Princeton University religion professor Albert Raboteau‘s book Slave Religion was the first book I ever read on the history of the religion and the African American experience. Here is Adelle Banks at Religion News Service: Albert J. Raboteau, an American...
Eastern Orthodoxy
The Bible Answer Man Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy
If you are an evangelical, you are probably familiar with Hank Hanegraaf, aka “The Bible Answer Man.” Christianity Today reports: Last Sunday, 67-year-old Hank Hanegraaff and his wife entered into Orthodox Christianity at St. Niktarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte,...
Pope Francis Continues to Defy Political Categories
Back in September when Pope Francis visited the United States I wrote a piece for Fox News titled “Pope Francis is neither liberal nor conservative, Democrat or Republican. He is a Catholic.” Here is a taste of what I argued:...
Dispatches from the American Academy of Religion 2013–Part 3
As part of The Way of Improvement Leads Home‘s commitment to covering major academic conferences, we offer Adam Parsons‘s third and final dispatch from the floor of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Baltimore. I hope you have enjoyed these reports as...