by Martin Marty | Mar 22, 2012 | Opinion
“Public religion,” the rubric for these e-columns and the Center that issues them, often gets reduced to “religion and politics,” but “public” has a broader reach. Included are, for example, the arts, education, and – yes! – dealing...
by David Kerrigan | Mar 22, 2012 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This column is another of several EthicsDaily.com will carry from an initiative from Great Britain called “Beyond400.net – Baptists Imagining Life After 400 Years.” On a cold but sunny afternoon recently, I found myself at Arlington...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 22, 2012 | Opinion
My students and I were sitting on a dirt-floor hut in a squatter village on the outskirts of Cuernavaca, Mexico. Joining me were mostly white, economically privileged students who sought to learn about God from the poor. Our “teacher” was an illiterate...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 21, 2012 | Opinion
Much has been written lately about an apparent upward trend of people choosing to leave church. Last week, Christian Platt posted a number of reasons why he thinks younger adults quit church on Tony Campolo’s Red Letter Christians website. Author/blogger Rachel...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Mar 21, 2012 | Opinion
One of the most moving letters I received in response to my last blog post was from a retired professor of philosophy, now living in a small town in Texas. “I have never seen U.S. politics in greater decline,” he laments, “and characterized as much...
by Sean McKenzie | Mar 21, 2012 | Opinion
Linda Jimenez made straight As, led her high school in the Pledge of Allegiance every morning, participated in extracurricular activities and never got into any trouble at school. Her first semester at Dalton State College, she achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point...
