Radical theologian Mary Daly died Sunday at age 81, ending one of the most interesting and tragic careers in contemporary theology. Known for her exaggerated outspokenness, Daly took theological feminism to what she believed was its rightful and logi ...
Books are a major part of my daily life. As I write this, I am surrounded by many thousands of books, each with its own feel, appearance, and meaning. Many of these books have played crucial roles in my thinking and understanding. Even as Christianit ...
Communication is one of the central tasks of leadership. No one seemed to know this like Ronald Reagan. Much like Winston Churchill, President Reagan understood the power of words and the opportunity of a great speech. On June 12, 1987, President Re ...
Paul Knitter has written a book titled Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian. The title is more than revealing. He argues that where there are holes and inconsistencies in Christianity, Christians should learn from Buddha. Should Christians he ...
Banned Books Week is this week in America, trying to draw attention to the dangers of limiting access to all types of information. But are books really being banned in America? Certainly not. The American Library Association’s problem actually fal ...
The Christian life is the promise of God's faithful provision for his children. It is not, however, the promise of a life without grief. On the contrary, the scriptures promise that the Christian life will be marked by trials and tribulations on this ...
To be human, it seems, is to be fascinated with crime. This simple fact explains why so much of our popular entertainment is driven by narratives and plots dealing with crime, crimefighters, criminals, and the police. News about crime and criminals o ...
Christian fiction novels are both powerful and influential in the Church. What message does the content of Christian fiction send about where the heart of the Church is today? The stories we buy and read reflect the issues that are most clearly on ou ...
The Axioms of Religion The Library of Baptist Classics edited by Timothy and Denise George Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1997 Introduction One of the towering figures of Southern Baptist history, Edgar Young Mullins led Southern Baptists thro ...
The theme of fathers and sons is one of the constants of literature, both ancient and modern. From Ivan Turgenev to Chuck Palahniuk, modern literature seems particularly obsessed with fathers and their sons -- and sons without fathers. Thinking this ...