Religion

Minnesota Legislature Targets Religious Higher Education 5
- Religion
- March 10, 2023
Since 1985, the Minnesota government has funded thousands of sophomore, junior, and senior high school students who are enrolled in postsecondary courses. Given the current legislation in the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act (PSEO Act), high schoolers can enroll in college classes from a variety of eligible institutions without paying out of pocket, allowing them to
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The Egotism of Withdrawal From Church and Community 8
- Religion
- March 9, 2023
The other day, a friend of mine brought an interesting Barna poll to my attention. Conducted in 2022, it explored the state of the American church before, after, and during the COVID pandemic. When it comes to faith, religion, and church these days, there seems to be only bad news. Religious “nones” are on the rise, we’re
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The Asbury Revival, Emotionalism, and Group Psychology 6
- Religion
- February 27, 2023
After one chapel service at a small religious university in Kentucky, some students did not leave. They stayed and continued to pray and worship for hours. As word spread, by the next day, hundreds of students were participating. And by the end of this second day, students from other universities had arrived to join in.
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The Death and Resurrection of Bilbo Baggins 1
- Literature, Religion
- February 16, 2023
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit…. The opening sentence of The Hobbit is one of the most famous first sentences in all of literature. Simple and short, like its subject, it ignites the imagination the moment we read it. What on earth, and in its comfortable hole in the earth, is a hobbit?
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FBI Targets Traditional Catholics 4
- Religion
- February 14, 2023
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently disavowed a report from its Richmond field office which attempted to link traditional Catholicism to so-called white supremacy. FBI headquarters provided the following statement to The Washington Examiner on Thursday: While our standard practice is to not comment on specific intelligence products, this particular field office product — disseminated
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The Cost of Intellectualism 7
- Education, Religion
- February 13, 2023
After a full semester of furiously studying philosophy, obsessing over essays, and panically preparing for my part in my university’s theology conference, I happened to pick up Thomas à Kempis’ devotional book, The Imitation of Christ. The experience was a substantive one in many ways—I learned more about what à Kempis thought, encountered his analytical
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