Tag: religion
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As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God
Times Online: As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa's biggest problem – the crushing passivity of the people's mindset. Before Christmas I returned, after 45 years, to the country that as a boy I knew as Nyasaland. Today it's Malawi, and The Times Christmas…
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Roving Defender of Evolution, and of Room for God
New York Times: Roving Defender of Evolution, and of Room for God For a university professor, Francisco J. Ayala spends a lot of time on the road. An evolutionary biologist and geneticist at the University of California, Irvine, he speaks often at universities, in churches, for social groups and elsewhere, usually in defense of the…
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Interviews with Mark Lange on Ending Poverty
Recently Josh Burek, Opinion Editor for the Christian Science Monitor, interviewed Mark Lange on ending poverty. Each is about two minutes. Very informative! Poverty: the big picture Capitalism's role in ending poverty Changing readers' minds Democracy's role in ending poverty Religion's role in ending poverty What action readers can take What makes him most worried…
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Religion and the Presidential Vote: A Tale of Two Gaps
Pew Forum: Religion and the Presidential Vote: A Tale of Two Gaps For the presidential candidates and the pundits who write about them, one concern in the 2008 campaign is the "religion gap" – shorthand for the religious differences between Republican and Democratic voters. An analysis of national exit polls from 2004 shows there is…
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Faith-based politics: An exchange. (Linn and Wallis)
Christian Century: Faith-based politics: An exchange On not mimicking the religious right by Jan G. Linn The day after Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama appeared at a June 4 candidates forum on faith and politics, sponsored by Sojourners/Call to Renewal and televised on CNN, Sojourners leader Jim Wallis wrote: "Last night, we made…
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In the Beginning (Religion and Evolution)
The Economist: In the Beginning (Religion and Evolution) The debate over creation and evolution, once most conspicuous in America, is fast going global. THE “Atlas of Creation” runs to 770 pages and is lavishly illustrated with photographs of fossils and living animals, interlaced with quotations from the Koran. Its author claims to prove not only…
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“Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach”
Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach is a recent book by Vern S. Poythress, professor of New Testament interpretation at Westminster Theological Seminary. I have not yet read this book, but over at Scot McKnight's Jesus Creed, a regular Jesus Creeder, who goes by RJS, did a fascinating three-part review. I have conversed a few times…
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Discussing Evolution with Care
Mouw's Musings: Discussing Evolution with Care …Not that I have no thoughts about that subject. When I was a teenager, Bernard Ramm’s A Christian View of Science and the Scripture was quite controversial in my part of the evangelical world. So I read it, and he convinced me that something in the neighborhood of “progressive…
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“Statistics and the validity of Christianity” Bradley Wright
Bradley Wright's Web Log: Statistics and the validity of Christianity. Interesting musings by sociologist Bradley Wright. (Although, as a big sociology fan, I realize interesting musings and sociologist is somewhat redundant. 🙂 ) How much, if at all, can statistics tell us about the validity of Christianity? I have some ideas, but I would be…