Some predictions are rather safe to make. 2012 is almost certain to be a determinative year on the issue of same-sex marriage. Multiple courts appear ...
The development of a human embryo from a cloned cell—as claimed by a group of South Korean scientists—has pushed the clock of genetic engineering ...
"But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" With those words the Apostle James declared war on the theological fiction tha...
"I'd like to live forever." Thus reflected fashion designer extraordinaire Gianni Versace to a recent biographer. "If there's one thing I'm afraid...
"It takes one to know one," quipped historian Eugene Genovese, then an atheist and Marxist. He was referring to liberal Protestant theologians, whom he believed to be closet atheists. As Genovese observed, "When I read much Protestant theology and re ...
"What we have here is a scientific controversy," explained Michael Bailey, a Northwestern University scientist and proponent of the "gay gene" theory. For the past decade, homosexual activists have staked their political strategy on claims that ...
The nationwide explosion of legal gambling may well be the most underrated dimension of America's moral crisis. With the expansion of state lotteries, casino gambling, and new technologies, the gambling industry is poised to grow even further i ...
The City by the Bay is at it again. These days, moral outrage does not come naturally to San Francisco. The Bay Area, famous as the "playpen of countercultures," does not often get worked up about a sexual scandal. After all, in San Francisco, ...
With thoughts focused on the hereafter, Pope John Paul II expounded on heaven, hell and purgatory in his recent weekly audiences. The pope's messages reached the headlines of major newspapers as he denied heaven and hell were physical places an ...
One of the most promising signs of renewal in Southern Baptist life is the emergence of genuine theological discussion and historical interest. After decades marked by the absence of significant interest in many doctrines, Southern Baptists are ...
In one of the strangest political reverses in history, the 1998 elections have been turned into a referendum on the Religious Right and the Republican Congress. Democratic leaders, on cue from the White House, have successfully turned the table ...
"The sense of an ending is not a fact of nature," observed Frank Kermode, it is a feature of human consciousness.1 We ascribe meaning to the turn of a new century, and feel a sense ending as the twentieth century comes to a close. If a sense of ...
Well, Dr. Jack Kevorkian got what he wanted, and now he doesn't want it anymore. Last November, when charged with first degree murder, Kevorkian said "We need a felony conviction now. That's the only way we're going to get anywhere with this." ...
"It's like the gay Super Bowl," said one participant in a lesbian "Coming Out" party. The much-hyped and anticipated episode of "Ellen" was the homosexual event of the year, and the media joined in the celebration. Though ratings are not yet av ...