United Methodists Maintain Traditional Stance on Sexuality
After a week of vitriolic debates and parliamentary wrangling, the United Methodist Church has concluded its quadrennial General Conference. In the lead story coming out of the meeting, delegates voted...
View ArticleTHE DAMNATION OF THERON WARE
I recently described the problem of finding useful novels that could be used to teach on American religion, and particularly evangelicalism. As I remarked, some books are wonderful as sources, but they...
View ArticleCREDULITY, SUPERSTITION, AND FANATICISM
I have posted several times on religious images in art and what they can tell us about ideas and debates in earlier eras. I think scholars often pay insufficient attention to the incredible resources...
View ArticleHillary Clinton’s Spiritual Stamina
As the reality of Hillary Clinton’s unexpected defeat sinks in, as pundits jockey to offer the definitive postmortem and journalists attempt to decipher what, precisely, an impending Trump presidency...
View ArticleShould the United Methodist Church Split over Same-Sex Marriage?
I am not a Methodist—well, not anymore. I grew up in the United Methodist Church (UMC), but have been a member of various other denominations since my college years. So the current debates within the...
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