The Roman Catholic Church has a new pope, and it didn’t take the papal conclave long to make it happen. On the fourth ballot, taken in the grandeur of...
In normal times, an institution like Harvard University thrives on publicity. Then again, these are not normal times. Harvard may be the most elite br...
Can a revolution come down to a pill? Over the past century, tidal waves of moral revolution have transformed society and reshaped our moral landscape...
Pope Francis, considered by Roman Catholic dogma to be Vicar of Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Patriarch of the West, Bishop of Rome...
Given the public bluster of the evolutionary establishment, one would think that these scientists and teachers of science would be up to any challenge to their cherished evolutionary orthodoxy. If they are so certain that their theory is correct and ...
Today's commentary deals with Matthew Fox and his new book, A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity. Matthew Fox is really not much of a direct threat to historic Christianity. His heretical teachings are so ex ...
Bart Ehrman of the University of North Carolina and Darrell Bock of Dallas Theological Seminary engage in a vigorous on-line exchange over the question of the New Testament text at Beliefnet.com. Professor Ehrman, who has made rejecting the New Test ...
In 2004, Richmond, Virginia was host to the national denominational meetings of the Presbyterian Church USA, the Pentecostal Church International, and the American Baptist Churches USA. In 2012, the United Methodist Church was to hold its General Con ...
Reuters is reporting a genuinely frightening story out of North Korea. According to the respected news agency, a recent North Korean defector claims that the killing of newborns seen to be defective is now common in what is often called the "Hemit Ki ...
Dr Anil Sabhani, a physician and abortionist in India's northern state of Haryana has been convicted, along with his X-ray technician, of offering to perform a sex-selection abortion after an ultrasound test indicated that the baby would be a girl. ...
The New York Times profiles Houston pastor and mega-author Joel Osteen in today's edition. The article, written by Ralph Blumenthal, features Pastor Osteen in his most positive mode: After a warm-up of rousing original rock and gospel hymns with lyr ...
Adam Sternbergh raises a very good question in the pages of New York Magazine. Why do so many adults want to look like kids? This is an obituary for the generation gap. It is a story about 40-year-old men and women who look, talk, act, and dress li ...
TIME magazine reports that increasing numbers of colleges and universities are offering academic courses in pornography -- complete with pornographic films, materials, and paraphanalia. Look at the introductory paragraphs by TIME's Lisa Takeuchi Cul ...
I will participate Tuesday in a symposium on religion and public life at Columbia University in the City of New York. The event will be held in the Rotunda of Columbia's Low Library, and the university's president, Lee C. Bollinger will preside. The ...