I ask this of YOU because I can never remember what was best. I got a couple of requests to list the best books of 2013. I failed to think of anything all that good. On movies, I’m sticking with MUD. More soon, but give me some PROMPTS.It was a FESTIVUS MIRACLE . . . . Continue Reading »
Eight stories of religion in public life, three of them sad:On the suffering of Christians in Egypt, Silent Night, from Foreign Policy.On Pentecostalism in Malawi, Angels and Demons, also from Foreign Policy.On Charismatics in England, Pentecostalism Invades Lambeth Palace, from Peter . . . . Continue Reading »
In the story of Genesis, why do we hear of the woman’s desire for her husband only after the first disobedience? The answer must lie in the interlocking meaning of all three speeches in Genesis 3:14-19, where God speaks in sequence to the serpent, the woman and the man.The common thread of . . . . Continue Reading »
You’ve heard about the Summer of Love, right? San Francisco, 1967. But have you heard about the Summer of Praise? We’re talking Orange County now, 1968.…an exciting, spontaneous musical movement was beginning to emerge within the communal Jesus houses in Costa Mesa, Huntington . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m still away from home and still having my linking issues, so here is the link for a Wall Street Journal article on attempts by the Republican establishment to strengthen its position within the party. Read it and come back to me. I’ll wait. . . . . Continue Reading »
I want to return to the deeply puzzling question: why does Genesis treat the woman’s desire for her man (Gen. 3:16) so differently from the man’s joy in the woman (Gen. 2:23)? Why does the one come after the first disobedience, and the other before—as if a woman’s sexual desire is a . . . . Continue Reading »
The Republican establishment hung Ken Cuccinelli out to dry. They deserve criticism for this, but where were the insurgent conservatives to come to his rescue? Ever since the Dean campaign of 2003-2004, grassroots liberals have developed an infrastructure (and even more a culture) that . . . . Continue Reading »
I am currently enjoying Edward Short’s delightful and learned Newman and His Family , a study of John Henry Newman’s relationships with his parents and siblings, and a sequel to Short’s equally fascinating Newman and His Contemporaries . Protestant to the core of my being, I . . . . Continue Reading »
In 2005 Christian Smith and Melinda Denton published a study of American teenagers in which they offered a “conjecture” that the dominant religion among adolescents was “moralistic therapeutic deism” (MTD). Suggesting that the MTD creed was operative among mainline and . . . . Continue Reading »
[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”460”] Photo from The Guardian [/caption] From the New York Times this Christmas morning: At least 26 people were killed and 38 others wounded on Wednesday when a car bomb exploded in a parking lot near St. . . . . Continue Reading »
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