Boldly professing the obvious since 2009
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has charted the income data of various religions in the USA, showing which religious traditions tend to be more affluent and which tend to be poorer (see the writeup in the NYT here). As you can see from the chart, Reform Jews come out on top, closely [...] Read more »
Here’s a collection of links about David Wilkerson, who was killed in a car accident yesterday. “David Wilkerson: ‘Influential’ Long before the ‘Time 100′” (USA Today) He founded the Time Square Church [sic], now a non-denominational megachurch of 8,000 members, back when this was a crossroads of iniquity, not a place where the Christian Cross [...] Read more »
Devastating news tonight, as I just received a text message from a good friend informing me that David Wilkerson died in a car accident this evening. His wife, Gwen, has been airlifted to the hospital in critical condition. Wilkerson’s ministry had a major impact on me and my family; it’s as though a member of [...] Read more »
John Hobbins has just posted a blog memorial to Abraham Joshua Heschel that’s well worth checking out, including links to Heschel’s famous NBC video interview two weeks before his death, profiles of Heschel, and other useful material. Heschel is one of the most influential scholars in my own work—I remain convinced that his two volume [...] Read more »
Frederick Schmidt’s article, “Is it Time to Write the Eulogy? The Future of Seminary Education,” observes a number of problems with the present state of seminary education and suggested some sweeping changes to how M.Div. degrees are handled both by the church and by divinity schools. In the quest for academic respectability, seminaries have not [...] Read more »