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“Neural Buddhism” as religion’s future

14 Comments By Clint Rainey
May 14, 12:00 PM
In his column yesterday, The New York Times’s David Brooks, lately on a neuroanthropological kick, tackles the religious implications of modern neuroscience, saying its research portends disaster for orthodox believers—Christians, Jews, Muslims—although perhaps accommodating a generalized belief in some non-God supreme being. “This new wave of… More >>

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Burma vote draws criticism

2 CommentsBy Peter Jackson
May 12, 1:24 PM
As the Burmese constitutional vote rumbled on, ink and internet presses lit up with stories lambasting the polling schedule—everywhere but China. Myanmar held voting Saturday in all but the… More >>
 

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Fighting breaks out in Beirut

3 CommentsBy Anthony Randazzo
May 10, 11:25 AM
Fighting erupted in Beirut this week, pushing Lebanon to the brink of yet another civil war. Well over a dozen people have already been killed in clashes this… More >>

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On not raping the earth

20 Comments By Tony Woodlief
May 9, 12:00 PM
Recently I walked the back acres of our new land with some of my sons. We have a lot to… More >>

Pastor takes Christ out of Christianity

103 Comments By Clint Rainey
May 9, 10:30 AM
Controversy-laden Canadian pastor Gretta Vosper’s Christ-less Christian theology—in vogue now after the release of her new book espousing it—has met… More >>

Holding Myanmar accountable

21 Comments By Peter Jackson
May 8, 3:00 PM
How responsible is a government for the impact of a natural disaster? In the ever-widening aftermath of Cyclone Nargis… More >>
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Aid to Myanmar stalled

2 Comments By Peter Jackson
May 7, 12:25 PM
As the death toll in Myanmar surged to 50,000 today, international governments and aid organizations jumped at the opportunity to… More >>

Evidence and choice

91 Comments By Andrée Seu
May 5, 9:21 AM
“Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed” (John 20:6-9). If… More >>

Muslim movie tells Jesus’ story

83 Comments By Cherise Ryan
May 3, 3:35 PM
An Iran-made movie based on the Islamic version of the life of Jesus is stirring controversy among Christians for its… More >>

Arranged marriages go high-tech

11 Comments By Allie Cook
May 1, 3:00 PM
The practice of arranged marriages in Hindu culture may be old-fashioned, but instead of fizzling out with the advent of… More >>