Entries Tagged as 'American Culture'

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Pew Forum Religious Survey Report #2 Released

Yesterday, the Pew Forum released the second installment of their original “US Religious Landscape Survey.” I blogged some comments on the last report and will do the same on the second installment in the next day or two. If you have time, I would highly encourage you to check out their survey on religious beliefs [...]

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Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Be A Living Alternative…Starting With GAP and Starbucks

I was tagged in another meme by my sweet Scriber/blogger friend Sonja from my old stompin ground in VA. Here’s the gist:

Consider aspects of our culture where we have too easily compromised, issues that you passionately oppose.
Then, ask yourself what it would mean for you, both as an individual and as a part of a [...]

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Thursday, June 5th, 2008

How Should The Church Respond To Globalization?

INTRODUCTION
At no other point in the world’s history has Humanity been as interconnected and interdependent as it is at the start of the 21st century. Bomb blasts in Nigeria bring Grand Rapids commuters to their knees with a spike in gas prices. Droughts in the South Pacific force rice rationing in California. Chrysler cars are [...]

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Friday, May 2nd, 2008

The Good of Affluence: A Critique and Evaluation of Capitalism 6

This Friday series is based on a paper I wrote for my Systematic Theology 2 class. It was a reaction piece to the book The Good of Affluence , by John R. Schneider and represents my own personal wrestling with the contemporary expression of capitalism: consumer capitalism. Here is the final paper.

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Friday, April 25th, 2008

The Good of Affluence: A Critique and Evaluation of Capitalism 5

This Friday series is based on a paper I wrote for my Systematic Theology 2 class. It was a reaction piece to the book The Good of Affluence , by John R. Schneider and represents my own personal wrestling with the contemporary expression of capitalism: consumer capitalism.
The Series
1. Introduction
2. Is Affluence The Point
3. Consumerism: The [...]

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Friday, April 18th, 2008

The Good of Affluence: A Critique and Evaluation of Capitalism 4

This Friday series is based on a paper I wrote for my Systematic Theology 2 class. It was a reaction piece to the book The Good of Affluence , by John R. Schneider and represents my own personal wrestling with the contemporary expression of capitalism: consumer capitalism.
The Series
1. Introduction
2. Is Affluence The Point
3. Consumerism: The [...]

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Friday, April 11th, 2008

The Good of Affluence: A Critique and Evaluation of Capitalism 3

This Friday series is based on a paper I wrote for my Systematic Theology 2 class. It was a reaction piece to the book The Good of Affluence , by John R. Schneider and represents my own personal wrestling with the contemporary expression of capitalism: consumer capitalism.

The Series
1. Introduction
2. Is Affluence The Point
3. Consumerism: The [...]

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