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Bad Theology Watch — Niall Ferguson’s Naturalism

Niall Ferguson -- our greatest living historian of empire, and a generally sound thinker -- really misses the mark when he addresses the meaning of Hurricane Katrina. Writing in The Telegraph [London], Ferguson [a professor of history at Harvard Univ ...

September 6, 2005

The Roberts Nomination and the Future of the Supreme Court

Few observers were shocked when President George W. Bush nominated Judge John Roberts to succeed Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on Monday. After all, Judge Roberts seems to represent all that President Bush expects of a jurist -- a conservative j ...

September 6, 2005

George Will on “Leviathan in Louisiana”

George Will's "The Last Word" column in this week's issue of Newsweek raises several of the most important questions posed by Hurrican Katrina and its aftermath -- inclusing the purpose of government and the nature of humanity.  In "Leviathan in Loui ...

September 6, 2005

Bad Theology Watch — Who Speaks on God’s Behalf?

Sadly there is no shortage of Christians ready to offer an inside tip on the purposes of the Almighty. Instead of standing silent before the humbling mystery of the Divine will, these souls are ready to hurl judgment upon their neighbors. Alan Cooper ...

September 5, 2005

Hope Amidst the Heartbreak — The Missing Children of New Orleans

The stories pouring out of New Orleans and the other devastated areas of the Gulf coast carrry an incredible emotional punch -- and rightly so. Among these stories, the account of a little 6-year-old boy shepherding five toddlers and holding an infan ...

September 5, 2005

Philip Ryken on a Christian Response to Hurricane Katrina

Dr. Philip Ryken, Senior Minister of Philadelphia's historic Tenth Presbyterian Church, offers a helpful theological analysis of how Christians should respond to Hurricane Katrina and the suffering left in the storm's wake. The article offers wonderf ...

September 5, 2005

Bad Theology Watch — Tony Campolo Denies God’s Omnipotence?

Tony Campolo suggests that the Old Testament never asserts the omnipotence of God. Thus, he advises that we should not suggest that God could have prevented Hurricane Katrina from devastating the Gulf coast. Raising the question, "Why didn't God do s ...

September 4, 2005

What Will Become of New Orleans?

"We're all wondering now what will become of New Orleans," writes Nicholas Lemann. "A big American city has never before been entirely emptied of people, and had most of its housing rendered useless, and had all its basic systems fail at once." Leman ...

September 4, 2005

“The City Below Sea Level” — Why? A Quick History Lesson

Jackson Kuhl, a writer who speciailizes in matters of history and archaeology, offers a quick summary of how New Orleans came to be in "The City Below Sea Level," published at Tech Central Station. Bienville had been eager to found a trading post at ...

September 4, 2005

Chief Justice William Rehnquist Dies

This eventful week became all the more historic with the announcement that U.S. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist had died late on Saturday. The Chief Justice's battle with thyroid cancer was well-known, and he died less than a year after his diasgn ...

September 4, 2005