The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of Creation

Last updated on: February 22, 2019 at 10:28 am By Philip Jenkins

If you shine powerful flashlights into the more benighted corners of university humanities departments, you can probably find people who still believe that Christianity historically opposed scientific inquiry, and actually held back human progress. This myth found eloquent expression some years ago in a Family Guy episode in which Baby Stewie and Brian the dog visit a hyper-advanced technological civilization. This proves to be the alternate world that would have existed in our own time if Christianity had failed, and... Read more

Faith and Struggle in the Lives of African Americans

Last updated on: February 22, 2019 at 12:14 pm By Kristin Du Mez

This past week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Randal Maurice Jelks, Professor of American Studies and African and African American Studies at the University of Kansas, to discuss his new book Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019). The book offers a fascinating look into the religious lives of four individuals, and Jelks also weaves his own religious narrative in and out... Read more

Disrupting Christian Patriarchy: Russell Moore is Right (Sort Of)

Last updated on: April 27, 2021 at 4:59 pm By Beth Allison Barr

My husband, however, is definitely right. He suggested I explain two things before I continue my series. First, I need to clarify patriarchy. Second, I need to talk about Paul. A recent social media conversation underscored the importance of doing this. After reading a posting of my first Disrupting Christian Patriarchy blog, Facebook commentators suggested I stop “name calling” (my use of the term Christian patriarchy) and quickly dismissed my arguments by quoting Paul’s words from 1 Timothy and Ephesians (women be... Read more

Galileo and the Harmony of Faith and Science

Last updated on: February 18, 2019 at 11:30 am By Chris Gehrz

In the 17th century, Galileo argued that faith and science answered different questions using different sources. Has his model stood the test of time? Read more

The Forgotten Temple

Last updated on: February 18, 2019 at 8:22 am By Philip Jenkins

I have written a lot through the years about Christian origins and their Jewish background, mainly in my 2017 book Crucible of Faith. In writing that work I came across what seems to me a really intriguing aspect of the history, and one that rarely gets the attention it deserves. Not just once in history, but twice, Jewish temples stood in the land of Egypt. One was at Elephantine, in the fifth century BC, and quite a bit has been... Read more

Christians, Immigrants, and the Border

Last updated on: February 10, 2019 at 4:52 pm By Philip Jenkins

I have strong prejudices concerning matters of immigration. I am an immigrant to the US, as is my wife. As immigration is such a lively topic of debate right now, I have some basic questions on which I would like advice and suggestions. Briefly – what should Christians think about immigration, and about the very existence of borders? Over the past couple of years, a glance at most religious publications presents certain common themes about the proper attitude to immigration... Read more

The University of Iowa versus Evangelicalism

Last updated on: February 14, 2019 at 1:55 pm By johnturner

Over the past two decades, many public and quasi-private institutions of higher education have stripped evangelical organizations of recognition and denied them access to student organization funds and campus space. (I say “quasi-private,” because nearly all private colleges and universities rely heavily on federal funds for aspects of their operations). For the most part, university administrators — and sometimes aggrieved students — have taken issue with organizations that restrict leadership positions to students willing to sign a statement of Christian... Read more

Yun Ch’iho Meets Jim Crow

Last updated on: February 12, 2019 at 8:31 am By David Swartz

How a Korean Christian's encounter with racial segregation soured him on America Read more

The History of Moral Re-Armament

Last updated on: February 11, 2019 at 11:58 pm By Chris Gehrz

Meet Frank Buchman, whose Moral Re-Armament movement was endorsed by political and economic leaders, even as critics deemed it naive, or even cult-like. Read more

Karma Quandary

Last updated on: February 11, 2019 at 9:38 pm By Thomas Albert Howard

Soon the Dalai Lama will mark his 60th year of exile from China. If you have not seen him in the news lately, there is a reason. Because of China’s growing economic clout, and its disagreements with the Dalai Lama, few countries want to risk hosting him out of fear that they will incur the wrath of Beijing. But the Dalai Lama and his supporters are not giving up on their cause. Whether in life or in death. In fact... Read more