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December 2012

December 23, 2012

Christmas Hope is Hard

by Peter GathjeR3 ContributorTo reflect on the slaughter of students and teachers at Sandy Hook...

December 23, 2012

Incarnation – Can Anything Good Come from a Crisis Pregnancy?

God in the flesh, Christ incarnate; we use these words as if we had the...

December 23, 2012

Did Paul Invent the Virgin Birth?

Christians regularly affirm that Jesus was "conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary." This...

December 22, 2012

Sandy Hook and Public Theology

by Carol Howard MerrittR3 Contributor*Originally posted at Tribal Church blogThe good thing about being a...

December 22, 2012

Which Islamists?: Religion and the Syrian Civil War

Syria has been the bloodiest chapter of the Arab Spring. It’s estimated that in November alone,...

December 22, 2012

President Obama Speaks at Newtown High School

December 18, 2012

Where Is God?

Check out R3 blogger Crystal St. Marie Lewis response to the Newtown tragedy as she discusses...

December 15, 2012

Welcome to R3: Carol Howard Merritt

Carol Howard Merritt has been a pastor for 13 years, serving growing Presbyterian Churches in the...

December 15, 2012

Americans Learned Little About the Mormon Faith, But Some Attitudes Have Softened

America’s “Mormon moment” is over, and public opinion appears to be little changed. Eight-in-ten Americans...

December 15, 2012

THE MEDIA, RELIGION AND THE 2012 CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT

A striking feature of the 2012 race for the White House - a contest that...

December 15, 2012

The Shooting Of Children And ‘God’s Plan’

by Edward BlumR3 ContributorChildren die. Sometimes peacefully at home, as my eight-month-old son did about...

December 14, 2012

The Kasandra Michelle Perkins and Jovan Belcher Tragedy: A Reader

On Saturday morning, December 1, 2012 around 8:00am, Kansas City Chiefs football player, Jovan Belcher...

December 12, 2012

EXISTENTIAL REALISM- I ROCK WITH JAKES AND CALVIN

by Brian Foulks R3 ContributorExperience has a strange way of bringing a person to the...

December 11, 2012

Four Changes Evangelicals Must Make

Just before the presidential election, I was invited to speak in Berlin at the annual meeting of...

December 11, 2012

The God Glut

Bob Kerrey’s political career spanned four years as the governor of Nebraska and another 12...

December 10, 2012

A Tyler Perry academic conference applies highbrow criticism to a lowbrow empire

Sometimes the secret purpose of academic conferences, roundtables, and symposia seems to be to make...

December 10, 2012

Great White Men, Again?: On Lincoln and Our Civil Religion

When you hear the soaring John Williams music telling you to feel, and what to feel, before the...

December 10, 2012

Trigger Happy: African Americans and the Problem With “Stand Your Ground” Laws

by Stacy Dandridge R3 ContributorThe recent killing of Jordan Davis, a 17-year-old African American male, has...

December 10, 2012

Pastoral Installation Services for R3 Contributor Earle Fisher

We are please to announce the pastoral installation services of R3 contributor Earle Fisher. If...

December 10, 2012

I’ll Never Dance with My Father”: Zoey Belcher’s Story of the Aftermath of Domestic Violence

by Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-ColasR3 ContributorIn the early morning hours of December 1, America learned that another young African...

December 10, 2012

A Thank You from The Utley Experience

A message from R3 Contributor Ebony A. Utley and the Utley ExperienceAs 2012 comes to...

December 08, 2012

In theology as in politics, conflict is not only real, it is necessary

The difference between the politics of the church and the real world of party politics...

December 08, 2012

The Cracks Beneath Obama’s Winning Coalition

Despite a flagging economy and energized opposition, President Obama assembled a winning coalition that delivered...

December 07, 2012

Election 2012 Post Mortem: White Evangelicals and Support for Romney

There was considerable speculation during the 2012 primaries about the strength of support for Mitt...

December 06, 2012

Religion and Politics: Election 2012 and Beyond

December 06, 2012

Obama Attracted Minority Christian, Less Religious Voters en Route to Second Term

The Public Religion Research Institute confirmed that the religiously unaffiliated and minority Christian vote largely...

December 05, 2012

The 10 worst things I was ever told about ‘Christian sex’

“Your body is a wrapped lollipop. When you have sex with a man, he unwraps...

December 05, 2012

America in the throes of a religious revival?

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December 05, 2012

Religion / not religion – a discourse analysis

In the study of indigenous religions, one of the issues a scholar faces is the...

December 04, 2012

Kneel-Ins and the Last Segregated Hour

Most Americans are familiar with the adage that 11 o'clock on Sunday morning is the...

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