by Martin Marty | Jun 28, 2013 | Opinion
Demography, “the science of vital and social statistics,” can help trend-spotters discern and explain many trends in American religion. A rule of concerned participants in religious groups where trends are more often “downward-” than...
by Larry Greenfield | Jun 28, 2013 | Opinion
A fairly strong case could be made that the principle of church-state separation was dramatically reaffirmed by the Supreme Court this week. Not that this principle itself was directly at stake. None of the justices, as far as I can tell, appealed to the First...
by Mimi Walker | Jun 27, 2013 | Opinion
It has started again. The last week of June has arrived and so have the red, white and blue commercials. Car dealerships, fast food and furniture stores all want to tap into our emotional connection to our sense of citizenship and national pride. The question of the...
by Keith Herron | Jun 27, 2013 | Opinion
Life looks big. That’s the first thing we learn as children, and some carry that perception with them through every significant stage of life. Our point of view in childhood is mostly at knees and ankles. We look up, craning our necks to look into eyes that are...
by Molly T. Marshall | Jun 26, 2013 | Opinion
American Baptists have just completed a remarkable Mission Summit (a felicitous rebranding of the Biennial) close by in Overland Park, Kan. How nice not to have to pack this time! The most exhilarating aspect of the gathering was the significance presence of those...
by Nick Lear | Jun 26, 2013 | Opinion
The Bible covers a period of about 2,000 years if you start with Abraham. Given that the Bible contains about 788,000 words, on average, that only gives 394 words for each year. But because lots of words are devoted to spectacular events, most of the 2,000 years...
