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The Feminization of the Ministry — A Milestone in Britain

The Church of England ordained more women than men in the past year, according to news reports across Great Britain. The church reported a total of 423 ordinations last year, 213 women and 210 men. That statistical development might seem insignifi ...

November 14, 2007

From the Bible to “Intimacy Kits” — Goodbye to the Gideons?

No more Gideons Bibles in hotel rooms? That is the point of an article published in the online edition of Newsweek. Reporter Roya Wolverson explains that the trend in upscale hotels is to include no Bible among the room furnishings. The Gideons, fou ...

November 12, 2007

“Irreconcilable Truth Claims” — Watch for Anglican Developments

Pressures in the Anglican Communion continue to build as conservative leaders around the globe now call for a postponement of the communion's next great gathering -- the Lambeth Conference scheduled for London in 2008. This is how The Times [London] ...

November 9, 2007

Amazing Awakenings — Will the Nation’s Conscience be Awakened Too?

As Wesley J. Smith explains, "the reigning cultural paradigm" holds that "a life with profound cognitive dysfunction is not worth living." The dominant assessment is that a person with a diagnosis of permanent unconsciousness should be allowed to die ...

November 7, 2007

An Argument Against the Atheists — Dinesh D’Souza on Christianity

"Today's Christians know that they do not, as their ancestors did, live in a society where God's presence was unavoidable. No longer does Christianity form the moral basis of society. Many of us now reside in secular communities, where arguments draw ...

November 6, 2007

Is Abortion a Theological Issue? Garry Wills Says No

Garry Wills is at it again -- this time in the pages of The Los Angeles Times. A liberal Roman Catholic, Wills is a prolific historian who also writes works on contemporary religion. His new book, Head and Heart: American Christianities presents his ...

November 5, 2007

Back to Polytheism? — Some Moderns See Monotheism as Menace

These strange times now witness encouragements to turn from monotheism back to ancient forms of polytheism. The argument is that monotheism -- belief that there is only one God -- inevitably leads to division, hatreds, and moral judgment. This argum ...

November 2, 2007

Christianity and the Dark Side — What About Halloween?

Over a hundred years ago, the great Dutch theologian Hermann Bavinck predicted that the 20th century would "witness a gigantic conflict of spirits." His prediction turned out to be an understatement, and this great conflict continues into the 21st ce ...

October 31, 2007

Democracy and the Family — Setting the Record Straight

Can democracy exist without the family? Stein Ringen, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Oxford, suggests that it cannot. In his new book, What Democracy is For: On Freedom and Moral Government [Princeton University Press], ...

October 30, 2007

The Loss of Vocation and its Recovery — The Listening Heart

The concept of vocation -- in the theological sense of a calling -- has all but disappeared from contemporary society.  The late Professor A. J. Conyers blames this loss on the rise of confidence in personal autonomy and an absolute demand for person ...

October 26, 2007