Last Saturday my eighth-grade son took the Catholic high school entrance exam as part of the process of applying to the three local Catholic high schools that he is interested in attending next year. He took five pencils with him, though they suggested he bring two. His best friend brought a Power B
Luke Timothy Johnson professor of New Testament in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University has contributed the volumes on James and 1 and 2 Timothy in the Anchor Bible Commentaries and on Luke and Acts in the Sacra Pagina series He has also published The Real Jesus 1996 Religious Ex
The Princeton University sociologist Robert Wuthnow is the dean of American sociologists of religion His innovative research and prolific writings have deeply informed both scholars and church administrators Over the years he has written ground-breaking studies on many subjects the restructuring
Anyone hungry for a heated discussion needs only raise the topic of criteria for ministry in the church today Before they know it they will be deluged with such complicated issues as lay ministry women rsquo s ordination celibate priesthood homosexual candidates to name but a few Such issues
The headlines seem to herald an imminent return to violence and mayhem. Leaders who have made compromises are denounced as traitors. Diehards insist on living up to their labels. The public fears a return to the terrible days of war. Outside observers warn of a threat to democracy.The Middle East? N
Boston Archdiocese Settles Abuse Cases for $85 MillionLess than six weeks after becoming head of the Archdiocese of Boston, Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley, O.F.M., has made the largest financial settlement in U.S. church history with hundreds of victims of sexual abuse by Boston priests. The sett