Fifty years ago, Howard Johnson, a priest at the cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, visited the nascent Anglican Church in Nigeria. He was distressed at the the unnecessary “Britishness” of the Church…
“Being a Christian scholar is first and foremost about getting the facts right and it should not be about trying to make an historical figure match your religious and political views or agenda. Sloppy and misleading historical writing used for advancing an agenda harms the general reputation of Christians as scholars.”
Just in time for the election comes the film version of Mexico’s Cristero War, depicting brave rebels risking it all for religious freedom. Only problem with the story: it’s not really true.
An international conservative network met recently to discuss the “natural family”—a married man and woman engaged in procreative sex—and how they might codify their religious beliefs across the world.
Six years late and with little understanding of her intentions, the Vatican denounced Margaret A. Farley’s book on sexual ethics. Is the Vatican reining in scholars it finds threatening?
