Relating to Society & Culture
A friend of ours, Joel Garver, has a chapter in a fascinating book in Blackwell's Philosophy and Pop Culture series entitled The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for ...
The following is an interesting newsletter from the Progressive Center that I thought worth relaying here:
They came seeking coffee and conversation. They left with sense of camaraderie and maybe a new friend or two. On Saturday, March 27th, the Central Dallas chapter of the Coffee Party came to the Progressive Center for their second meeting. As a good host, I was ...
It's interesting to me that in the relatively minute history of the United States, concern over states rights seems to be invoked at times when the Federal Government is insisting that states take care of their disenfranchised citizens.The suit argues that the legislation's mandate that individuals purchase health insurance exceeds the federal government's power to regulate interstate commerce under the ...
This book looks interesting...
"Liberating Black Theology" book promo from Joseph D. Martinez on ...
Forsaking the status quo (aka, the old life)Malcolm had a radical conversion experience while in prison. His conversion certainly involved turning from an immoral path to a moral one; however, I would make the case that more fundamental aspect of this experience was the distillation of identity.For Malcolm being a Muslim was who he became. It was not a mere ...
Christians believe that not all that is present and even dominant in our world and culture was created or intended by the Creator. The Bible records that God created humanity as his image to proliferate his likeness and to do so in fellowship with him. Science has underscored that the genetic variation between one race and another is the same ...
Beverly Daniel Tatum engages in a conversation that myself and a good friend of mine, Russ Whitfield, have begun ourselves. Ethnically, I am Anglo-Saxon; my friend, who is bi-racial, is ethnically both Anglo-Saxon and African-American. Over the next weeks we'll be reading this book together, discussing it, and reflecting on it online here starting today, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, ...
Mark TraphagenConn-versationsHere's what I would like to discuss with my fellow Conn-versation bloggers and all you gentle readers. Not why or why not Obama or McCain is the best candidate, but the far more interesting (to me, anyway) question of can one be a true Evangelical in all the usual earmarks (Deity of Christ, salvation by faith in him alone, ...
Whether your voting for Barack Obama or not, the fact that America is at a place where she can nominate a Black man for presidential candidacy seems to indicate the sort of progress by which all Americans can be encouraged."What you see happening here tonight is the down payment of the fulfillment of dream of Martin Luther King," he said. ...
Xavier Picketa thought provoking reviewExperiencing the Truth: Bringing the Reformation to the African-American ...
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration has launched a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, sending U.S. commandos to spy on the country's nuclear facilities and undermine the Islamic republic's government, journalist Seymour Hersh said Sunday. ... [It is reported that] Congress has authorized up to $400 million to fund the secret campaign, ...
President Bush and Vice President Dick ...
To follow up on the post I wrote this morning on the Supreme Court decision to strike down the death penalty conviction against a father who raped his 8 year old daughter, I thought it was encouraging to see Barack Obama making public statements against the decision ...
The New York Times reported today that those convicted of raping children may no longer be executed for their crime. I am generally not very excited about the death penalty as a form of punishment; however, the reasons given in this article made my stomach turn.WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a law that allows the ...
