“I love Mormonism. It’s so young and American!” That’s how the writers of the new hit Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon, explained to Jon Stewart on the Daily Show as to why they decided to write a musical about Mormonism when they are, well, not Mormon. I should make two things clear before we …
Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past couple of months (and after reading this blog, some of you will wish you had), someone has likely told you about the most recent evangelical publishing phenomenon: Heaven Is for Real. Authored by Todd Burpo, a pastor from Nebraska, and professional nonfiction writer Lynn …
Even diehard Apple aficionados had to admit recently that the frenzy over iPads had gone too far when a 17 year-old in China sold his kidney on the black market to buy the coveted device. According to People’s Daily Online, Xiao Zheng, who lives in the southern province of Guangdong, received the equivalent of $3,300 …
Renowned throughout the world as an evangelical leader, preacher, and author, John Stott is the founder of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. Fueled by a desire to see God’s people live for God’s glory in God’s world, Stott has endeavored to equip Christians to understand social issues from a biblical vantage point. In the …
As a philosopher, I find it a little embarrassing that the only two direct Bible references to my discipline are sort of negative. First, there’s Colossians 2:8: “Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based …
Louis Menand is a distinguished professor of English, whose book, The Metaphysical Club won him a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. As a seasoned, thoughtful, and increasingly vocal public intellectual, he is worth listening to. In today’s The New Yorker, Louis Menand offers an extended review essay on what amounts to the devolution of liberal arts …