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Neff and Marty on torture and the church

Martin Marty's earlier "Sightings" column on the church's response to torture by U.S. intelligence-gathering forces brought a response from David Neff of Christianity Today. Read on:...


Martin Marty: `Soul-damaging effect' of approving torture remains

Religion scholar Martin Marty devotes his latest "Sightings" column to the controversy about using torture to combat terrorism. Keep reading below:...


Western Europe demographic picture not so clear cut after all

That's the subject of the latest "Sightings" column by religion scholar Martin Marty....


Martin Marty on the `decline of the culture wars'

Religion scholar Martin Marty riffs off a Frank Rich column in assessing how the economy has sidelined some of the culture war issues. Keep reading:...


Religion and economics during hard times

That's the subject of the latest "Sightings" column by religion scholar Martin Marty:...


Mainline Protestant pastors a varied bunch

Religion scholar Martin Marty devotes his latest "Sightings" column to a study of mainline Protestant pastors, who are are not as "of a feather" as some might think. Keep reading:...


Environmentalism at Wheaton College, the evangelical flagship

Renowned religion scholar Martin Marty devotes his latest "Sightings" column to a Wheaton College-related book about evangelicals and the environment. Keep reading:...


Marty: 'Good things are going on' in inter-religious relations

Religion scholar Martin Marty devotes his latest "Sightings" column to developments in "inter-religion." Keep reading:...


Martin Marty on Wall Street's woes

The renowned religion scholar invokes the Hebrew Scriptures and more in commenting on Wall Street in 2009. Keep reading:...


`Pope Benedict and the Jews'

That's the headline on the latest "Sightings" column by religion scholar Martin Marty. You'll find it below:...


Martin Marty on `Sex and Seminaries'

The renowned religion scholar has devoted his latest "Sightings" column to analysis of a report calling on seminaries to do more sex ed. Keep reading:...


Quote of the day

" ... the Lutheran vision is very nonutopian. There is not what Paul Tillich called a `metaphysic of progress.' We don't believe that behind the scenes of the human drama every day and every way the human race is getting...


Martin Marty on `the mimetic principle' and reactions to terrorism

Martin Marty, the religion scholar, devotes his latest "Sightings" column to `the mimetic principle' and how it affects discourse and more in regards to terrorism and Islam:...


Finland - land of secular religious studies

Religion scholar Martin Marty devotes his latest "Sightings" column to the state of religious studies in what may be Europe's most secular country. Read on:...


Marty: `Absolutists and the obsessed' give religion in politics a bad name

Religion scholar Martin Marty devotes his latest "Sightings" column to the extraordinary role of religion in this presidential campaign:...


Martin Marty on Father Hesburgh

Religion scholar Martin Marty has devoted his most recent "Sightings" column to Father Theodore Hesburgh, former president of the University of Notre Dame:...


Martin Marty on `Pulpit Freedom Sunday'

The renowned religion scholar Martin Marty has devoted his latest "Sightings" column to Pulpit Freedom Sunday. Keep reading:...


Martin Marty finds `self' at center of financial crisis

Renowned religion scholar Martin Marty will be speaking at King of Glory Lutheran Church (6411 LBJ Freeway, Dallas) on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008. He'll be in the pulpit at the 8:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 11 a.m. services, and...


`Subordinate but not submissive'

That's the headline on the latest "Sightings" column by religion scholar Martin Marty, who will be speaking at Dallas' King of Zion Lutheran Church on Sept. 28 and Sept. 29. Click here for info about his appearances at the...


Martin Marty laments retrenchment in religion reporting

Religion scholar Martin Marty has devoted his latest "Sightings" column to the shrinking of print journalism and the reduction of the number of print journalists, including those who cover religion. Keep reading:...

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