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Why Evangelicals Forgive (Republican) Sex Scandals

By David Sessions On November 21, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Politics

Ahead of Saturday night’s GOP debate, a social-issues-focused forum hosted by two conservative Christian groups, one of the groups’ directors announced that Herman Cain would not be asked about allegations from four women that he sexually assaulted them. “Every person in every press outlet that I’m aware of [...]

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Believing and Occupying, Continued

By David Sessions On November 18, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Politics, Religion

In response to this expanded version of my post on radical hope, my friend Conor Williams lays out what he sees as the fundamental difference between Marxism and Christianity:

I’d differ from Sessions (and Terry Eagleton) on one point: while it’s true that both Marxists and Christians sustain themselves [...]

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There is a God

By David Sessions On November 10, 2011 · 9 Comments · In Politics

I think my initial assessment of Rick Perry as a radical theoconservative was off the mark. Or perhaps it wasn’t wrong so much as misfocused: Perry clearly believes all of the insane things he said at his infamous prayer rally, but the diligent work of other journalists has convinced me that tearing [...]

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Beyond biblicism

By Kenneth Sheppard On November 1, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Books, Evangelicals

In The Bible Made Impossible Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith makes an impassioned argument for a move beyond evangelical biblicism and theological liberalism. Biblicism is a package of beliefs and practices about the Bible which emphasize its “exclusive authority, infallibility, perspicuity, self-sufficiency, internal consistency, self-evident meaning, [...]

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