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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Rituals of Distraction: New Media and the Religious Brain
Kevin Healey In a recent post, S. Brent Plate raises important questions about the potentially stupefying effects of new media. While acknowledging the evidence presented in Nicholas Carr's The Shallows and elsewhere, Plate suggests that such research is only troubling … Continue reading
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Tea Party Policy: The Bible Doesn't Teach It
by Richard Flory Talk about a buzz-kill. It's barely 2011 and already some obscure Christian minister is predicting the end of the world, which is supposed to happen before we even get to the half-way mark of the new year! … Continue reading
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Copt Out: Slim Coverage of the Egypt Church Bombing
by John Adams The New Year's Eve bombing outside Saints Church in Alexandria, Egypt, unleashed a torrent of emotions in the Middle East and within the Coptic Christian community throughout the world. Within moments of the terrorist attack, the news … Continue reading
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Mormons Zig Left, Zag Right on Immigration
What happens when true believers see God on opposite sides of a controversial issue? According to the Los Angeles Times, they respectfully agree to disagree. But a growing Mormon rift on the fate of illegal immigrants may be pricklier than … Continue reading
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