by Martin Marty | Jul 6, 2011 | Opinion
Weekly, year in and year out, we sight new evidence that defining what is “religious” and what is “secular” remains difficult in the United States. One way to trace some attempts is to read The Humanist, as we often do. “Cross...
by Martin Marty | Jun 20, 2011 | Opinion
Life is short, and if you want to spend what’s left of it examining the results of the latest poll of attitudes toward abortion, follow the link to the Public Religion Research Institute and receive the unsummarized set of findings. If you have other uses with...
by Martin Marty | Jun 14, 2011 | Opinion
“Who lost China?” was a taunting and accusatory question aimed at United States leaders by their political critics in the 1950s. We’ll leave that question unaddressed and unanswered. Now: “Who lost Europe?” Those who ask it claim to have...
by Martin Marty | May 31, 2011 | Opinion
“Same Old New Atheism” is a 6,800-word review that places the trendy “New Atheism” in the context of previous efforts to establish scientific positivism in the place of religion. Religion, in turn, is to be done away with, as it’s been...
by Martin Marty | May 18, 2011 | Opinion
The first weekend of May was supposed to belong to Osama bin Laden, and he was noticed, by those who monitor the fates of religions in media. Amazingly, he had to share space and time with a figure self-described as a historian and other-described as...
