One More Week…
That’s right. One more week and The Golden Compass hits theaters, much to the chagrin of many Conservative Evangelicals. As you can tell,…
Let the Controversy Begin…
Given the changes that Chris Weitz is making to the adaptation of Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass, the religious controversy surrounding the film’s…
Nature AND Nuture
Any serious sports fan simply must be familiar with Michael Lewis, the author of two of the most influential contemporary sports books, Moneyball…
Christianity and the Social Crisis: Part 2
Here is my response to the second chapter of Christianity and the Social Crisis, “The Social Aims of Jesus,” and Tony Campolo‘s reactions…
Responses to Christianity and the Social Crisis: Part 1
Corbin Boekhaus, also a recent graduate of the Wake Forest University Divinity School, begins the Rauschenbusch discussion with a response to the first…
Responses to Christianity and the Social Crisis: An Introduction
Walter Rauschenbusch’s classic text, Christianity and the Social Crisis was recently re-released to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The new edition contains responses to…
$40 Million: Take Two
WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS POST UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE, $40 MILLION AND TWO MOVIES. It seems like the NFL…
$40 Million and Two Movies
Lately, I have been putting together a syllabus for a course I want to teach on sports and theology, religion, spirituality, ethics…. I…
The Definitive Guides
While Mark I. Pinsky’s religious dialogue with The Simpsons is certainly intriguing and Chris Turner’s Planet Simpson is an excellent example of how…