On Humility
Lisa Miller wrote a nice Newsweek column recently on the subject of humility—go here to read it. She noted the frequency with which political leaders, right after the recent election results came in, spoke about being “humbled”—either about winning or, in President Obama’s case, by the “shellacking” his party experienced. In exploring the role of […]
On How “We Hold These Truths”
I heard someone say recently, in connection with whether a Mormon could be president, that John Kennedy had faced similar opposition because...
Influential Books
I came across a piece recently where an American literature scholar went public with the admission that he hasn’t actually read Moby...
Same-sex Marriage and the Common Good
I get asked often about my views concerning same-sex marriage as a matter of public policy. The question is an important one, but for...
Saying Something Theological
When the well-known Christian ethicist James Gustafson gave the 1981 Ryerson Lectures at the University of Chicago, he chose as his title,...
Reflecting on the Pope’s Visit
I have been invited by The New York Times to write for their blog about the Pope’s visit to the United States....
The Devil in Haiti
The commentators are still letting Pat Robertson have it over his suggestion that somehow Haiti had the destruction coming because of that...
Marriage: the Public Debate
Well, the story about religious disagreements about same-sex marriage, published in last Friday's Los Angeles Times, got picked up by many other...
On Being “Creepy”
In a recent column published in the magazine The New Republic, Leon Wieseltier criticized President Obama for the kind of language the president uses...
Hymns as “Compacted Theology”
Recently we hosted a celebration at Fuller Seminary of the life and mission of the late David Allan Hubbard, who served as...
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