Books
Tariq Ali’s ‘The Clash of Fundamentalisms’
In this timely and important book, Tariq Ali puts the events of September 11 into sweeping historical perspective. As we have come to expect from him, he is lucid, eloquent, literary, and painfully honest, as he dissects both Islamic and Western fundamentalism. The aerial attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, a global […]
Religion and Faith on Battlestar Galactica
Lords of Kobol, Hear My Prayer: Religion and Faith on Battlestar Galactica — Seth Perry The Sci-Fi Channel’s blockbuster show Battlestar Galactica has received heaps of praise from virtually all quarters. The show centers on the conflict in a faraway galaxy between humans and Cylons, a race of artificial, and often humanoid, beings first created […]
Truth: A Guide For The Perplexed
Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough I had not expected to review this book for a Christian website. It is authored by one of the best known contemporary philosophers, Simon Blackburn — originator of the Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. The subject of the book is epistemology — “How do we know?†Yet hardly has Blackburn got through […]
How We Know What We Know
(Rev Harry T Cook makes a lot of sense – http://www.harrytcook.com ) In my undergraduate days as a philosophy major, the area of inquiry stated in the title of this essay was dealt with in what was known as “epistemology†– studies of the theories of knowledge. All the way from Protagoras (ca. 490-420 BCE) […]
Religion in Modern Times (Bob Dylan)
Sightings 8/10/06 Religion in Modern Times — M. Cooper Harriss While it may not constitute as momentous a cultural event as it would have thirty years ago, Bob Dylan will release Modern Times, a new album of ten original songs, on August 29. Early reports and “leaked” online audio fragments indicate that Modern Times recalls […]
Urban Christianity And Global Order
URBAN CHRISTIANITY AND GLOBAL ORDER Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough This was not an easy book. It is densely written, and would require, ideally, a prior background in liberation theology. Without this, one may find oneself puzzling over unfamiliar terms and perspectives. However, it is to the credit of the author that he declares his basic […]
Movies and Values
BOX OFFICE TAKINGS PROVE MOVIEGOERS PREFER FILMS PORTRAYING FAITH AND VALUES Is sin no longer in? Sure, sex and violence still sell in mainstream media. Don’t get me wrong. But increasingly, people want to see more than just scantily clad women and loud explosions. They want to find religion. Following a box office slump in […]
Godless: The Church of Liberalism
Critiquing Coulter Sightings 6/30/06 Editor’s Note: Today’s issue of Sightings contains two articles, by Jerome Eric Copulsky and by Robert S. McElvaine,treating Ann Coulter’s best-selling book Godless: The Church of Liberalism. As always, the opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily those of the Martin Marty Center, the Divinity School, or the University of […]
Keeping Mum
Posted on 25/01/2006 Keeping Mum Rated M reviewed by Sarah Barnett Being a minister’s wife must be, I imagine, a difficult role. There are considerable expectations of what will be done and not done, ministry responsibilities and a sense in which one’s life is always under scrutiny. For Gloria Goodfellow (Kristen Scott Thomas) – the […]
Religion and Faith on Battlestar Galactica
Sightings 6/8/06 Lords of Kobol, Hear My Prayer: Religion and Faith on Battlestar Galactica — Seth Perry The Sci-Fi Channel’s blockbuster show Battlestar Galactica has received heaps of praise from virtually all quarters. The show centers on the conflict in a faraway galaxy between humans and Cylons, a race of artificial, and often humanoid, beings […]
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