by Robert Parham | Feb 23, 2010 | Opinion
When a Muslim told a story about his neighbor who said she knew he wasn’t a terrorist but that all other Muslims were, he got a chuckle from a room full of Muslims and a few rows of Baptists. When a Baptist said that both traditions needed “fanatical...
by Robert Parham | Feb 17, 2010 | Opinion
American Christianity has been prosperity Christianity with faith flourishing in the good times. So said an unassuming gray-haired man with a mustache and face etched by study and the struggle for social justice. The man – Wayne Flynt – is known as the conscience of...
by Robert Parham | Feb 11, 2010 | Opinion
As the Catholic Church believed in the age of Galileo that the sun revolved around the earth, many conservatives believe in the age of climate change that the world revolves around the United States. They think if it’s cold here it must be cold everywhere. They...
by Robert Parham | Feb 9, 2010 | Opinion
If Sarah Palin drew the lion’s share of the media attention at last week’s National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, William Temple, a Revolutionary War re-enactor, may be the runner-up. He was featured on CNN, had his picture on the online version of...
by Robert Parham | Feb 4, 2010 | Opinion
Given the outcry over Tim Tebow’s TV ad during the Super Bowl, one would think that the Super Bowl is sacred space. For those who have missed the latest scrimmage in the American culture war, here’s an overview. A University of Florida football star...
