Apologetics
The Politics of Universal Love
by John Dear Wednesday, January 21, 2009 While hiking the other day in the high desert of northern New Mexico, I met my neighbor, a Native American elder who gives workshops around the country on Native-American spirituality. When I asked him for his thoughts on President-elect Obama, he said that Obama had already given us […]
The Demise of the Newspaper
Vanquishing the Devil Harry T. Cook 1/23/09 In the 1939 movie version of Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Cedric Hardwicke, playing Claude Frollo, archdeacon of the cathedral, looks upon Johannes Gutenberg’s recently invented printing press as “the instrument of the devil.” The problem? The printing press, while unbearably slow by modern standards, could […]
Barack Obama and Reinhold Niebuhr
Prayer for a serene realist barack obama As Barack Obama enters the White House, it is already clear that few more thoughtful and intellectual men have been elected President. In this essay to celebrate the inauguration, Iwan Russell Jones traces the connections between Obama and the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, and asks whether we are about […]
Quotes on Justice etc.
Seen on a Facebook site: “y’know…there’s not a man, woman or child alive who doesn’t enjoy… a tasty beverage!” – -david letterman “where you live should not decide, whether you live or whether you die” –bono “there has to be something more to life than just being ridiculously, ridiculously good-looking…and I’m gonna find out what […]
‘War on terror’ is wrong
British foreign secretary says ‘war on terror’ is wrong By staff writers 15 Jan 2009 As US president George Bush finishes his last week in office, British foreign secretary David Miliband has said that the use of the “war on terror” as a western rallying cry since the September 11 attacks has been a mistake. […]
Religious Suicide In An Investor’s World
*Sightings* 1/15/09 — Rita Polevoy As the New Year begins, many are haunted by losses suffered from the ongoing economic crisis. Amongst the biggest losers sits Bernard Madoff, mastermind of a fifty billion dollar Ponzi scheme that stole from those who invested with him, including multiple Jewish charities such as Steven Spielberg’s Wunderkinder Foundation; businesses […]
Religion and Science
*Sightings* 1/8/09 News from the Religion and Science Front — Douglas Anderson In the scientific community, there has been a significant increase in “sightings” of articles and studies on the “science” of religion. Various points of view, and occasionally overt agendas, emerge from the research. If a Templeton-like foundation is funding the study, for instance, […]
Farewell, President (from America’s premier Christian historian)
*Sightings *1/19/09 Farewell, President — Martin E. Marty Tomorrow, they tell us, is an epochal day in America and on the world-scene, so we’ll choose to be reflective about some of its meanings. The dictionary says that *sighting* is “the act of catching sight of something, especially something unusual or searched.” The original charter of […]
The Bush Legacy
* Kim Beazley * January 17, 2009 ZHOU Enlai, the late Chinese premier, famously replied when asked his opinion on the effect on world politics of the French revolution, “It is too early to tell.” US presidencies are not such watersheds in world affairs. However, most historians would want a generation to pass before uttering […]
How History Scores Famous People
W may score a Z when historians have their say * Llewellyn King * January 17, 2009 PRESIDENT George Bush, one gathers from his exit ruminations, believes history will treat him more kindly than recent polls. But history is tricky. Although it has tended to give presidents the benefit of the doubt, once aspersions are […]
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