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2010 Items |
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March 6 |
Why Conservative Christians So Often Fail the Common Good |
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February 25 |
A New Kind of Christianity: 10 Questions That Are Transforming the Faith |
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February 11 |
Lent - Why Bother? To Take Up the Cross (Christianity Today) |
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2009 Items |
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November 9 |
Why Fundamentalism Will Fail (Harvey Cox, Boston Globe) |
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October 7 |
Healthy Debate at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe (ESPN) |
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August 3 |
Far-Right Evangelicals And the Campaign Against Obama (Religious
Right) |
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August 2 |
Billboards a Blow to U.S. History (Brent Walker, Tampa Tribune) |
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July 30 |
Take Me to the River (Or Somewhere Nearby) (New York Times) |
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July 12 |
The Words of God do Not Justify Cruelty to Women (Jimmy Carter,
Guardian) |
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June 10 |
Give Me Those Old-Time Baptists (Louisville Courier-Journal) |
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May 29 |
Right or Wrong? The 'Baptist' Name (Baptist Standard) |
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May 18 |
Dan Brown's America (New York Times) |
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April 17 |
Red Faith, Blue Faith (Washington Post) |
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April 13 |
Predicting the End of Faith in America (History News Network) |
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March 30 |
Separating Church/State Our Heritage (Florida Times-Union) |
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March 25 |
Martin Marty on the 'Decline of the Culture Wars' |
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March 15 |
The Culture Warriors Get Laid Off (New York Times) |
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February 9 |
The Evolution of Fundamentalism (Washington Post: On Faith) |
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February 9 |
A Promising Start For Obama's Faith-Based Office (Christianity
Today) |
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2008 Items |
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| October 28 |
America Under President Obama: A View from the Christian Right (AJC) |
| October 1 |
The Young Evangelical Difference (Washington Post) |
| September 22 |
Palin Pick Challenges Norms in Evangelical Church (New West, MT) |
| September 15 |
The Palin Predicament (David Gushee, USA TODAY) |
| September 9 |
Palin Puts Baptist Men on the Spot (Robert Parham, Washington Post) |
| August 20 |
Separation of Church and State and Hiring (Brent Walker, BJC) |
| August 13 |
Separation of Church and State Applies to Spending of our Tax Dollars |
| July 24 |
Reason, Religion and the X-Files (News.com.au, Australia) |
| July 18 |
The Golden Rule and the Separation of Church and State (Michael
Helms) |
| July 15 |
Reclaim Noble Heritage (Gary Burton, Montgomery Advertiser, AL) |
| June 25 |
Two Streams of Baptists (Word & Way, MO) |
| June 24 |
How Can Southern Baptist Leaders Miss What is Wrong? (The
Tennessean) |
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2007 Items |
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December 19 |
Ann Coulter: Huckabee Like GOP Jimmy Carter (NewsMax) |
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December 17 |
Buzz for a Baptist (Christian Century) |
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December 7 |
The Crisis of Faith (New York Times) |
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November 22 |
How the Neocon-Christian Right Brought Down the House of Bush
(AlterNet) |
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October 19 |
Huckabee: From the Back of the Pack (David Brooks, New York Times) |
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October 8 |
A Nation of Christians is Not a Christian Nation (Jon Meacham, NY
Times) |
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Sept 19 |
Was Jesus a Segregationist? (Rob Marus) |
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August 14 |
What Happened to Southern Baptists? (LewRockwell.Com) |
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August 13 |
Christians, Hindus and the American Challenge (American Chronicle) |
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August 13 |
Pulling Rank on Religion (Washington Post) |
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August 8 |
The Church Should Define Marriage (John Fife, Tucson Citizen) |
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August 6 |
The Republicans' Divine Comedy (CBS News) |
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August 3 |
Texas Baptists Learn to Live at Peace (Marv Knox, Baptist Standard) |
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August 2 |
Faith-Based Initiatives Backfire (Christian Science Monitor) |
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July 18 |
One Nation, Under God? (Beverly Tan, Huffington Post) |
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June 22 |
Political Shift for Southern Baptists (James Evans, Anniston Star) |
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April 28 |
An Emerging Christianity is Reshaping Faith (James Evans, Decatur
Daily, AL) |
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April 9 |
Having Faith in Women (USA Today) |
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March 28 |
Christians Revisit Holocaust History for a Very Good Reason (Jim
Jones) |
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March 28 |
Christian 'Science:' Christian Right's Trojan Horse (Chris Hedges) |
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March 16 |
Christians Who Won't To the Line (E. J. Dionne Jr.) |
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March 13 |
The Maturing Christian Right Voter (Cal Thomas) |
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March 7 |
Real Threat to Christianity Drags on in Iraq (Des Moines Register) |
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March 1 |
The Holy War Room (Portland Mercury) |
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February 26 |
The Christian Right's Dream Candidate (MSNBC) |
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February 23 |
For Next Generation of Christian Activists, Evangelism Is Not Enough
(ABP) |
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February 20 |
Religious Environmentalism: Some Good News for a Change (Cayman
Islands) |
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February 13 |
Environmental Care: An Opportunity for Muslim-Evangelical Cooperation |
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February 1 |
Christian Fascism: The Jesus Gestapo of St. Orwell (The People's
Voice) |
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January 27 |
Stepping Outside the "Southern Baptist" Umbrella (Jim Evans) |
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January 19 |
The Radical Christian Right is Built on Suburban Despair (Alternet) |
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January 16 |
Evangelicals Behaving Badly With Statistics (Christianity Today) |
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January 5 |
Have Baptists Watered Down Their Objections to Alcohol (Baptist
Standard) |
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2006 Items |
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| December 24 |
The Real 'War on Christians' (First Amendment Center) |
| December 5 |
Message From a Megachurch (Washington Post) |
| December 2 |
The Real Losers in the Obama-Warren Controversy (TIME) |
| December 2 |
Fickle Teens Dump Evangelical Lifestyle (American Politics Journal) |
| November 20 |
Will Gay Unfriendly Southern Baptists Expel King James? (OpEdNews) |
| November 18 |
Christian Right Sold it's Soul for Influence (Winston-Salem Journal) |
| November 17 |
Conservative Christian Quandry (Cal Thomas, Washington Times) |
| November 16 |
Putting Faith Before Politics (New York Times) |
| October 29 |
Is Religious Right Looking Left? (Jim Wallas, Chicago Tribune) |
| October 15 |
Right vs. Right (New York Post) |
| October 14 |
Backward, Christian Soldier - You're In the Crossfire (Telegraph,
UK) |
| October 2 |
Christian Voter Guides May Not Have Divine Inspiration (Decatur
Daily, AL) |
| September 18 |
A Christian View of War (Oliver Buzz Thomas, USA Today) |
| September 15 |
Can Baptists Save the World? (Jim Evans, Anniston Star) |
| September 8 |
A Strong Voice for Separation (Ed Corson, Macon Telegraph) |
| July 5 |
A Peach of a Scandal in Georgia (Garrison Keillor, Chicago Tribune) |
| June 6 |
Christians Must Do More to Combat AIDS, Comfort Victims (Kay Warren) |
| April 23 |
A Time for Heresy (Bill Moyers) |
| April 9 |
DeLay Inc. Systematized Exchanger of Favors (Seattle Post
Intelligencer) |
| April 5 |
Theocracy, Freedom Cannot Co-exist (Charles C. Haynes, Statesman
Journal) |
| April 3 |
Baptists' Facade of Unity is Cracking (The Ledger, FL) |
| March 26 |
A War on Christians? No (USA Today) |
| March 17 |
When Would Jesus Bolt? (Washington Monthly) |
| February 20 |
In Response to Al Mohler on Singleness and Childlessness (Bruce
Gourley) |
| February 6 |
Southern Baptists Can Do Better (Stephen Fox) |
| February 3 |
Jesus Christ Superstore: The Church's Big Spiritual Crisis (The
Voice, UK) |
| January 27 |
The Picture of Poverty in Alabama (James Evan, Anniston Star) |
| January 26 |
Huckabee Moderate? Wrong Again (Arkansas News Bureau) |
| January 20 |
aIran Leader's 'End Time' a True Threat (Albany Times Union) |
| January 13 |
Christians Are Not a Persecuted Minority (James Evans, Decatur
Daily) |
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2005 Items |
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| December 24 |
Secret of Nyamirambo (Christian Century) |
| December 19 |
President Not Above the Law (Renew America) |
| November 29 |
Trip to Plains, Ga., Sheds Light on Jimmy Carter (LimaOhio) |
| October 18 |
A Long Goodbye for a Great College President (Macon Telegraph) |
| October 16 |
Bush's Flim-Flam on Faith (Boston Globe) |
| October 11 |
Miers Pick Drags Religion Into Politics (News-Leader, MO) |
| October 10 |
Emerging Churches Give Christians New Ways to Worship (New-Leader,
MO) |
| September 13 |
God's Reasoning for Hurricane Katrina Too Complex
(Chicago Sun Times) |
| September 3 |
Baptist Leader's Divisive 1980 Remark Helped Launch ...
(Dallas Morn. News) |
| September 1 |
Church-State Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominee Roberts
(BJCRL) |
| August 25 |
WWJA: Who Would Jesus Assassinate? (Town Hall, DC) |
| August 12 |
Mixing Church With Partisanship (Louisville Courier-Journal) |
| August 8 |
Black Men Need More than Bling Bling Gospel (Charlotte Observer) |
| July 23 |
Trying to Find Place for Jesus in the Church (Jim Evans, Decatur
Daily, AL) |
| July 23 |
Clint Rainey: Mega Burnout (Dallas Morning News*) |
| July 22 |
Fundamentalists of All Stripes Harm Free Societies (The Day, CT) |
| July 21 |
Where are all the Southern Baptist Church Members? (Florida Baptist
Witness) |
| July 10 |
Pushing Civil Religion in a Most Uncivil Manner (Fort Worth
Star-Telegram) |
| July 6 |
What Do We Do Now? (World Net Daily) |
| July 5 |
The Heterosexual Revolution (New York Times*) |
| July 5 |
The Coming 'Holy War' (Philadelphia Daily News) |
| July 3 |
Believers, Save the Republic! (Washington Post) |
| June 28 |
Hang Six: A Biblically Correct Solution to the Ten Commandments (BeliefNet) |
| June 25 |
Worship as Higher Politics (Christianity Today) |
| June 25 |
Baptists Still Gay-Bashing (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer) |
| June 23 |
A Report from the SBC (Dallas Morning News) |
| June 17 |
Onward, Moderate Christian Soldiers (New York Times*) |
| June 16 |
Conservative Tune Changes with Power (Atlanta Journal-Constitution*) |
| June 11 |
S. Baptists Established Base, Gave Rise to 'Religious Right'
(The Tennessean) |
| June 7 |
Life, Liquor, Old-Time Religion Shaped Appalachia (The Mountain
Press, TN) |
| May 16 |
Christianity is Broad Enough to Include Democrats? (San Jose Mercury
News) |
| May 15 |
Faith Should Not Take Side in Politics (Jim Evans, Mobile Register) |
| May 12 |
Neither Party Owns the Rights to Christianity (Leonard Pitts, Jr.) |
| May 7 |
The Role of Religion in the Deep South (BBC News) |
| May 6 |
Religious Divide in Politics Grows Venomous (Richard N. Ostling) |
| May 4 |
Who Are These 'People of Faith'? (Fort Wayne News Sentinel) |
| April 29 |
Rally Contradicts Baptist Heritage (Baptist Standard) |
| April 27 |
Right-Wing Vision for America Anything But Conservative (Pasadena
Star-News) |
| April 26 |
Faith-Based Courts (Louisville Courier-Journal) |
| April 26 |
Exploiting Faith for Power (Wilmington Star, NC) |
| April 23 |
National Trauma, Church Drama: The Cultural Politics of Christian Fear
(by Ethan Blue) |
| April 23 |
Ideals of Jefferson, Madison are Fading (The Argus, CA) |
| April 21 |
A Tale of Two Churches (Louisville Courier-Journal) |
| April 20 |
Deliver Us From Hundred Percenters (by Dennis Wilken, ZWire) |
| April 11 |
WorldCom CEO Attended Bap. College in MS
(St. Paul Pioneer Press) |
| April 11 |
Revelation Meets Ad Revenues - Guess Who Wins (Fort Wayne New, IN) |
| April 6 |
The Man in White Garments (James Leo Garrett, Jr., Dallas Morning
News*) |
| April 4 |
Religious Extremists Put Their Own 'Activist Judges' on Bench
(Cynthia Tucker) |
| March 19 |
Praying in Jesus' Name a Ritual Misunderstood (Jim Evans,
Decatur Daily) |
| March 9 |
Persecution of Christians Real, Not Here (Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC) |
| March 6 |
Monuments to God or History? (Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe) |
| February 12 |
God and Evolution (New York Times) |
| February 11 |
Consider Track Record of Social Gospel (Jim Evans, Montgomery
Advertiser) |
| January 31 |
An Indian Woman's Brush with Christian Evangelists (Pacific News
Service) |
| January 30 |
A Time for Traveling Light (Jack Brymer, Anniston Star, AL) |
| January 29 |
Get Moore Jesus in the Statehouse? (Jim Evans, Decatur Daily, AL) |
| January 28 |
Why are Christians Living Like the Rest of the World? (EMedia Wire) |
| January 26 |
Meeting on Islam, Christianity Points Need for Discussion
(Fort Wayne News) |
| January 22 |
U.S. "Holy Wars" Puzzle Our Neighbors to the North (Indianapolis
Star) |
| January 13 |
Politics and "Acts of God" (Suzanne Fields, Washington Times) |
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2004 Items |
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| December 30 |
Concerns, Challenges for Contemporary Baptists (Religioscope,
Switzerland) |
| December 26 |
For Alabamians, Advent a Season of Hope (Wayne Flynt, Decatur
Daily, AL) |
| December 24 |
Holiday Hymn Expresses Hope for Broken World (Jim Evans, AL) |
| December 24 |
The Perfect Time to Talk About Moral Values (Seattle Times) |
| December 3 |
Abstinence-Only Programs: Dishonest and Ineffective (Tallahassee
Democrat) |
| November 29 |
60's Morality is Winning (Leonard Steinhorn, Salon.Com) |
| November 16 |
Religion Isn't a Political Strategy (Sun Herald, MS) |
| November 14 |
The Pharisees Line Up to Cast Stones at Gay Partners (St.
Petersburg Times) |
| November 12 |
San Antonio Provides Historic Stage for Texas Baptists (Baptist
Standard) |
| November 9 |
Where is the Christian Left? (Fort Worth Star Telegram) |
| October 20 |
Religion, Fashion Often at Odds (Richard N. Ostling, Cincinnati
Enquirer) |
| October 19 |
As God is His Witness: Bush No Devout Evangelical (The American
Prospect) |
| October 18 |
Despite Differences, White & Black Evangelicals Hope
(Dallas Morning News) |
| October 16 |
Of God and Greenbacks (Guardian, UK) |
| October 13 |
Babylon a Go-Go (Matt Taibbi, AlterNet) |
| September 27 |
Billy Graham Keeps Rolling Along (Fort Wayne News Sentinel) |
| September 11 |
When it Comes to Faith, Bush an Open Book (Dallas Morning News) |
| September 6 |
The Big Tent of Religion (Gustav Niebuhr, Boston Globe) |
| August 17 |
Take a Stand ... In Front of a Church That Will Not (Al-Jazeerah) |
| August 11 |
Is Singleness a Sin? (Camerin Courtney, Christianity Today) |
| August 6 |
Too Many Methodists? Presidential Politics and Religion (Fort Wayne
News) |
| August 4 |
George Bush's Religious Crusade Against Democracy (Dissident Voice) |