by Martin Marty | Dec 13, 2011 | Opinion
Atheism now gets more attention than usual when people measure religious trends in North America. More people put the name “atheism” on their a-religiousness than did so decades ago. For the record, my Ph.D. thesis in 1956 was on “unbelief,”...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 13, 2011 | Opinion
Our currently dysfunctional immigration system will not change anytime soon because detaining the undocumented is a billion-dollar industry. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains close to half a million undocumented aliens – a five-fold increase since...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 12, 2011 | Opinion
A September survey by the Southern Baptist Convention’s Lifeway Christian Resources shows that Southern Baptists have a more favorable reputation than Mormons and Muslims — but less positive than Methodists and Catholics. The study was done in part to...
by Trevor Barton | Dec 12, 2011 | Opinion
My grandpa grew up on a dairy farm in Greenville, S.C. He was born in 1917, so he was a teenager during the Great Depression and at the beginning of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first term as president and the New Deal. He had three sisters and four brothers; the...
by Bill Wilson | Dec 12, 2011 | Opinion
An increasing part of my life is spent advising and coaching pastor search committees. A healthy search process requires great patience, spiritual maturity and hard work. Done well, it can lead to a season of hope and health for a church and its pastor. Done poorly,...
by Robert Parham | Dec 12, 2011 | Opinion
The parent company of EthicsDaily.com – the Baptist Center for Ethics – observed its 20th anniversary this summer. Call it a very quiet celebration. We’ve said almost nothing about it on EthicsDaily.com. We’ve barely talked about it as a staff....
