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February 2012

February 19, 2012
By Becky Hsu This past week, while people were celebrating (or not celebrating) Valentine’s Day,...
February 17, 2012
My Facebook newsfeed is suffering from Linsomnia. Discovering a new celebrity like Jeremy Lin for...
February 16, 2012
What would it look like if the world ran without any grace given to others?...
February 15, 2012
In his recent column responding to the You Tube hit video, “Why I Hate Religion, but...
February 14, 2012
By Jeremy Rhodes If you watched the commercials during the Super Bowl a couple of...
February 13, 2012
Apparently we now own a rescue dog, a term I was entirely unfamiliar with a...
February 12, 2012
Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, has made it his mission to help his congregation...
February 11, 2012
By George Yancey (Part 4 in a series. Part 1, 2, and 3) If we...
February 10, 2012
As a young college student, one of the appeals of participating in an evangelical group...
February 09, 2012
February 15th will be John Frum day, a high holiday in one of the South Pacific's...
February 07, 2012
By John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State University Since last September, Sojourners has explored the meaning of...
February 06, 2012
There’s a graduate student I know who has a significant interest in what’s called military...
February 05, 2012
Did you know that two people independently arrived at the basic assumptions of evolution? Charles...
February 04, 2012
By Jeremy Rhodes The most American of holidays is upon us once again. No, I’m...
February 03, 2012
As the 2012 campaigns are under way, we sociologists are paying close attention to the...
February 02, 2012
We've heard of the seven deadly sins, of course, but if we look at all...
February 01, 2012
Although he is known by many as a political dissident, Islamic scholar Mohsen Kadivar emphasized to...

January 2012

January 31, 2012
By George Yancey Part 3 in a series (Read part 1 and 2) It may...
January 30, 2012
Protestant-Catholic similarities and distinctions have been a theme of mine in several blog posts, and...
January 29, 2012
Some time ago, I was having lunch with a good friend. The conversation turned to...
January 28, 2012
I have recently undertaken a study of Christian deconversion--why do people leave Christianity. In reading...
January 27, 2012
Happy Lunar New Year everyone! If you're like a lot of Americans, you may not...
January 26, 2012
There is confusion in popular discussion about how many Americans are atheists. Here I review...
January 25, 2012
In December, Georgetown scholars Tom Farr and Tim Shah organized an online debate through the...
January 24, 2012
By George Yancey (Part 2 in a series. Read Part 1 here) Okay so can...
January 23, 2012
Joe Paterno’s death at 85 would not be nearly so sad to us—after all, 85...
January 22, 2012
By Richard Flory Yesterday, Jeremy Rhodes wrote about a new survey from Barna Group that...
January 21, 2012
By Jeremy Rhodes A recent poll conducted by the Barna Group reveals that 46% of...
January 20, 2012
At the school where I teach and research we just finished our second week of...
January 19, 2012
A defining feature of life today is we have a lot of celebrities. We live...
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