Conversations about religion
Here's something I find refreshing and encouraging: a major media organisation (The Washington Post/Newsweek) has decided that religion is worth talking about. To quote them:
Religion is the most pervasive yet least understood topic in global life. From the caves of the Afghan-Pakistan border to the cul-de-sacs of the American Sunbelt, faith shapes and suffuses the way billions of people—Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and nonbelievers—think and act, vote and fight, love and, tragically, hate.
And so, in a time of extremism—for extremism is to the 21st century what totalitarianism was to the 20th—how can people engage in a conversation about faith and its implications in a way that sheds light rather than generates heat? At The Washington Post and Newsweek, we believe the first step is conversation—intelligent, informed, eclectic, respectful conversation—among specialists and generalists who devote a good part of their lives to understanding and delineating religion's influence on the life of the world.
For mine, this is a very positive development and will be worth following. Even more so because they have selected a Christian panelist who will intelligently put forward a biblical perspective without compromise. You can read Al Mohler's first contribution to the discussion here.