Talking “Peace on Earth”
In the Post again: Unfortunately, the rhetoric on display during Monday night’s presidential debate did not reveal a clear distinction between the foreign policy platforms of the
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People of the Book
Here is my latest piece in the Washington Post’s local On Faith site. Apparently, the piece, or part of it, will run on
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The Ethics of Leadership
Washington Post, 2012. My piece in the Washington Post’s On Faith Local site about the ethical tensions at work in the scandal engulfing
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Playfulness
A good friend is giving a talk on emotional health and sent out an email to people he knew to ask what emotional
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The loud clap of convenience
Though my house was spared from an extended power outage last week, I was struck by the hospitality that was shown in our
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Scorched Earth Policy
According to the piece by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite published yesterday on the Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog, the current weather-related disasters are fulfillments
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Disputation and Recourse
Good Friday Disputation His blood mixed with gravel cried out for vindication. But didn’t he say the rocks would sing even if his
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Sistine Chapel POV
The detail is worth the click thru.
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Peter Berger on the Reformed movement among Southern Baptists
Peter Berger, sociologist of religion and current director of Boston University’s Institute of Culture, Religion and World Affairs, takes note of the growing
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Intertextuality in Literature
How do we distinguish between intertextuality, allusion, and brute plagiarism? Or rather, would Shakespeare have survived turnitin.com? Of course, un-cited quotations are not new.
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