Scott Benhase: Reality TV with Palin and Weiner
The lives of Palin and Weiner are just two more “reality shows” on the network of our lives. But human nature isn’t any worse now than it has been throughout history.
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Andrew Walls: An exciting period in Christian history
The rise of non-Western Christianity is part of the ebb and flow of the church, says the influential expert on the global movement.
Mark C. Taylor: Silos within silos within silos
In order to prepare students for the 21st century, institutions of higher education should be structured like webs, not like assembly lines, says the author of “Crisis on Campus.”
Howard Gardner: Doing good work
Increasing the incidence of good work in the United States has become the mission of the developer of the theory of multiple intelligences.
Joe Richman: Everything is about stories
There is no more important thing you can do than to get other people to tell you their stories, says the founder of Radio Diaries.
David Briggs: Is religion in America in decline?
Americans remain remarkably religious in both belief and practice. However, recent research shows that every indicator of traditional religiosity is either stable or declining -- with none on the rise -- suggesting that American religion has slowly but unmistakably declined in recent decades.
Erin Lane: Feminism is about men, too
And right now men may need to examine their own stake in gender equality.
The improbably successful King James Bible
Historian David C. Steinmetz looks back at how a committee of unlikely authors developed the King James Bible, which is the second most popular translation of the Bible in the U.S. 400 years after its introduction.
Cynthia Weems: Disappointment in March Madness and church
Maybe we get so disgusted with our sports heroes because they are just like us -- unable to live up to expectations.
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How Americans view God
Americans have vastly different conceptions of the role that God plays in their lives, Baylor University sociologists Paul Froese and Christopher Bader write in their book “America’s Four Gods.” But there is a powerful force for civility at the core of nearly all Americans’ faith life: love.