Founder porn: a fetishistic fascination with the behind-the-scenes, under-the-covers, shifting whimsy of a group of men who set down their best ideas--the ones they hoped would actually endure--in a few readily available public documents. Founder porn even sounds naughty....
Sharlet: I've been cruising the airwaves to promote my new book, The Family, talking with a lot of great radio hosts about what I call the avant-garde of American fundamentalism. Two of my favorite conversations occurred at the opposite ends
Under the heading of American mythology, our national religion: "No-Man's Land," a meditation in The Believer on gentrification and Little House on the Prairie, by Eula Biss.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has announced plans to mount an unprecedented mass walk of bishops and other faith leaders through central London during the forthcoming Lambeth Conference
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of Cape Town have spoken to Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, asking for help for churches in Zimbabwe as well as mediation and monitoring.
Amnesty International has challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements.
More than half the world's governments have agreed to ban the production, use, stockpiling and export of all existing cluster munitions. Meeting in Dublin, Ireland, representatives of 110 nations completed negotiations yesterday.
CANTON, Mass. — Dunkin' Donuts said Wednesday it stopped running an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that the celebrity chef wore in the ad offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism. The
We are Bryan and Caleb, and our mission is to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to all people. This ministry is based on 1 Corinthians 10:31, "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all
Amid a growing crackdown on religious freedom, Iranian police reportedly have been rounding up people they suspect have converted to Christianity. On May 11, police arrested eight people in the southern city of Shiraz, according to Carl Moeller, president of
Over the past decade, contracting for America's spy agencies has grown into a $50 billion industry that eats up seven of every 10 dollars spent by the U.S. government on its intelligence services. Today, unbeknownst to most Americans, agencies once
Wonderful Testimony to God's Providence" A well presented testimony of the Lord's Grace and Providence in the life of Achille Blaize when Satan and the world would have tried to distract him from the Savior. An encouraging word to hear.
Now that all the Sovereign Grace Ministries messages are free, I'm slowly feasting message-by-message in a long and delicious buffet of audio. Today I finally arrived at Dave Harvey's message from the SGM Leadership Conference this Spring at the time,
On Wednesday Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town, joined Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury in a telephone call to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to appeal for help over the disruption of church services and the beating of worshippers
The number of street children in Gaborone has compelled the Botswana Council of Churches (BCC) to propose programmes to help them become part of the society.
The state Office of Vital Records said it chose June 17 because the state Supreme Court has until the close of business on June 16 to decide whether to grant a stay of its May 15 ruling legalizing gay marriage.
Writing in the political magazine Standpoint, the Rt. Rev. Dr Michael Nazir-Ali quoted an academic who pointed to the failure of church leaders to prevent Christian values from being substantially eroded in society during the social and sexual revolution of
The federal suit filed Friday accuses the city of censorship for targeting the Scouts but maintaining free or nominal leases with other groups that limit membership, such as Baptist and Roman Catholic church groups and The Colonial Dames of America.
