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Monday, September 20, 2010

Thinking in Public

The Meaning of Yoga: A Conversation with Stephanie Syman and Doug Groothuis

Podcast Transcript

Monday, September 13, 2010

The Briefing

Spirituality and Science
Christians on the West Bank
Asking About Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
The French Face Another Invasion
And Fort Worth Gets a Hotel for Dogs

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Thinking in Public

The Spiritual State of the Emerging Generation: A Conversation with Christian Smith

As the period of emerging adulthood grows longer, young people are becoming more alienated spiritually. Notre Dame Professor Christian Smith has done extensive research on the spiritual state of the emerging generation. His research has led him to label the emerging generation’s religion, “Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.” On the inaugural program of “Thinking in Public,” Dr….

Is the Megachurch the New Liberalism?

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

The emergence of the megachurch as a model of metropolitan ministry is one of the defining marks of evangelical Christianity in the United States. Megachurches — huge congregations that attract thousands of worshipers — arrived on the scene in the 1970s and quickly became engines of ministry development and energy.

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The Santorum Predicament: A Sign of the Times

Monday, February 27, 2012

Former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan had it just right — someone had better read Rick Santorum his Miranda rights. In the big leagues of national politics, she warns, “Everything you’ve said can and will be used against you.”

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“Abortion is as American as Apple Pie” — The Culture of Death Finds a Voice

Friday, January 20, 2012

Abortion is now one of America’s most common surgical procedures performed on adults. As many as one out of three women will have at least one abortion. In some American neighborhoods, the number of abortions far exceeds the number of live births.

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Learning from Christopher Hitchens: Lessons Evangelicals Must Not Miss

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The death of Christopher Hitchens on December 15 was not unexpected, and that seemed only to add to the tragedy. His fight against cancer had been lived, like almost every other aspect of his colorful life, in full public view. He had told numerous interviewers that he wanted to die in an active, not a passive sense. Then again, there may never have been a truly passive moment in Christopher Hitchens’ life.

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