Today I think it is appropriate to offer my best-of-religious-newsmakers of 2010. We start with 10 and work our way down. 10. This past summer, the Southern Baptist Convention and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assemblies revealed that we truly live in a post-denominational era. In the midst of declining church attendance, both organizations formedContinue reading “Top newsmakers, personal and public, of 2010”
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The Texas Textbook Massacre
At the beginning of every high school history class I ever taught, I did a lesson on the goals of learning history. Some goals are obvious—to know our past, for instance; others are subtle, like the fact that learning history encourages critical thinking. This past week, the Texas Board of Education voted on a controversialContinue reading “The Texas Textbook Massacre”