Is religion making a comeback, or is it still in a state of decline? Different studies are coming to different conclusions. Why that is. And why both religious decline and religious revival can happen at the same time.
Is religion making a comeback, or is it still in a state of decline? Different studies are coming to different conclusions. Why that is. And why both religious decline and religious revival can happen at the same time.
The Reformed say that the Ascension makes it impossible for Christ's body to be present in Lord's Supper. Lutherans say that the Ascension is what makes it possible.
A discussion of Charles Taylor's analysis of secularism and the social imaginary that shapes both believers and non-believers today, with special attention to the "imminent frame" and the "buffered self."
Christians have long used the concept of "worldview" as a way to understand both the implications of the Christian faith and the presuppositions of its alternatives. Today we also have a related but somewhat different concept: the social imaginary.
The Iran War is less popular than the Vietnam War. Updates for Virginia and Finland. And the cause of the Palisade Fires in California.
St. Augustine is one of the few theologians who is appreciated by nearly every theological tradition. Even many modern philosophers respect him. John Mac Ghlionn credits him for making the inner life central to Christianity.
There are many misconceptions about the doctrine of the Priesthood of All Believers. It isn't that everybody gets to be a pastor, or that we don't need pastors. It's that you don't need to be a pastor to be a priest.
A key member of the Inklings profoundly shaped both Lewis's faith and Tolkien's fantasies: the philosopher, poet, critic, and lawyer Owen Barfield, "one of the most neglected important thinkers of the 20th Century." A summary of his thought, with the help of K. R. Queen's video.
[Free post] Excerpts from Christopher Beha's "Why I Am Not an Atheist" on the limits of skepticism and the necessity of faith. And how his memoir accords with the apologetics of J. G. Hamann. Read more
Supremes overturn gerrymandering on the basis of race. "The most pro-drug administration in our history"? And mixed messages from the AI tycoons.
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