America’s ‘Angriest’ Theologian Faces Lynching Tree

"Cone, who once called himself 'the angriest theologian in America,' is still angry. His book is not just a memoir of growing up in the Jim Crow era; it’s a blistering takedown of white churches, and one of America’s greatest theologians, Reinhold Niebuhr - a colossal figure often cited by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr."

Family, Friends and Politics, Not Theology, Shape Faith

Political scientists Robert Putnam of Harvard and David Campbell of Notre Dame, in "their new book, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us. . .argue that America is simultaneously religiously devout, diverse and tolerant, based on comprehensive surveys they conducted."

Think You're Operating on Free Will? Think Again

"In an intriguing review in the July 2 edition of the journal Science, published online Thursday, Ruud Custers and Henk Aarts of Utrecht University in the Netherlands lay out the mounting evidence of the power of what they term the 'unconscious will.'"

Some Presbyterians See Salvation in Non-Christian Faiths

Many PCUSA Presbyterians are open to salvation outside of faith in Jesus Christ. "The Presbyterian Panel's 'Religious and Demographic Profile of Presbyterians' found that 36% of members disagreed or strongly disagreed with the statement: 'Only followers of Jesus Christ can be saved.' Another 39%, or about two-fifths, agreed or strongly agreed with the statement."

The Justification Debate: A Primer

"Since Christianity Today's August 2007 cover story, "What Did Paul Really Mean?" Piper and Wright have taken the debate on justification from the academy to the masses. Here is where the two evangelicals differ."