Do Women Need Periods? More women in their 20s and 30s are choosing to suppress their menstrual cycles. “Views are changing really rapidly,” E. Micks, MD, says. “That need to have regular periods is not just in our society anymore.” J. Prior, MD, says women should think carefully before trying to suppress their cycle. “Having a […]
The Empty Brain: “Like a computer” continues to be the current common brain analogy. This comparison fails on several levels (as have previous analogies across the centuries). Robert Epstein, senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, explains why in this very readable in-depth article. Recommended for students and all readers.
Mercersburg Theology, Eucharistic Union, and Civil Society: Union in Christ does not translate to union in culture. Mercersburg theology is an ironic misstep. In seeking to magnify the significance of the Church’s sacramental identity, it diminishes that identity by applying to civil society the unique unity that belongs, and can belong, to the Church alone.
The Summer 2016 edition of Comment addresses the theme of “Our Built World: Some Assembly Required.” We are called to shape and form creation. It’s not a question of whether we’ll employ technology in our cultural labor; the question is how. Technology is as old as Eden. Tools for tilling the garden were anticipations of quill […]
Quiet Calling: More than 50 million children attend public elementary and secondary schools in the United States, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. That means roughly 90 percent of K-12 students spend their most impressionable years in an environment that is largely hostile to Christianity. A gathering sponsored by Biola University, Azusa Pacific […]
Title VII defendants can recover attorney’s fees without prevailing “on the merits”: The Supreme Court has unanimously held that a defendant seeking attorney’s fees can be a “prevailing party” even without obtaining a favorable judgment “on the merits.” This will allow defendants to recover attorney’s fees from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) even without a […]
WELS School “Discourages Gay, Transgender Enrollment”: This local news piece may prompt some discussion about how local church and church school personnel select their words and expressions about controversial issues that intersect with Biblical teachings, doctrine, practice, and theological traditions. Do church district offices and colleges need to assist these busy people with some written […]
Is the United States a Counterexample to the Secularization Thesis? — Forthcoming in the American Journal of Sociology, this article says that “the United States should no longer be considered a counterexample to the secularization thesis,” “it is no longer clear that the U.S. is on a qualitatively different religious trajectory than Europe,” and that “Recognizing […]
Overall, the Millennial generation is less likely to read or trust the Bible than any other. More than half (55%) are “Bible-neutral” or “Bible-skeptical,” compared to 45 percent of teens, 51 percent of Gen-Xers, 40 percent of boomers, and 40 percent of elders. Yet Christian youth who go to church and care about their faith may […]
The Myth of the Secular Apocalypse: In today’s apocalyptic stories, we tend to think of apocalypse not as comfort or as consummation, but as senseless brutality and punishing anger. They rarely refer to God, or gods, or shared beliefs—except as a way to tell a better story, without the weighty religious meaning they once held. Students can […]
