Monthly Archives: August 2011

August 31, 2011

Liberation Theology with Chopsticks

Peter Berger

Having been studying religion in all its magnificent diversity, I am now on every sort of mailing list—Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Eastern Christian Orthodox. I get print and electronic publications from all these sources, as well as from some others (including … Continue reading →

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August 24, 2011

Is the Only True Church in Milwaukee?

Peter Berger

In its issue of August 9, 2011, The Christian Century reported that Michele Bachmann, the Republican presidential candidate, had resigned from her church six days before launching her campaign. (This was also reported in some secular media.) The church in … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Lutheranism, Protestantism |
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August 17, 2011

Immortality and Hay Fever

Peter Berger

Moment is a journal on Jewish affairs, founded in 1975 by Elie Wiesel and currently edited, with great imagination and verve, by Nadine Epstein. In its issue of July-August 2011 it carries a cover story, with a shorter piece, on … Continue reading →

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August 10, 2011

Veils and Beards

Peter Berger

Leila Ahmed, who teaches at the Harvard Divinity School, is the author of a recently published book, A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America. She tells a very interesting story. Ahmed originally comes from a … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Modernity, United States |
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August 3, 2011

Christian Scientism

Peter Berger

The Texas State Board of Education has been a recurring locale of what is conventionally understood as the battle between science and religion. The agency has the power to decide which textbooks are to be used in Texas public schools. … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Evangelicalism, Secularism, Sociology, United States |
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