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Free theology
Via Per Crucem ad Lucem, the Scottish Journal of Theology has made a collection of “classic papers” available for free through the end of the year. See here. Pretty sweet for those of us who aren’t academics, but (strangely) have a taste for theology.
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In and out
Christopher has a post on universalism that pretty closely approximates my own view. In short: we believe salvation is through Christ, but we don’t know how far that salvation extends. We can hope–but not know–that it extends to everyone. One other point I’d add is that Christians usually presume we’re on the “inside,” and the…
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Smith: animal rights=idolatry
Wesley Smith is shocked and appalled (surprise!) by Humane Society president Wayne Pacelle’s recent column on Michael Vick’s efforts to rehabilitate himself. First, Pacelle: In a civil society, there must be accountability for grievous actions. But there also must be an embrace of people who are willing and ready to change – even in tough…
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Freedom’s just another word
In a Reason symposium on libertarianism and culture, Kerry Howley argues that libertarians should be concerned not just with minimizing government coercion, but with critiquing cultural barriers to human freedom. For instance, she points out that a woman trapped in a repressively patriarchal culture, or one that merely reinforces “traditional” gender roles, is hardly capable…
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The agri-empire strikes back
California beef producer Harris Ranch Beef Co. put the screws to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo when they found out Michael Pollan was scheduled to speak there, with the company chairman essentially threatening to withhold financial support in a letter to the university’s president. The result? Instead of a speech by Pollan, the university put…
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A very kinky book
The new book Superfreakonomics (sequel to the much-ballyhooed Freakonomics) hasn’t even been published yet, and it’s already receiving massive smack-downs for its highly misleading chapter on global warming. See Joseph Romm (here, here, and here) and Paul Krugman.
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Pardon our dust
Experimenting with a more minimalist look around here. I found a very minimalist WP theme I liked, but for some reason it didn’t allow block-quotes, which would make many of my posts downright confusing. This one-column theme is a compromise. Any thoughts? UPDATE: Decided to go back to the old tried-and-true format.
A Thinking Reed 