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(A)theologies, CultureJuly 28, 2013

My God, David Brooks

By John Modern

One senses that in Brooks’ reading of Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age the principle of choice becomes its own form of transcendence.

Sexuality/GenderJune 17, 2009

It’s Not a Debate: The Christian Century Fails to Advance Discussion on Abortion

By Daniel Schultz

There is nothing to be gained by presenting the issue of abortion as an argument in which each side has equal weight. They don’t—even if one side is shouting louder and making threats.

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