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The Transcendentalists and the Making of the Modern Mind

Transcendentalism constitutes one of the most significant moments and movements in the making of the American mind.  As a matter of fact, we cannot understand the contours of American thought without reference to this formative period and intellectua ...

December 3, 2008

“Radical Womanhood” and the Local Church

In her new book, Radical Womanhood: Feminine Faith in a Feminist World, Carolyn McCulley calls Christian women to a recovery of biblical womanhood that is both counter-cultural and inherently pro-woman. On today's program, she joins guest host Russel ...

October 23, 2008

Ask Anything Wednesday

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October 22, 2008

What Can Christians Learn from the Blues?

In his recent book, Getting the Blues: What Blues Music Teaches Us About Suffering and Salvation, historian Stephen Nichols argues that blues music is full of gospel categories that remind us of our fallen condition, human suffering, and our need for ...

October 21, 2008

Are American Evangelicals Spoiled by Blessing?

Ask a lot of American evangelicals and you'll find many are characterized by a pronounced sense of discouragement, even worry, about everything from the economy to politics. However, as guest host Russell Moore argues on today's program, Christians h ...

October 20, 2008

Are Americans ‘Quitting Church’?

In her recent book, Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing and What to Do about It, Julia Duin analyzes the data on the decreasing rate of American churchgoers and makes a number of proposals to reverse the trend. On today's program, Dr. Mohl ...

October 7, 2008

Quitting Church? Yes, No, and Maybe

Julia Duin, religion editor for The Washington Times, has written a book intended to shake up the church and to sound an alarm -- people are leaving churches. In Quitting Church: Why the Faithful are Fleeing and What to Do about It, Duin argues that ...

October 6, 2008

“Golda” — An Incredible Story About an Indomitable Power

With Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni poised to become that nation's next Prime Minister, historical parallels to the late Golda Meir are inevitable.  "Golda," as she was known, served as Israel's Prime Minister from 1969 to 1974.  She was expect ...

September 22, 2008

A Kingdom No More

The world order has been so thoroughly transformed over the last century that some of the most powerful nations on earth no longer even exist.  Most recently, we saw this happen with the break-up of the Soviet Union.   But a national demise that riva ...

August 29, 2008

On the Other Hand, Protestant Courage

David F. Wells is, hands down, one of the most insightful analysts of contemporary Christianity.  Well known as the Andrew Mutch Distinguished Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Wells is a theologi ...

August 26, 2008

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