Monthly Archives: April 2011

April 27, 2011

A Bar Called Church

When I first moved to Boston some thirty years ago, The Boston Globe prided itself on being the most liberal newspaper in the country. A joke I heard about then: What will be the very last headline of the Globe? … Continue reading

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April 20, 2011

What is the West? And Where Is It?

For some decades now there has been a debate over the alleged Western bias of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the multitude of activities that have emanated from it. The debate has typically focused on the priority of … Continue reading

Posted in Freedom, Secularism, The West, United States | 6 Comments
April 13, 2011

Guidelines for Gynecologists and Biblical Scholars

How can a gynecologist manage to have sex?  Presumably by resolutely switching from one mindset to another.  How can a New Testament scholar manage to be a Christian? Presumably by a similar exercise of mental compartmentalization. I don’t know whether … Continue reading

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April 6, 2011

La Santa Muerte

In The Christian Century of March 22, 2011, there is an interesting column by Philip Jenkins, the historian who more than anyone else has drawn our attention to the demographic shift of Christianity to the developing countries of Latin America, … Continue reading

Posted in Protestantism, South America, Supernatural | 3 Comments