The Atlantic ‘s Megan McArdle is attempting to narrow down the definition of a term created by her colleague Andrew Sullivan: A number of my commenters are arguing about the meaning of the word “Christianist”. All I can come up with is something along the lines of . . . . Continue Reading »
Like me , Caspar Melville is bored with New Atheism . It has been good for some things, Melville writes, like creating copy for journalists and arguing against odious “Christian religious fundamentalism.” Regarding the latter: The origins of the New Atheists’ impulse, according to . . . . Continue Reading »
This guy makes Brother Lawrence look like a slacker: 70 year-old Buddhist monk Hua Chi has been praying in the same spot at his temple in Tongren, China for over 20 years. His footprints, which are up to 1.2 inches deep in some areas, are the result of performing his prayers up to 3000 times a day. . . . . Continue Reading »
You’ll be shocked to hear that . . . ah, why bother. I can’t even muster the pretend surprise over the latest example of double standards on the academic left . Does anyone expect anything else from them anymore? Prof. Fred Gottheil told Front Page Magazine that he compiled a list of . . . . Continue Reading »
The Sunday edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer features an op-ed arguing for the importance of religious freedom, not just in the United States, but abroad as well. The authors, Christian Sahner and Bennett Graham observe that religious freedom plays a fundamental role in the development of a . . . . Continue Reading »
I recently interviewed Dr. Mark Olson about the development of the New Testament canon. Dr. Olson is the President of John Leland Center for Theological Studies (www.leland.edu). You can listen to the podcast . . . . Continue Reading »
“Rights Inflation,” as I call it, is a growing pet peeve. Here’s what I mean: Too many policy advocates these days attempt to elevate what they consider to be desirable public polices to the status of basic human rights.That’s not a good thing. A right is something . . . . Continue Reading »
This story from the New English Review blog is worthy of an Indiana Jones film plot:On the night of April 24, 1944, British air force bombers hammered a former Jesuit college here [Munich] housing the Bavarian Academy of Science. The 16th-century building crumpled in the inferno. Among the treasures . . . . Continue Reading »
The Australian euthanasia debate has heated up, with Western Australia rejecting an active euthanasia bill, but legalization bills introduced in South Australia, New South Wales, and soon, Tazmania, among other places. The death movement is being fronted Down Under by the Greens, who see it . . . . Continue Reading »
Perhaps the worst things President Obama did when he rescinded President Bush’s ESCR funding policy, was that he also revoked a non controversial Bush order that required the NIH to give funding priority to finding sources of pluripotent stem cells that do not destroy embryos. At the . . . . Continue Reading »
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