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I was a bit skeptical when my horoscope said I would find humor in something sad today.
But I had to laugh when I read the South Dakota resolution being emailed around the office this week, as well as sent by Drew, requiring schools to teach:
That there are a variety of climatological, meteorological, astrological, thermological, cosmological, [...]

….Eric Reitan’s book “Is God a Delusion?” is awesome!!!!  Choice magazine just named it ‘academic book of the year.’ Of course all the Deacons remember his amazing appearance on the HBC podcast, but little did we know just how many librarians were Deacons.  That is good news to me because I absolutely loved getting to [...]

As I’m writing this, I’m filled with exuberant anticipation as the second week of the final season of Lost is minutes from airing on the West Coast. I’m usually tweeting away this time of day. But my phone is off and I won’t be looking at Facebook and Twitter updates for the next few hours [...]

Can Daniel Dennett be a public philosopher and engage in a real debate with someone who is both  a philosopher and theist?  Or, will he once again choose to display his rasslin’ rhetorical skills and pass on demonstrating the Apocalyptic fury his intellectual insights are reported to bring?  We will see.
One could call it [...]

What do you get when you put two of the world’s top philosophical theologians, a prestigious university President, and me in a room with a camera?  A fun conversation.
At the American Academy of Religion I was able to join LeRon Shults, Philip Clayton, and Stephen Knapp for a discussion about how theology finds traction in [...]

…so if you have listened to the podcast with him and Tony Jones and thought about getting the book you can now get it for 10 bucks.

Theology After Google: Leveraging New Technologies and Networks for Transformative Ministry

We invite you to join us March 10-12, 2010 in Claremont, Calif., for a first-of-its-kind national conference, “Theology After Google.” Thanks to a generous grant from the Ford Foundation, we are able to keep registration costs low, as in 99 bucks.
Who is coming?
Tony Jones, [...]

This isn’t about an actual confrontation between the two communities, or a discussion on whether they can coexist. For that, check out Stanley Fish’s review of Barbara Herrnstein Smith’s “Natural Reflections.” I just want to share a chart that shows a significant gap between the two on a specific issue.
One day over lunch my coworker [...]

While I wouldn’t say I’m pleased with the result of today’s special election in Massachusetts, I choose to look optimistically toward the future. When I was in high school, I had an English lit teacher who taught that American politics is a pendulum that swings back and forth between conservative and liberal power. It certainly [...]