PNC Bank describes its "Christmas Index" as a "whimsical holiday tradition that makes learning about the economy fun." But for a better holiday tradition that can teach you far more about the economy, just watch "It's a Wonderful Life." Read more
PNC Bank describes its "Christmas Index" as a "whimsical holiday tradition that makes learning about the economy fun." But for a better holiday tradition that can teach you far more about the economy, just watch "It's a Wonderful Life." Read more
The Christmas links we haven't gotten to yet, including: Mark Evanier, a tender Tennessee Christmas, Pete Enns ruining things, and all the verses to O Holy Night. Read more
That's the word Bruce Barnes' uses: "signifies." It took him only four paragraphs to go from talking like a backwoods fundamentalist to talking like an assistant professor of semiotics. Read more
Today is as dark as it gets. Tomorrow will be different. Well done, well done, everyone. We're halfway out of the dark. Read more
As usual, the disagreement wasn't actually about the definition of the term evangelical, or about the boundaries of it. The dispute, rather, was about who gets to set those boundaries and who gets to enforce them. Read more
It gets pretty dark this time of year, but tomorrow it will … Wait, no, bad example. Tomorrow is going to be even darker. But the point is the day after that it will … Wait, sorry. The day after tomorrow will actually be just about exactly as dark as today. But ... Read more
A look at a new book reviewing the long, apocryphal history of Hell. Plus: Why is Religion News interviewing a college president forced to resign over a rape scandal and now serving on Jeffrey Epstein's legal team? Read more
The story of the Baptist Rebellion-- or the Baptist War, or the Christmas Uprising -- is the story, among other things, of a Baptist preacher who actually followed Jesus and thus wound up, like Jesus, tried and executed by an empire that saw him as an existential threat. Read more
Given recent discussion of Baptist history and the legacy of slavery, I'd hoped to finish a post on a notable link between those things and Christmas for today's Advent Calendar. That didn't happen. So instead, please enjoy this selection of fine holiday music. Read more
In light of recent report by the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on that school's grim, sinful history as a defender of and advocate for slavery, I've collected some of the key posts here on the topic. It seems I repeat myself a lot. Read more
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