Response: Is Proselytizing Offensive? Sure. But I Won’t Give Them the Satisfaction of Martyrdom
My colleague Chrissy Stroop’s powerful excoriation of evangelical Christian proselytizing pushed the predictable buttons among…
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Trump, “Big Fan of Hindu,” To Force Thousands of Nepalis Back to Disaster Zone
When most Americans think of the Hindu community here, they tend to conflate Hindus with…
Read MoreCompetitive Religious Philanthropy in the Wake of the Nepali Earthquake
The death toll in Nepal has surpassed 8,500, Reuters reported this week, making it the…
Read MoreBush Fundraises For Those Who Want to Fix the “Blindness of the Jews”
Abe Foxman expresses disappointment.
Read MoreSocial Cost of Christianity?
Are Christians stigmatized in the United States?
Read MoreFlorida Governor Signs Law Defending Educators’ Right to Witness
Teachers and administrators free to proselytize. . . unless they agree not to.
Read MoreWWJD Or The First Amendment?
The real problem with the scripture-encoded rifles.
Read MoreTravolta Airlifts Scientology, Supplies, to Haiti
Representatives of Scientology have had trouble with prosyletizing in the past.
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Proselytizing the Pros: Christianity in Big-Time Sports
Mark McGwire gives thanks to “the man upstairs” as he confesses his steroid use, Tiger Woods is publicly urged to find Jesus—but that’s just the tip of the iceberg, or the football, as the case may be, when it comes to the link between sports and evangelical Christianity.
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Unforgiven: Brit and Tiger and the Problem of Speed-Cycle Grace
Tiger could take Brit Hume’s suggestion and get Jesus for his troubles but nobody should pretend that anything Christian is going on here.
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