Flourishing: Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World, Miroslav Volf. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015. Summary: Volf argues that the twin globalizing forces of international economics and world religions, problematic as they may be, may also be the source of rich and holistic flourishing for the human community. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Flourishing, by Miroslav Volf
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Sharing the Gospel in India and America
Kami L. Rice concludes her guest series, Heading East, this week. Standing in an ancient Hindu temple that honors Vishnu—or perhaps it was a temple for one of the other Hindu gods, or maybe it was for one of Vishnu's avatars; it's hard to remember for sure because it's so very hard to keep Hinduism's less-than-codified beliefs straight—and watching people seek blessings from whichever god's statue it was that was open for business at that time of day, I felt an unexpected desire to wretch. The temple, … [Read more...] about Sharing the Gospel in India and America
What’s the Point of Christianity?
[Ed. note: Tom has a very busy week, so Mike is filling in with a second post.] Last Friday, the Chronicle Review published an article by Stephen T. Asma called "The New Atheists' Narrow Worldview" (subscription probably required). The title intrigued me greatly, though the article itself was not quite what I expected. Asma argues that the New Atheists (Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, et al.) focus too much on arguments against Christianity and fail to engage non-Western religions, especially animism. That's probably true. … [Read more...] about What’s the Point of Christianity?