Monthly Archives: November 2010

November 26, 2010

Defanging the Supernatural

Peter Berger

On November 13, 2010, there were two stories about religion, separated by four pages, in The New York Times. The first, filed by Laurie Goodstein (who reports regularly on religion), dealt with a conference of Roman Catholic bishops on procedures … Continue reading →

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November 17, 2010

Two Lutheran Tribes

Peter Berger

In the current issue of The Christian Century there are three items about Lutherans. One is about the economic difficulties incurred by congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) who have left that denomination to protest its decision … Continue reading →

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November 10, 2010

Bloody Borders

Peter Berger

In the book which has by now become an important point of reference, The Clash of Civilizations (1996), the late Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington developed the thesis that after the demise of the Cold War conflicts would be between … Continue reading →

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November 3, 2010

A Centennial not much Noticed

Peter Berger

I don’t know what occurs to the average newspaper reader if one observes that 2010 marks a centennial. Whatever happened in 1910? Some international incident anticipating World War I? A revolution in China? As I’ve just discovered, the first congress … Continue reading →

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