This reminds me of some articles I read back in school about epistemology. The mouseover text on this one is particularly illuminating.

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I feel as if I learn more from this blog (GetReligion) than almost any other source. Fascinating details.

Media coverage of Roe at 40

As the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision takes place on Tuesday, a majority of Americans – for the first time – believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, accordin… 

I have often been mystified at the way Christianity is portrayed in the media. It’s almost as though those who write the scripts/report the news/craft the essays don’t actually know any serious Christians.

Who Owns “Evangelicalism” in America?Who Owns “Evangelicalism” in America?

A little while ago, I had written two pieces (here and here) making the case for defining evangelicalism according to its theological distin 

This is sad news. 

African Nations Surge Up Ranks of World’s Worst Persecutors: Mali, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Niger make debuts on Open Doors’s 2013 World Watch List.

At Christianity Today, we’re constantly tracking important developments in the church and the world. Often we use our network of reporters around the world (and for that, visit our main site). But we … 

This chart is very simple but I think it captures something that eludes many Christians.

What Can and Cannot Change in Our Relationship with God

Bryan Chapell and John Owen help us to see the difference between unilateral, unchanging union with God and the dynamic response of communion with him.Bryan Chapell and John Owen help us to see the di… 

This would never have occurred to me, although I wonder if someone who is a vegetarian for ethical reasons would value the life of a mouse less than the life of a cow.

How brutal is vegetarianism to animals?

Here is one take on the matter, from Mike Archer, controversial to be sure, and in some ways under-argued, but offering some points to ponder: … the largest and best-researched loss of sentie…