“Forget the Ivory Towers: Seminaries and Their Challenges”
Read an Oct. 17, 2011, column at Patheos.com that discusses the effects of culture-shifts on seminaries.
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“What a Mess! Notes on the Future of Theological Education”
Read another Oct. 17, 2011, column at Patheos that talks about how seminary education can be improved.
“Why Seminary Leadership Matters”
Read an article about the influence of leaders and educators on churches and their members from the September/October 2011 issue of Sojourners.
“New pope must deal with divided church in United States”
Reuters said the new pontiff must deal with a divided church in the United States.
“Stateline Headlines: Immigration”
The Pew Center on the States’ Stateline website tracks immigration news at the state level.
“The Retreat of Liberation Theology”
Read a critique of liberation theology in a 1994 article by Edward A. Lynch of Hollins College in Roanoke, Va., from the website CatholicCulture.org.
“Pope Francis’ election stirs up Argentine ‘dirty war’ allegations; biographer calls it unfair”
Read a March 14, 2013, Associated Press article in which Francis’ biographer labels as unfair the Dirty War allegations stirred up in the wake of the conclave.
“Pope Francis and the long shadow of Argentina’s ‘Dirty War'”
Read a March 14, 2013, Religion News Service story about Francis and the shadow cast by the Dirty War.
“Vatican: anti-clerical campaign against pope”
Read a March 15, 2013, Associated Press story about the Vatican denouncing critics of Francis’ record during the Dirty War.