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Atheists Annoyed in Troy

Last month, American Atheists sent a letter of complaint to the chancellor at Troy demanding an apology. Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2015 0

The De-Professionalization of the NFL

by Robert Benne

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30 Jan 2015 0

Solidarity with Raif Badawi

by Robert P. George

Katrina Lantos Swett has created a website where people can sign up to offer to take some of Raif Badawi’s lashes. . . . Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2015 0

The (Non) Religion of Sport

by Carl R. Trueman

For all of the quasi-religious fervor surrounding the Super Bowl, sport is not a religion.
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30 Jan 2015 0

Blind Willie Johnson, Andraé Crouch, and American Culture

by Dale M. Coulter

The recent passing of the well-known Gospel singer Andraé Crouch offers an opportunity to reflect further on the way in which Christianity continues to shape culture through the creation of new cultural forms of music, art, etc. Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2015 0

Marching for Life and Planet

by John Murdock

As I was rallying for life with several thousand other Texans at our state capitol, a few dozen pro-choicers insisted on parading through with “Abortion on Demand and Without Apology” banners while screaming “Keep Your Rosaries, Off our Ovaries!” That’s pretty standard irreligious stuff, but at the West Cost March for Life, marchers were subjected to a chant with a different wrinkle: “Save the Earth, Don’t Give Birth!” It’s a particularly unfortunate slogan, for it risks obscuring the connections between welcoming the unborn and caring for creation—connections long noted by heroes of the pro-life movement and well worth remembering today. Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2015 0

Mission Trips and the “Monolithic Other”

by James R. Rogers

Short-term “mission trips” are hugely popular among American Evangelicals. Usually these trips involve lay people visiting another part of the world with the aim of helping locals and introducing them to Christianity. But recently, these trips have received a lot of criticism from those on the left, who say that many trips amount to little more than religious tourism, and from those on the right, who argue that such trips induce dependency on foreign aid in communities, rather than self-sufficiency. Continue Reading »

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