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...
Each U.S. presidential election cycle brings its own set of unexpected issues, and the 2012 race already offers one topic of controversy that truly sets it apart -- a debate over forms of therapy that attempt to change an individual's sexual orientat ...
There it was, plain as day. Monday's edition of USA Today included an opinion column by a Muslim woman that argued--quite straightforwardly--that the United States government should force a nondiscrimination policy on gender in all places of worship. ...
The legal, social, moral, and political maps of America were redefined last Friday night as the New York State Senate voted 33-29 to legalize same-sex marriage in the state. The State Assembly had already approved the measure, leaving the Republican- ...
As if the Church of England does not have enough troubles, word is leaking out of Lambeth Palace that the church is about to allow the appointment of openly gay bishops, so long as those bishops remain celibate. The news has emerged in the form o ...
Is President Obama about to endorse same-sex marriage? The possibility was the subject of open speculation on the front page of Sunday's edition of The New York Times. Reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg quoted an unnamed Democratic strategist close to the ...
There is no shortage of perplexing realities in our world today, but counted among them must be the fact that many rather well informed people seem to be shocked that Christians believe the doctrines of Christianity. Over the weekend, Rep. Anthony W ...
"Most Christians assume that Christianity is the one and only religion that is God-inspired and that carries the imprimatur of God's blessing," laments R. Kirby Godsey. In his new book, Is God a Christian?, Godsey sets out to oppose that assumptio ...
Is the Church guilty of beating people with the Bible? As strange as that argument might sound, it is actually a powerful weapon in the hands of those who are determined to normalize homosexuality and same-sex marriage within the Church. Those pushin ...
Andy Warhol was wrong. Fame doesn't last just fifteen minutes. After all, Harold Camping is still in the news, more than a week after his prophecy that the world would end on May 21 at 6:00 p.m. turned out -- as expected -- to be false. Camping's en ...
Back in the nineteenth century, the British people were introduced to a fairy tale about "water babies" through a story written by Rev. Charles Kingsley. The water babies entered folklore, and generations of British children imagined the water babies ...