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...
Rabbi Steve Greenberg addressed students at Oberlin College on the issue of homosexuality recently. Author of Wrestling With God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition, Greenberg is an openly-homosexual rabbi on a mission to normalize homosex ...
The current issue of The Atlantic Monthly features Lori Gottlieb's fascinating report on the rise of online dating services. In "How Do I Love Thee?," Gottlieb traces the development of the online romance and match-making services and offers percepti ...
Newsweek's current cover story, "Sex and the Single Boomer: The New World of Midlife Romance," offers further evidence that an embrace of deep sexual confusion has become something of a national passion. In the age of no-fault divorce laws, Viagra, a ...
Yesterday, the 197th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, was declared "Evolution Sunday" by a group of liberal Protestant ministers. According to The New York Times, it was observed in several hundred churches nationwide. The event grew out ...
Dan Savage, no stranger to controversy, thinks he has found a "clincher" argument on the question of homosexuality. Writing in Friday's edition of The New York Times, Savage mentions the lead characters in the movie, Brokeback Mountain. Savage's argu ...
Charles C. Haynes of the First Amendment Center offers an analysis of the controversy between the University of California and Calvary Chapel Christian School of Murrieta, California [see background here] in "War of Worldviews: Christian Schools vs. ...
What is the true nature of the threat civilization now faces from radical Islam? Foreign policy analyst Tony Corn bravely addresses that question in "World War IV As Fourth-Generation Warfare," published in the current issue of Policy Review. Corn ...
Bob Kauflin of Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland writes an incredible weblog on worship called Worship Matters. Bob is one of the most theologically-minded and gifted musicians I know, and his writings are truly helpful and interesting. ...
The Washington Post offers a fascinating and challenging article on how Orthodox Judaism is dealing with pressure to liberalize divorce laws in the modern age. The article also references Muslims, Roman Catholics, and Southern Baptists. It is worthy ...
The announcement today of the "Evangelical Climate Initiative" opens a new chapter in the debate over the environment and the specific issue of global warming. As The New York Times reports: Despite opposition from some of their colleagues, 86 evan ...