David A. Shaw (Fitzwilliam): Telling the Story from the Bible? How Story Bibles Work. From TLS, a review of Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters by N. T. Wright. One historian’s quest for the historical Jesus uses Bayes’s theorem to establish reliable historical criteria and uncover the proper proportion between belief and evidence. Debating Calvinism: It's one of religion's hottest debates right now (and part 2). Why are there more Christians in the world? Robert J. Lewis on Christianity's unique insights into human nature. A review of Why We Should Call Ourselves Christians: The Religious Roots of Free Societies by Marcello Pera. From NLP, should Christians be anarchists? The tax battle turns Biblical: Those arguing for tax cuts are finding justification in the Old Testament. What is the chief political concern of the Bible? From Bill Gates to Thomas Aquinas: Logos Bible Software company spreads the Word. Digital bread and wine, anyone? Mark Howe is perplexed at how theologians and church leaders are so wary of the idea of online church. Upon this foundation: Are new church designs taking us backward?
