Mar
31Randall Stephens
The above was Erasmus’s tongue-in-cheek version of counterfactual scholastic flimflammery. He reduced his angel-dancing-on-pinhead opponents to stuttering 
monkeys.
Mar
31We’re hearing plenty these days about extremism, whether it’s in domestic politics or in the international arena. Just last week alone, there have been two compelling examples.
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Shortly before his death, Jeremiah made several phone calls to his family and girlfriend indicating that he believed his life was in danger but authorities in Germany claimed his death was not suspicious.
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30
Paul Harvey
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“Captain Hutaree,” his wife and two sons planned with other militia members to kill a law enforcement official to draw the officer’s colleagues to the funeral, authorities say.
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On April 17, 1989, five members of the Avery family were shot in the head, executed in a barn in Kirtland, Ohio.
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28Note: if interested in this CFP for a piece in an edited book, you can contact Stefan Gelgren, associate professor at HUMlab (http://blog.humlab.umu.se/), Ume University, Sweden,
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CHURCH AND NEW MEDIA: PERSPECTIVES, PRACTICES AND FUTURES
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A religious group led by a man who claims to be the Holy Ghost has moved to Montana after a brief stay in a small Idaho town where residents protested the groups building plans.
Mar
26by Steven P. Miller
Mennonites usually appear in the headlines when someone has confused them with their close (but very different and more interesting) relatives, the Amish. This week, though, The New York Times, MSNBC, and other media outlets chose to cover a novel event in my part of Mennoworld: the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner at my alma mater and temporary place of employment, Goshen (Ind.) College. This was a first for the 116-year-old institution, affiliated with the Mennonite Church USA, a historic peace church.