by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 5, 2000 | Opinion
A scene in Steven Spielberg’s Amistad depicts two men, of different cultures and different tongues, trying to communicate with each other via an interpreter. Roger Baldwin, played by Matthew McConaughey, speaks English. Cinque, played by Djimon Hounsou, speaks...
by Carol Ann Vaughn | Sep 5, 2000 | Opinion
In 1904, Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, allowed four women to attend classes without credit or participation in class discussion. Baptists in California hired Amy Lee Stockton as state evangelist. Dubbed “the Girl Preacher,” Stockton...
by Mike Harton | Sep 5, 2000 | Opinion
I really don’t want to get old before my time. But I’m beginning to think my grandparents were right: the world really is “going to hell in a hand basket.”,I really don’t want to get old before my time. But I’m beginning to think my...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 5, 2000 | Opinion
A scene in Steven Spielberg’s Amistad depicts two men, of different cultures and different tongues, trying to communicate with each other via an interpreter. A scene in Steven Spielberg’s Amistad depicts two men, of different cultures and different...
by Robert Parham | Sep 1, 2000 | Opinion
Senator Joseph Lieberman’s religious beliefs are one of this week’s major news stories, following a Sunday morning appearance at an African-American church in Detroit, a Monday morning interfaith breakfast in Chicago and a Monday letter from the...
by Robert Parham | Aug 29, 2000 | Opinion
Two news stories about the death of a journalist illustrate competing approaches to journalism. The Baptist Press story about Al Shackleford’s death in a car accident gave two short sentences to the emotional events surrounding his termination 10 years ago by...
