A movement known as “radical orthodoxy,” is gaining prominence in the theological community, and has also been strongly affected by the growth of postmodernism in the secular culture. First Things magazine (February) reports that radical orthodoxy is led by a group of Anglican and Roman Catholic thinkers from Cambridge University in response to postmodernist concepts that […]

Is postmodern thought undermining the very identity of evangelical colleges? That is the question posed by Charlotte Allen in Lingua Franca magazine (December/ January). The influence of postmodern philosophy has emerged on several campuses and in the works of evangelical publishers such as InterVarsity Press. In the attempt to understand and appropriate the highly influential intellectual movement […]

Afghanistan and Pakistan may be the next major arenas of prolonged conflict due to new outcroppings of Islamic fundamentalism. Most of the energy and leadership for the escalating crises comes comes from militant Islamic groups and leaders producing “economic meltdown and ethnic and sectarian warfare” So writes Ahmed Rashid in the November/December, issue of Foreign Affairs. […]

The hardening anti-Western stance of Greece is both reflected in and being strengthened by the positions taken by the Greek Orthodox Church, reports the New Republic magazine (Dec. 13). Greek journalist Takis Michas writes that the support Greece gave Serbia during the Balkan wars was one indication of how religion and nationalism is tied up in the […]

Churches in Canada are “grappling with formidable problems that threaten their very existence,” reports a cover story in Macleans magazine (Nov. 29), the weekly Canadian news journal. Among other problems, specialists point to the most worrisome being that of a 50-year decline in attendance at Sunday services. In a society where 87 percent of the people state […]

The tense, often antagonistic relations between some new religious movements and their host communities appear to be moderating in the last few years. The Cult Observer (No. 11) reports that Transcendental Meditation and its headquarter city, Fairfield Iowa have come to an understanding, if not neighborly concord, as the group has settled into  the Midwestern city during […]

Jewish day schools are finding growth while encountering new risks to their identity and survival, according to a recent report. Among the several gains registered in the last 20 years for the Jewish community in America, the growth of Jewish day schools stands near the head of the list. In one generation, enrollment has gone […]