Jonathan Dudley
Jonathan Dudley
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Evangelicals take on the environment
The environment has seldom been pleased with evangelical Christians.
Let homosexuals focus on the family
Over the past decade, evangelical Christianity has increasingly defined itself by opposition to homosexuality. This column questions the assumptions that lead to this view, from the perspective of an evangelical Christian who grew up listening to James Dobson on the radio.
‘Evangelical’ doesn’t have to mean ‘pro-life’
“How could anyone vote for a Democrat?” My aunt, a fellow evangelical and a schoolteacher, recalled a conversation she had with her preschool pupils. “After all,” she informed them, “they support murdering babies.”
Column: Evangelical Christian believes in evolution
“How can you be an ‘evangelical’ Christian and a biologist? Don’t evangelicals reject science? Don’t scientists believe in evolution?” I’m often asked these questions by curious friends, including those who share and those who reject my evangelical Christianity.
COLUMN: Bible, say ‘hi’ to biology
I have a confession to make to the Yale community: I am an evangelical Christian.
Intelligent Design not so intelligent
In addressing anomalies in the theory of evolution, IDers have made an audacious assertion: We cannot now resolve these anomalies and we will never be able to resolve them. In light of the history of science, this assertion is audacious indeed — the vast majority of gaps filled with God, including many proposed by IDer Michael Behe in “Darwin’s Black Box,” have been subsequently filled with naturalistic explanations.
Evolution Sunday not so benign
In telling congregants to embrace the theory of evolution, the event perpetuates the same herd mentality it is designed to combat. Rather than learning to transcend their peculiar subcultures and critically engage ideas themselves, Christians will learn to assimilate another opinion because an authority tells them to.