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Rodney Stark on Why There Are No Theologians in the East

Rodney Stark, whose newest book, The Victory of Reason, is excerpted in Sunday's edition of The New York Times, provides a brilliant analysis of the most basic difference between the East and the West on the question of theology: To fully appreciate ...

December 28, 2005

The Seducation of Pornography — The Los Angeles Times Reports

Monday's edition of The Los Angeles Times included another important report on the spread of internet pornography. Reporter Marianne Szegedy-Maszak cites industry sources and points to 200 new pornography sites on the Internet each day. In her arti ...

December 28, 2005

The Mystery of the Incarnation — A Witness

He, through whom time was made, was made in time; and He, older by eternity that the world itself, was younger in age than many of His servants in the world; He, who made man, was made man; He was given existence by a mother whom He brought into exis ...

December 24, 2005

Born of A Virgin? An Episcopal Priest Shares Her Doubts

Chloe Breyer serves an Episcopal priest at St. Mary's Manhattanville Church in West Harlem, New York. She is the daughter of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and author of The Close, a reflection on her first year at General Theological S ...

December 24, 2005

This Date in History — The Bicentennial of Joseph Smith’s Birth

December 23, 2005 marks 200 years since the birth of Joseph Smith. Smith, the founder of Mormonism, was born in Vermont, but was raised in the region of western New York known as the "Burned-Over District" because of the fierce religious debates tha ...

December 23, 2005

The Word Became Flesh and Asssumed the Status of a Zygote

Bioethicist Nigel M. de S. Cameron points to a significance of the incarnation that may be missed by many -- what he calls "the bioethics of Bethlehem." Cameron points back to the conception of Jesus in Mary by the Holy Spirit, and to the concrete r ...

December 23, 2005

Here Come More Editorials — Responses to the Pennsylvania Intelligent Design Decision

Earlier today, I posted selected portions of editorials form major newspapers celebrating the judge's decision in the Pennsylvania Intelligent Design trial, along with brief rejoinders [see below]. Here are a few more, breaking later in the day: Fro ...

December 22, 2005

It’s Even More Dangerous Than We Thought — Online Pornography, Webcams, and Teens

The New York Times has broken a story that demands immediate attention. In "Through His Webcam, A Boy Joins a Sordid Online World" by reporter Kurt Eichenwald, the paper points to an alarming and relatively new phenomenon -- teenagers acting out in t ...

December 22, 2005

Here Come the Editorials — The Dover Case Hits the Opinion Pages

As expected, the raft of editorials on the Pennsylvania Intelligent Design decision [see below] arrived right on time. The nation's leading papers are responding as predicted -- and the editorials are worth a closer look. From The Washington Post: T ...

December 22, 2005

‘Inanity’ Is in the Eye of the Beholder — Judge Jones Plays Scientist

Judge John E. Jones of the U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania handed down his decision in the now-infamous trial over the teaching of intelligent design in the public schools. In a written opinion, Judge Jones ruled that the Dover School Board had a ...

December 21, 2005