Liberation Theology, which teaches that Christianity demands radical social and economic change, is a major movement in modern theology. It has been especially influential in Latin America where it created alliances between Roman Catholics and Marxist revolutionaries. Now a former Soviet intelligence agent says that
The evidence is overwhelming that growing up in an intact, two-parent loving family confers huge advantages on children as they grow up. The normal response has been to encourage strong families among those who lack those advantages. But, looked at another way, through the usual
Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal says that corporate America is foolish to ally with leftists in opposing religious liberty in the name of gay marriage: Referring to the recent events surrounding Indiana’s Religious Liberty Restoration Act, Jindal said corporate America teamed up with the radical left
In Judaism, it’s fairly common to hear, “I’m an atheist, but I’m culturally Jewish.” So why can’t a person be an atheist but culturally Christian? It turns out that some people like going to church–singing hymns, performing rituals, being part of a community, getting morally
Now former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee has announced that he too is running for president. The former Baptist minister has impeccable credentials for social conservatives, though financial conservatives will never forgive him for once raising taxes. But what sets Huckabee apart from the crowd is
Yesterday we blogged about Rachel Held Evan’s contention that church growth techniques designed to reach Millennials–contemporary worship, attempts to make church relevant, efforts to make Christianity seem cool–do not, in fact, work. Her suggestion instead: “Keep worship weird.” That is, recover the sacraments. “The sacraments,”
A free speech group sponsored an exhibit of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad in Garland, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Predictably, this drew the ire of Muslims, for whom any depiction of their prophet is blasphemous. So two terrorists attacked the exhibit with gunfire, but
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlitt-Packard, announced that she is running for president. The pro-life businesswoman says that she can counter the appeal of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Do you think she would be good? Should someone holding the office of President of the
Rachel Held Evans was something of an evangelical renegade who left the church for awhile, only to come back recently as an Episcopalian. In an op-ed piece, she explains that the church growth tactics that churches try to use to reach her Millennial generation just
A number of prominent Christian leaders are threatening civil disobedience if the Supreme Court rules that gay marriage is constitutionally mandated. Here is the statement and here are the signers. I’m curious what acts of civil disobedience they have in mind. An account of the
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