Duke University and Muslim Worship — This article offers briefs the reader on several views surrounding the use of the Duke University Chapel as a location for Muslim worship.
Changing Our Mind
Changing Our Mind — Sojourners has begun a series that “explores the ongoing conversation within the church over LGBT identities, affirmation, and inclusion. As the push for equality expands, how are communities of faith participating and responding — and is it enough?” For those following various discussions within the church, this source will give you the Sojourners take on […]
Various Church Bodies on Same-Sex Marriage
Various Church Bodies on Same-Sex Marriage — There’s sharp division in the court case among faith groups, and sometimes within them, so those following the details will want to carefully monitor the inflow of religious and moral arguments as “friend of the court” briefs are filed in coming weeks.
The Future of Catholic Schools
The Future of Catholic Schools — “Catholic schools have kept generations of immigrant children in the bosom of the Church while helping to lift them to economic success. But that legacy is at risk. The children of Hispanic immigrants have drifted away from the Church and fallen behind in economic terms. The fact that Catholic […]
Ten Ways to Care for Widows and Orphans
Ten Ways to Care for Widows and Orphans — How do you “visit” widows (including single parents who might not technically be “widows,” but are effectively just as alone) and orphans in meaningful ways? This list might provide students with a sampler that makes sanctification accessible and practical. Don’t ask them what you can do — […]
Je Suis?
Je Suis? — Among the many commentaries on Charlie Hebdo, here is Jim Wallis on religious fundamentalism, secular fundamentalism, and other thoughtful commentators. “While freedom of speech has been invoked throughout the media coverage of the attacks, the religious implications here run deeper. They are about how the faith community should respond when we are […]
How the Public Significance of Christianity is Changing
How the Public Significance of Christianity is Changing — All notions of justice presuppose ontology and anthropology, and so a revolution in fundamental anthropology will invariably transform the meaning and content of justice and bring about its own morality. This compels us to reconsider the civic project of American Christianity that has for the most […]
True Paradox: How Christianity Makes Sense of our Complex World
True Paradox: How Christianity Makes Sense of our Complex World — A review of a new, brief book by David Skeel from IVP, 2014: If we shift from origins arguments to the world as we actually experience it, we will need to explain sensations like our sense of beauty and evil, as well as the […]
Catholic Doicese Employment News?
Catholic Diocese Employment News? — As church institutions continue to assess the cultural landscape and its changing two-kingdoms challenges, this analysis column (not news story) on a case about Miami’s Catholic Archdiocese may be informative and instructive regarding communications and perceptions.
The Christian Anti-Science Wars
The Christian Anti-Science Wars — The Daily Beast has published its 2014 top ten science denial examples. World Magazine has responded with it’s own anti-science list of seven. Students can compare and contrast positions within the church including climate change, evolution, gender studies, and the multiverse.
