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WikiLeaks and the Sacrality of American National Security
This post originally appeared at Religion Nerd. It seems like everyday a new story emerges from the hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks. In the wake of Cablegate,... Read More
“Religion as a Force of Peace”: Guest Post By Dr. William F. Vendley
The contemporary Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, has developed a compositional system that—reduced to its sparest minimum—consists of the dynamic interplay of two musical lines in a field of silen... Read More
On the Need for a Dialogue that Endures Difference and the Conflict between Presbyterians and the State of Israel
This week, SoF contributors were asked to consider responding to an article entitled, “Presbyterians Against Israel” posted last week by Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper in the Wall Street Journ... Read More
Mary – Don’t Leave Me for the Silent Land!
I have a traumatised hand! The doctor says the swelling is due to grief and trauma. No infection so no anti-biotics. Good grief, what a relief. Just a rather theatrical hand. How dramatic. In the past... Read More
Santa Theology: A Lutheran view on Naughty and Nice
Spoiler alert… if your kid is old enough to read and believes in Santa Claus, close down this window and open again in a safe place. We put up our Christmas tree on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. ... Read More
Freedom Isn’t Free
Do we have free will? The question is more than just an exercise in navel gazing. We inhabit a world full of coercive force. Are we free to step outside of the cycle of hedonism and domination? ... Read More
Drinking the Dregs: Tepid Thoughts on Indecision
Sometimes I loathe how much my actions are based on the temperature gauge—my activism blanketed in a liminal state of dissipating warmth.... Read More
Does Stephen Prothero read SoF?
This post recommends and responds to a recent blog post by Stephen Prothero on CNN's Belief Blog.... Read More
The Ministry of God is Love
On Palm Sunday 2007, my life changed in a way that I am still striving to understand. That Sunday I delivered my first sermon at the Protestant Worship Service at Syracuse University. After service ... Read More