Paul Harvey My blog contributors John Fea, Gerardo Marti, and Michael Utzinger joined me last weekend at a really wonderful event, the 20th anniversary conference and celebration of the Lilly Fellows Program at Valparaiso University .
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Christianity and Scholarship in the Public Square, the Guild, and the Church
Paul Harvey Today’s Religion Dispatches features a few of my thoughts on the God in America series which premiered last week: ” The Brutality of the American Eden: From the Underside of the Millennium. ” As the post makes clear, I enjoyed and appreciated the series, but wanted to raise some questions about freedom and authority in American history: But I do want to ask what this series would look like if we also understand American religious history to be about coercion and authority? Most of God in America is about the white Protestant majority in American history.
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From the Underside of the Millennium: My Take on God in America
In recent debates between tea party endorsed Senate candidates and their Democratic opponents, faith has emerged as a campaign issue. Calling himself “a pro-life Christian” in opening remarks, Kentucky candidate Rand Paul said, “I’m disheartened that my opponent has chosen to attack my religious beliefs,” referring to Jack Conway’s campaign ad that questioned Paul’s beliefs on the Bible, faith-based initiatives and ‘Aqua Buddha.’ (For more on ‘Aqua Buddha’ click here.) In the Delaware…Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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Faith up for debate?
Paul Harvey Alright, ya’ll going to the American Academy of Religion meeting in Atlanta, time to make your plans for “The Future of Southern Religious History,” coming up the last morning of the conference, Monday morning, Nov. 1 in the Marriot Marquis in Atlanta.
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The Future of Southern Religious History
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will have an open house today and later this month for a new meetinghouse in Bulverde designed to accommodate its nearly 3,600 members north of San Antonio and in the Texas Hill Country.
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Open house set for new Mormon facility in Bulverde
Paul Harvey I’m working up a more coherent response to the God in America series, and hope to have that up soon. Over at Killling the Buddha , Nathan Schneider is live-blogging the series (last part is tonight), with Stephen Prothero (a major commentator on the series) and others joining in the fun, so check that out if you want to chat about the show while watching it.
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God in America Alongside the Myth of American Religous Freedom
I’ve been watching GOD IN AMERICA these past two nights and I have mixed feelings about the way it tells the story. I thought it was particularly good on the various revival periods and on painting with a very broad brush. There were way too many talking heads and not enough visuals, visions and stills.
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God in America and the Story of The Episcopal Church
Speaking to a meeting of Hasidic Jewish leaders on Sunday, New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino said, “I don’t want [children] to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option” to heterosexuality. Religious organizations and people frequently lead opposition to gay rights in the United States
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God and gays
By Michael Utzinger With all of the discussion of the midterm elections, I would like to rewind the clock to a bizarre little incident from the ghost of news cycles past.
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Psalm 109:8: Trivia or Conspiracy
To follow up on Paul Harvey’s earlier post about Thomas Kidd’s God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution , this weekend BookTV is airing a lecture Kidd delivered recently at Indiana Wesleyan University. (Incidentally, as Paul also posted , Indiana Wesleyan is hosting a conference organized by religion scholar Rusty Hawkins , Divided by Faith: A Decade Retrospective , next week.) Find additional information and show times of Kidd’s lecture here
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God of Liberty: BookTV