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 [...]

What is funnier than a Chuck Norris joke?  Chuck Norris’ attempt to be taken seriously.  It is one thing for the round house kickin’ mediocre actor to walk around to stage with the fringe members of the political right, but just because they like having the authority of America’s favorite Texas Ranger doesn’t mean [...]

I’d like to clue those of you who are interested in secularization into a website that’s extremely informative.  It’s a site recording a recent gathering of famous philosophers, including Juergan Habermas,  Charles Taylor, Judith Butler, and Cornel West.  I can’t remeber the occasion of this conference (all that information is on the first recording with [...]

Michael Moore posted an editorial at the Huffington Post titled “For Those of You on Your Way to Church This Morning…“  While Mr. Moore is indeed a film maker, it appears that he is attempting to take up a prophetic mantel in his newest film Capitalism: A Love Story.  I haven’t seen the film [...]

I was making an afternoon run through Facebook when I noticed that one of our fearless leaders, Mr. Fuller, posted a quite salient comment by Rep. Rangel on the state of religious organizations and health care (the responses to which I would encourage you to read as they’re quite interesting and pertinent to this piece).  [...]

UPDATE: The bill passed! It was very close. Thanks to everyone who took action!
We just sent out a national alert today. The American Clean Energy and Security Act, introduced by Reps. Waxman and Markey, will put a cap on carbon dioxide emissions and create millions of green jobs here in the U.S. It is a [...]