Culture Watch

This collection has no reason to exist, except as a shameless exploitation of the Lennon-McCarney catalog.

Like many North American Christians, I had my spiritual journey upended in the 1980s by an encounter with poor believers from Latin America.

Jesse J. DeConto 3-01-2001

Derek Webb could hear the backlash even before the album came out.

Elizabeth Newberry 3-01-2001

David LaMotte's sixth album fills the void left by sentimental, synthesizer-laden Christian pop-rock and modern rock lyrics about shopping, leather pants, and next year's Infiniti model.

When science meets religion, who wins?
An excerpt from The Friendship of Women: A Spiritual Tradition

Spiritual Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups on the Twelve Spiritual Disciplines, edited by Richard Foster.

Teresa Blythe 3-01-2001

It's easy for us to assume that no matter what comes our way, America will prevail politically and economically.

Honky, by Yale sociologist Dalton Conley, is a memoir of growing up during the 1970s and 1980s in the projects of New York's Lower East Side.

Tag Evers 1-01-2001
It's 'Christian,' it's 'music'—but is it art?
Who owns our culture? Who decides what our songs and stories will be?
Dan Buchanan 1-01-2001

Since 1915, the Fellowship of Reconciliation has been the most influential faith-based peace organization in the United States and, indeed, the world.

Faith in the Lord. True love. Murderous violence. The Bible draws on these three themes. So does good country music. Think David, Bathsheba, and Uriah on compact disc.

Amy Sullivan 1-01-2001

In the Old Testament lesson at my church one Sunday, we read, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem...

Eric DeBode 1-01-2001

The Word on the Street has the potential to be a book about two theologians who volunteer at a soup kitchen, feel good about themselves, and write heart-warming stories about their experiences.

Jo Ann Heydron 11-01-2000
The consequences of globalization.
Danny Duncan Collum 11-01-2000

In the 19th century, with much sweat and blood, immigrant labor gangs pushed a railroad across the newly continental United States.

Duane Shank 11-01-2000
Weaving social engagement and spiritual practice.
Kimberly Burge 11-01-2000
Subtle details and weighty matters abound in Dar Williams' songs.