We live in a pluralistic world, with a plurality of ideas, philosophies, beliefs and religions. How are we to treat these various belief systems and…
HarperSanFrancisco, 2006. Available in Australia from Koorong Books. The most important person in human history is still the subject of countless discussions, books, conferences and…
Worldviews matter. The way one deals with the big questions about life (e.g., Why am I here? Is there a God? What is my purpose?)…
The recent passing of Jerry Falwell, the so-called founder of the Religious Right in America, raises a few issues that need to be addressed. Having…
If someone says they hate you and plan to kill you, it is wise to take them seriously. Unfortunately, because many did not do this…
All worldviews have to wrestle with the problem of evil. New Agers, secularists, atheists and theists all must come up with some sort of account…
At the heart of theology, as the term implies, is God. Theology is simply the study of God. So God should be the focus of…
When the Cold War was at its height, there was a corresponding ideological war taking place: a war of ideas. Those on the radical left…
March 25, 2007 marks a very important anniversary. Two hundred years ago the British Parliament voted to abolish slavery, and on that date the Abolition…
The twentieth century witnessed the onslaught of several totalitarian regimes, all of them atheistic or secular in nature. While things are a bit more quiet…
The atheist fundamentalists have been working overtime as of late. Not only did Jill Singer pen another zinger in the Herald Sun (January 8), but…
St. Martins Press, 2006. Lebanon used to be a bright spot in a very dark Middle East. It was a rare democracy with a Christian…
I have written before about the complex relationship between faith and political involvement. And I will do so again. Here I want to address one…
In these secular times, religion regularly gets a bad rap. And anti-Christian bigotry especially accelerates, with most of the world’s ills, from burnt toast to…
We live in an age in which threats to world peace and security constantly appear. Some threats are more ominous than others. Some rogue states…
Even though it is still early days yet, there have been hundreds of analyses and discussions about the Democratic swing in the recent US midterm…
While certain religions are growing in some parts of the world, they are in decline in other parts. But the decline of one religion is…
There is a lot of confused thinking about the concept of separation of church and state in particular, and the role of faith in public…
When Muslim leaders speak about freedom, they have a very different concept in mind than does the Western world. Freedom for a Muslim is complete…
There is a place for religious dialogue. There is a limited place for interfaith discussion. All religionists should be treated with respect, and religious freedom…