by Gary Furr | Feb 9, 2012 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series. I’ve been thinking, at 57, about how disappointing the world, other people, the church, society, politicians, even myself, are. And yet, I hope. I still think things can be better. This is mysterious. I...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 8, 2012 | Opinion
Yesterday I was listening to Stanley Hauerwas, professor of theological ethics at Duke, as he spoke to a class at Campbell University before delivering the Relgion Department Staley Lecture in the evening. Somewhere in the course of describing the difference between a...
by Martin Marty | Feb 8, 2012 | Opinion
Citing national debates over the religious and judicial implications having to do with fluoridation of water would draw little notice. Such was not always the case. At last mid-century, when the pile of letters to the editor of The Christian Century might thin out for...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 8, 2012 | Opinion
As the 2012 presidential election approaches, various issues vie for a spot in the candidates’ “talking points.” With the U.S. military presence in the Middle East waning, the presidential campaign will likely focus on two issues: economic recovery...
by Robert Parham | Feb 8, 2012 | Opinion
U.S. Catholic magazine posted a jolting article about the unbalanced diet in the global community, which now has more obese people than hungry people. “In a world of want where 1.4 billion people are struggling to survive on $1.25 a day, the No. 1 global health...
by Ircel Harrison | Feb 7, 2012 | Opinion
A favorite expression in my family of origin was, “Don’t bite off more than you can chew.” It was not used just at the dinner table but also as a reminder that sometimes we attempt more than we are capable of completing. I thought of this when I...
