Americans may be getting less religious, but feelings of spirituality are on the rise: The growth of the unaffiliated population and their decreasing religiosity have been the main factors behind the emergence of a less religious public overall. But, interestingly, the rise in spirituality has been happening among both highly religious people and the religiously unaffiliated.
Of Course Religion: In this free-ranging interview, a Christian and a Muslim discuss their common ground of art and its capacity for changing us: “The average Christian no longer knows his own religion. His religious knowledge has trickled out as from a split-open bag. And so it happens that Navid has an advantage: he’s a […]
Why humans find it hard to do away with religion: A summary and critique of current explanations for religion from evolutionary psychology — “The belief that we live under some kind of supernatural guidance is not a relic of superstition that might some day be left behind but an evolutionary adaptation that goes with being human. […]
God’s Dice: Randomness is distinct from the Greek concept of chance. Conflating the two imports to science the sense that random events are gratuitous. Mathematician James Bradley discusses Darwin, Einstein, Bohr, and explores the theme that indeterminacy in God’s creation can be purposeful.
Authority, Given and Received: The nature, source, and role of authority is a theme every student needs to consider. This essay approaches the topic in terms of whether authority is conferred or is claimed. “Like most everything else, the question of authority comes down to an issue of theology proper. In the biblical perspective, all […]
Taking War Captive: This CTQ article by Joel P. Meyer examines several views on the just war theories, including John Howard Yoder, Robert Benne, and Martin Luther, in an assessment of Daniel Bell’s book, Just War as a Christian Discipline (Brazos Press, 2009).
Hating the Way Jesus Hates – Why more believers need the courage to get angry at sin: Students in psychology, literature. the neurosciences, political science and other disciplines may find this interview applicable to the proper role of affect in Christian vocation. Aristotle defines “inirascibility,” as a deficit in anger which means not being angry when you should […]
DOE on Anti-LGBT Religious Exemption: Over the last two years the Dept. of Education has granted a number of religiously-controlled colleges an exemption from Title IX where full compliance would conflict with their religious tenets. With the exemption, the schools may continue to receive federal funds even though they discriminate in various ways on the […]
Alberta Gets Transgender-friendly Schools: What can parents expect from new laws in Alberta, Canada, about accommodating the needs of transgender people? Will they affect primary and secondary education? Because the provincial government pays the bills for all public, charter, and religious schools, it also calls the tune.
Why Christians Should Tell the Best Stories: Believing that reality itself is narrative is the key. To tell a story, whether one’s own or a traditional tale, is to mediate the world in its intentionality and narrative character. To tell a story is to affirm that there is meaning to life, and that experience is shaped and […]
