Category Archives: Society

Some Rambling and Unwelcome Reflections on Modesty Debates

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

Did you know that, wherever you stand in the Christian blogosphere, you are never more than one foot away from a post on the subject of modesty? Here is another. Every couple of months or so, the topic of modesty … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, Society | 44 Comments

Atheists Are More Intelligent Than Religious Persons

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

A recent meta-analytical study has identified an inverse correlation between faith and intelligence. Such studies are relatively common: many of us will already have encountered a number of studies identifying the same correlation. One also sees similar research supporting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, In the News, On the web, Society | 52 Comments

Questioning the Questioners

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

I have just had a piece published over on Threads, a follow-up to yesterday’s post about millennials and the Church. Within it I call the popular emphasis upon questioning among millennials into question: Our questions reveal the terms within which … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Ethics, Guest Post, Society, The Blogosphere, The Church, Theological, Theology | 5 Comments

Talking About My Generation: Millennials and the Church

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

A few days ago, a Rachel Held Evans piece entitled ‘Why Millennials Are Leaving the Church’ was published on the CNN Belief Blog. Weighing in at little under 750 words, it nonetheless packs a considerable punch and has been linked … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, On the web, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Church, The Emergent Church, Theological | 137 Comments

Questions for Gay Affirming Christians

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

In my previous post, I provided a list with some examples of questions that Christians opposed to homosexual practice could ask themselves. I invited my readers to suggest further questions in the comments. Within this post I wish to provide … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 31 Comments

Questions for Christians Who Do Not Approve of Homosexual Practice

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

I have weighed in on the continuing debate on same sex marriage on a number of occasions on this blog. As I have done this, I have generally sought to distinguish that debate, which is primarily about the meaning of … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 36 Comments

Please, Everybody, Let’s Not Dance Now

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

A few days ago, this video of a flash mob wedding dance went ‘viral’. The wedding dance video is already an established genre for the Youtube generation, most famously represented by the ‘JK Wedding Entrance Dance’: this is just the … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, In the News, On the web, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Church, Theological, Video | 5 Comments

Oliver O’Donovan on Male and Female in Marriage

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

Marriage fulfils, and so makes sense of, a feature of our common human biological nature. Human beings come into existence with a dimorphically differentiated sexuality, clearly ordered at the biological level towards heterosexual union as the human mode of procreation. … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Creation, Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 2 Comments

The Same-Sex Marriage Debate – Questions and Answers

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

UPDATE: A considerably expanded version of this post can be read here, in a page that should always be easily accessible from my front page (under ‘Larger Projects’). Just under a year ago, I wrote a post on the subject of same-sex … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Politics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological | 48 Comments

Rob Bell and Don Draper – The Ad Man’s Gospel

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

I find Rob Bell fascinating. Sure, I disagree with his theology, but when it comes to engaging communication, the man is virtually without peer. If you want to see a masterpiece in clever communication, look no further than a promotional … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, On the web, Society, The Blogosphere, The Emergent Church, Theological, Theology | 131 Comments