by Robert Parham | Jun 27, 2010 | Opinion
Anti-immigration forces have taken a page out of the Bible in their political power play: Punish the babies. That’s right: Make infants of undocumented aliens in the United States cannon fodder in the war over immigration. The anti-immigration faction with...
by Robert Parham | Jun 23, 2010 | Opinion
When Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne called me after the presidential election of Frank Page at the June 2006 Southern Baptist Convention, he asked if Southern Baptists were moderating. I scoffed at his suggestion. He cited me challenging his thesis with two...
by Robert Parham | Jun 21, 2010 | Opinion
“The Book of Eli” is a parable about the battle for the Bible in a post-apocalyptic America that speaks profoundly to the battle for the Bible in contemporary America. Ever since movie star Denzel Washington gave a shout out to our documentary...
by Robert Parham | Jun 16, 2010 | Opinion
God’s hand will guide us through the storm of the Gulf gusher to a better day, said President Obama in his first Oval Office address to the nation. At the close of his speech, Obama turned to religion with a story about clergy who say prayers for protection...
by Robert Parham | Jun 14, 2010 | Opinion
Bad religion reverses the biblical imperative to protect the powerless in favor of guarding the powerful. Rather than following Jesus’ manifesto of bringing good news to the poor, some conservative Christians are delivering good news to BP. They are shielding BP...
