the U.S. today is the creation of ‘secular studies’ programs, the advent of which seems both long overdue and suspiciously tilted. Pitzer College, a small liberal arts school in California, recently launched an entire . . . . Continue Reading »
David Bentley Hart on Steven Pinker’s “decline of violence” thesis : In the end, what Pinker calls a “decline of violence” in modernity actually has been, in real body counts, a continual and extravagant increase in violence that has been outstripped by an even more . . . . Continue Reading »
Another breakthrough was announced by Stanford scientists using induced pluripotent stem cells. From the press release:Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have shown that iPS cells, viewed as a possible alternative to human embryonic stem cells, can mirror the defining defects . . . . Continue Reading »
In her latest On the Square column , Elizabeth Scalia reminds us that politics is only part of Pope Benedict’s job description: Political action is perceived as glamorous. It has about it an illusory aura of perpetual primacy; to the world, political engagement is the ultimate vehicle of . . . . Continue Reading »
Secondhand Smokette ran a column today referencing a local story in which a volunteer sperm donor has biologically contributed to the conception of (soon) 18 children in the area via low tech artificial insemination. The result? The FDA wants to regulate private sperm . . . . Continue Reading »
Christianity goes global as world’s largest religion CNN , Richard Allen Greene Baptists in an age without safe labels Terry Mattingly Obama sends out Hanukkah greetings USA Today , David Jackson There Will Be Rich Always: Finding a New Way to Think About Income Inequality Freakonomics , Ian . . . . Continue Reading »
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