The “Good Guy With a Gun” Myth
On the windy bluffs of Weehawken, New Jersey, overlooking Manhattan, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr…
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The Risk of Teaching Theology in a Public University: A Response
A year ago, the University of California at Berkeley announced that it had been awarded…
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Fascinating History of Search for “Lost White Tribe” Sheds Light on Construction of Race
Speaking broadly, white supremacist ideas rest on two premises. One is about power. The other…
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Feminist Critics of Wearing Hijab in Solidarity Fall Into Same Old Traps
Though Wheaton professor Larycia Hawkins was officially reprimanded for claiming that Muslims and Christian worship the same god,…
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Serra’s Actions Aren’t the Only Reason to Lament His Canonization
The only good that I find in a St. Serra is that it could force us all to meditate on the ambivalence that haunts Christianity in this hemisphere.
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International “Religious Freedom” Agenda Will Only Embolden ISIS
International religious freedom has become the civilizing discourse of our time.
Read MoreThe New Church: Sexual and Ethnic Diversity… and Drums!
The third iteration of the National Congregations Study, led by Mark Chaves and Shawna Anderson,…
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Cyber-Colonialism: Anonymous Enters LGBT Fray in Uganda
In tampering illegally with foreign nations on behalf of LGBT equality, Hacktivists associated with Anonymous have managed to raise the ire of those they’d hoped to help.
Read MoreSam Harris Says Qur’an “Not That Good”
Now where have we heard that before…
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Dreaming Beyond the Madman: Reflections on the Revolution in Libya
The tragedy of a dictatorship is that they so eviscerate their countries that, even after they are gone, it’s hard for people to pick up the pieces and move forward. But I am hopeful in seeing the banner of the pre-Qaddafi monarchy rooted in the Sufi orders that led the resistance to colonialism.
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