Category: Culture
-
In Consideration of the Religious Views of Politicians
Read more: In Consideration of the Religious Views of PoliticiansNormally I’m not one to jump into discussions about presidential candidates before an election year, as you’ve no doubt noticed based on the one article I’ve contributed to this site, which you may or may not have read. But as I was reading a recent article by Westminster California professor of apologetics and theology Michael…
-
Weekly Roundup
Read more: Weekly RoundupA collection of links worth checking out. Carl Trueman says reactionary ex-evangelicals should stop projecting their individual experiences onto a universal level. (JD) Michael Horton uncovers theological problems with Rick Perry’s and Michelle Bachmann’s respective views of government. (JD) Philip Leclerc has made a documentary exploring the methods and effectiveness of modern youth ministry. His conclusion is…
-
Playing Celebrity Christian Bingo with ‘US Weekly’
Read more: Playing Celebrity Christian Bingo with ‘US Weekly’Miley Cyrus, in an April 2009 interview for USA Today, called herself “an intense Christian.” That statement came about a year after her infamous Vanity Fair photo shoot in which the then-15-year-old pop star appeared topless, partially wrapped in a blanket, her exposed back to the camera. The Vanity Fair scandal was followed up with…
-
Technology and the Loss of Poiesis (Or, Discipleship in a Nihilistic World)
Read more: Technology and the Loss of Poiesis (Or, Discipleship in a Nihilistic World)I’ve recently been thumbing around in All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age (Free Press, 2011). It is a middlebrow book written by two eminent philosophy professors, Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly. It is essentially an interpretation of contemporary society inspired by the works of existentialist philosopher…