Editor’s note: The following is adapted from a lecture delivered at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in…
Can We, Will We Redeem the Vampire?
Dracula (1897) In 1897 Bram Stoker published a book that drew upon numerous ancient myths from a variety of people groups that spoke of…
Wings Not Walls
Bulwarks of safety Walls have been in the news. At various places along America’s southern border the U.S. government is erecting a border fence…
Postville I: Undocumented Workers, Immigration & Justice.
Community / Faith / Pluralistic World
Everything changed for Postville on a morning in May. At 10 a.m., immigration agents descended en masse upon the tiny Iowa town. They arrived…
Questions for Lost People
Pluralistic World / Safe Place
I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon…
Engaging New Atheists (2): Three Consolations on Reading Dawkins
Discernment / Faith / Pluralistic World
Editor’s introduction When the New Atheists began producing books that quickly became bestsellers, I was interested to listen to what they were saying. I…
Questions from an Athiest
Faith / Pluralistic World / Spirituality
One of the selections Christopher Hitchens includes in his The Portable Atheist is from A Farewell to God by Charles Templeton. In it, Templeton…
Material Boy: On Artifacts, Discernment, and Elites
Community / Discernment / Pluralistic World
Andy Crouch’s Culture Making, is an important book written by an insightful writer. It warrants wide discussion. It is also strangely troubling. Perhaps this…
Overfed but Undernourished: Reality Television
In many ways, Reality TV may be the best example of many characteristics of television in the future.” ~Herb Terry (associate professor of communications…
Reflecting Theologically on Popular Culture as Meaningful: The Role of Sin, Grace, and General Revelation
In the recent comedy Nurse Betty, Renee Zellweger plays Betty Sizemore, a waitress at a diner in a small town in Kansas. Betty is…