The vast revolutions in morality that have reshaped the modern landscape have been spectacularly successful, with very few exceptions. In the last hal...
With Christmas just days away, the Vatican evidently thought it was high time to reverse 2,000 years of Christian tradition and allow priests to bless...
Most of us know we’re living in consequential times, but sometimes it seems we’re living in truly dangerous times. Just over the course of the last fe...
So, what about the new speaker of the House? Is he a kind and gracious man or “a right-wing fever dream come to life,” as one columnist declared? Actu...
The self-esteem movement has transformed much of America, but this is perhaps nowhere more evident than in the schools. A brilliant article in New York Magazine provides a fascinating glimpse into why the movement is crashing and burning. As writer ...
The "On Faith" project at The Washington Post and Newsweek continues, and I am glad to take part in the forum. This week the question is: "Why do you think some religions have regarded sex as sacred while others have regarded it as a sin?" My answer ...
"We are seeing not a mere power struggle but the clash of deeply held convictions." Those are the words of Dr. Peter Jensen, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney [Australia] and a defender of biblical orthodoxy within the Anglican Communion. The Arch ...
Tom Krattenmaker ofUSA Today argues that Christians are fighting a losing battle when it comes to defending a biblical worldview in terms of creation. His solution: A suggestion to creationists: Let science be science, and let religion prevail in the ...
Thirty-five of the Anglican Communion's Thirty-Eight primates, each presiding over a national church, are meeting this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The meeting is a last-ditch effort to avoid a total meltdown in the communion over the issue of ho ...
Theo Hobson is a very thoughtful commentator on contemporary Christianity. He holds a doctorate from Cambridge University and writes regularly for The Guardian [London]. In his most recent column, "A Pink Reformation," Hobson argues that controversie ...
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church USA is no stranger to controversy. To the contrary, she seems to seek it out. Just consider her comments published in the February 5, 2007 edition of USA Today. In an article by repo ...
The New York Times asks a question that would have been unimaginable until recent times: "If people want to choose their baby's sex before pregnancy, should doctors help?" Many would-be parents indicate a preference for a baby of one sex or the oth ...
The sight is disconcerting at best -- beautiful buildings that once housed Christian worship now transformed into bars, restaurants, entertainment clubs . . . and mosques. The cityscapes of Europe are increasingly dotted with church buildings transfo ...
Worldviews work at multiple levels in each individual. Every person operates out of a basic set of convictions about reality, truth, meaning, and how the world works. Disagreements between individuals and groups on controversial issues can almost alw ...