“Ashes to Ashes”
Read an essay from ChristianHistory.net on how the early tradition of pre-Lenten repentance developed into our modern practice of Ash Wednesday.
Faith: Christianity
“Fasting has spiritual, physical benefits but also points to good works”
Read “Fasting has spiritual, physical benefits but also points to good works,” a March 2, 2011 Catholic News Service story.
“Churches Find End Is Nigh”
Read a Jan. 25, 2011, story from The Wall Street Journal about how Christians responded to decreased giving and economic hardship during the recession.
“How Evangelicals Give”
Read a Jan. 31, 2011, story from Christianity Today about how Christians are responding to decreased giving to churches.
“Seize the Day: Reimagining Ash Wednesday”
Read a March 3, 2011, column at Patheos.com by a self-described progressive pastor, Bruce Epperly, who plans to go to a spa on Ash Wednesday and focus on enjoying the wonders of the everyday world.
“Lenten sacrifice: Time to give up plastic bags or incandescent bulbs?”
Read a Feb. 25, 2011 Catholic News Service story on an environmental approach to lent.
“Age-old Lent gets a 21st-century makeover”
Read a Feb. 28, 2011, Religion News Service story about new approaches to marking Lent, including reducing greenhouse gases or abstaining from social networking sites like Facebook.
Mark J. Cherry
Mark J. Cherry is a philosophy professor at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. He is co-editor of Allocating Scarce Medical Resources: Roman Catholic Perspectives (Georgetown University Press, 2003), senior associate editor of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, senior associate editor of Christian Bioethics and editor in chief of HealthCare Ethics Committee Forum. His book For Sale by […]
“The Singer Solution to World Poverty”
Read a 1999 New York Times article about the highly controversial views of Peter Singer of Princeton University. Singer is a philosopher who applies a utilitarian approach to bioethics, and his ideas on infanticide, animal rights, euthanasia and rights of the disabled challenge much thinking in mainstream bioethics.