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The Samaritan and the Nittany Lions
The tragic events at Penn State have captured the nation’s attention. The question that is at the center of it all seems to be: “Did they do enough?” Did the then graduate assistant, Mike McQu... Read More
The Anxiety of Inerrancy
As a recent Baylor University study shows, it is one thing to say the Bible is inspired; it is quite another actually to read it. ... Read More
The Inclusion Imparative or, How I Came to Love Text
Inclusion of individuals with disabilities into the very fabric of our religious communities and congregations has been a passion of mine for many years. This stems in large part from the fact that I ... Read More
Education Under Fire
Article first published as Education Under Fire on Blogcritics. Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to education…Technical and professio... Read More
Choosing My Religion
There’s that metaphor of God as a mountain, and different religious traditions are just different paths up the mountain. For most of my life, I stood at the foot of this mountain, telling passersby ... Read More
Disability, Christian Theology, and the Proper Place of “Limit-ness”
Deborah Creamer proposes a theology of disability based on the concept that all people are "limited." When is this concept of "limit-ness" harmful to people with disabilities?... Read More
Love and Weight Loss
Weight. The very word is heavy, overweighted. Weight on my plate. Weight in my gut. Weight in my heart. Weight of the world. Heavy, heavy, heavy…it’s such a bad word. It’s something none of ... Read More
Joe Paterno is Not the Victim. Joe Paterno is the Perpetrator!
As it is reported, Coach Paterno was told, by a graduate assistant under his employ, that his Assistant Coach Sandusky was forcing sodomy upon a 10 year old boy in the shower. Coach Paterno referred... Read More
Online tools enriching the study of sacred text
This article was co-authored by Matthew L. Skinner. Picture this: an Iraqi reporter becomes interested in the work of a Jewish student in Israel after reading an article about Jewish-Muslim relations ... Read More