by Martin Marty | Nov 17, 2011 | Opinion
While polarization marks and blights politics in America today, and while popular culture, commerce and religion are afflicted with the all-or-nothing ideologies and practices that prevent the citizenry from meeting the challenges which only intensify as seasons pass,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 16, 2011 | Opinion
When work piles up and deadlines loom large, it’s easy to ignore other matters — like the soul’s need to breathe. Thankfully, nature sometimes remedies that with the long fingers of an irresistable day. After a marathon weekend of writing, I came to...
by Ircel Harrison | Nov 16, 2011 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The column below is part three of a three-part series on theological education. Read part one here and part two here. If you haven’t noticed, theological education in North America is going through a “shake-out” process. I...
by Robert Parham | Nov 16, 2011 | Opinion
Baptist prophet Wayne Flynt said Alabama’s anti-immigration law is racist. Baptist Gov. Robert Bentley denied being a racist. NBC correspondent Kate Snow interviewed both for a news show, “Rock Center with Brian Williams,” that aired on Nov. 14. The...
by Peter-Michael Preble | Nov 15, 2011 | Opinion
The Gospel passage in a recent Sunday liturgy was Luke 10:25-37, the parable of the Good Samaritan. The point of this story, as is the point of the entirety of the gospel, is love of neighbor. We will not be judged on how many services we attend or how well we chant...
by Joe Phelps | Nov 15, 2011 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The remarks below were given by Joe Phelps at an Occupy Louisville (Kentucky) interfaith rally on Sunday, Nov. 12. Phelps is pastor of Louisville’s Highland Baptist Church. The views expressed by me today do not officially represent those of...
