Jewish art challenges the taboo of Jesus: This exhibition at the Israel Museum is a collection of more than 150 artworks by 40 Jewish and Israeli artists who have used Christian imagery to challenge long-held taboos in both communities. It showcases the evolving attitudes of Jewish, Zionist and Israeli artists toward a figure whose place […]
In Supreme Court “Transgender Bathroom” Case, First Liberty Takes Unique Approach: “The public has paid a lot of attention to how this case [ Gloucester County School Board v. G.G.] affects public schools, but one very important category of educational institutions has been overlooked – private, religious schools,” says Kelly Shackelford, President and CEO of First Liberty.
New Gene-Editing Techniques Hold the Promise Of Altering The Fundamentals Of Life: See the archives for other CRISPR articles. This 45 min audio provides a helpful overview of the concept and technique. At 20 min. in, find an important discussion on nature that can inform a theology of creation and anthropology. Students need to know […]
Why Christian Persecution Keeps Rising: This 30 min audio interview discusses drug cartel persecution in Mexico, what keeps North Korea on the top of the list, and American Christian apathy. The majority of the countries are in the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.
Nailed it: How Martin Luther has shaped Germany for half a millennium — At home, Luther’s significance is no longer primarily theological. Germans are no longer particularly religious. But the Reformation was not just about God. It shaped the German language, mentality and way of life, and after German unification in the 19th century, Lutheranism won the […]
Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers by Daniel Dreisbach (Oxford University Press, 2016): “For several years Dreisbach has been publishing researched articles on specific aspects of the Bible’s presence in Revolutionary America. Now he has expanded that research, added to the subjects considered, and provided a rich interpretive context. Although the resulting book does not […]
Reading the Reformation in 2017: No longer can one take for granted that students, clergy, laity, or the wider public understand the significance of the Reformation—how it convulsed the 16th century, and how it decisively shapes contemporary Christianity and the modern world. Check these recent titles on Luther, Erasmus, social media during the Reformation, and Protestant […]
From the GetReligion posts on religion and news stories: In Story 1, the AP reports on a state legislator’s bill to remove gov’t interest from marriage. In Story 2, Cosmo has a piece on the marry yourself movement. For a third account of peculiar social trends related to marriage–but in the time of the Reformation–see […]
Radio Lab on Blood: “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life” (Lev. 17:11). This 1 hr. program offers a variety of vignettes on blood with […]
Arthur Leff’s God-Haunted World: Without God, meaningful law becomes impossible. One powerful argument for this view comes from a surprising source—an atheistic law professor writing in the Duke Law Journal. Yale Law School professor, Arthur Leff, argued that unless God is taken to be the moral authority behind human law, the law collapses into various arbitrary arrangements, […]
