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I’m on the road conferencing this weekend, hangin’ with the Swedes at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. More precisely, giving a talk at
Dorothy Sayers is best remembered today as the author of fine detective fiction in the classic British mode. You can still buy her translation of
Memorial Day deserves a poem. Not the civil religious strains that once caught me at the altar rail at a small-town Episcopal church, receiving the
Charles Colson’s death last month prompted a chorus of praise from his evangelical supporters. Praise for his enduring conversion to Christianity. Praise for the change
MAY 2012: AS WE SEE IT by James Bratt Charles Colson’s death last month prompted a chorus of praise from his evangelical supporters. Praise for
I had the privilege of being invited to speak to the honors convocation at my college this year. Hope it’s of interest to a broader
A number of you sent appreciative notes on my last post, “The Geography of Faith,” which took a shot at the big picture of American
I teach broad surveys of religious history, so I have to pay a lot of attention to the frame and flow of the narrative. Unless
Cast up on the shores of survival after virtually non-stop teaching since the first week of January, I head off on spring break tomorrow. Going
