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The American Church and Global AIDS over the Last Decade: An Untold Story

For generations, Christian people and institutions have provided a large share of all health care...

June 30, 2014

Daniel’s Story: Genesis of the US Government’s AIDS Relief in Africa

“But it’s Daniel,” shot back the intern. Sure enough, the dying patient was one of...

December 2013

December 15, 2013

The Good of Believing In God

Atheism might be in vogue, but it — for sure — hasn’t helped history as...

November 2013

November 12, 2013

An Open Letter to Justin Bieber

By Michelle Brock * Dear Justin, I recently met a Brazilian woman who used to...

August 2013

August 22, 2013

Out of Africa: Human Worth in the African Bush

By Galen Dalrymple One of the most distressing aspects of the part of Africa I...

August 09, 2013

No, Evangelicals Are Not United on Immigration Reform

The Rev. Michael Wilker -- who hosted 300 evangelical leaders at his Church of the...

August 08, 2013

Out of Africa: First Impressions

Editor's Note: From my sainted father, who recently returned from a long visit to Africa...

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July 18, 2013

Immigration Reform: Can the Bible Help Us?

I was recently invited by a friend at Sojourners to host some content from the Evangelical...

March 2013

March 13, 2013

If It Isn’t Costly, It’s Not Commitment – Tyler Wigg-Stevenson Interview, Part 2

It was my pleasure this week to interview Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, whose book, The World is Not...

March 13, 2013

Evangelical Support for Immigration Reform is Biblical, Not Political

Many thanks to Matthew Soerens, who specializes on immigration issues for World Relief, for reading the...

March 11, 2013

For Evangelicals, the Temptation of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Philosophical Fragments (join our new Facebook account to the right) has become a staging ground for...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

How the Beloved Community Can Heal Communities

Editor's Note: As I was traveling this week, I'm especially grateful for a few guest...

January 24, 2013

Surprise! Evangelical Efforts Against Sex-Trafficking are “Colonialist”!

Editor's Note: Erik Campano has been conducting a series of interviews for Patheos around the...

January 01, 2013

Is God Insane? Is War a Failure of the Church? An Interview with Nik Ripken

Nik Ripken's new book, The Insanity of God, due out New Year's Day (today), follows...

October 2012

October 09, 2012

Harvard’s Pastor: “It Does Not Matter if Christianity is True…”

Jonathan Walton has some giant shoes to fill.  The new Pusey Minister at Harvard's Memorial...

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