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The son of a Baptist minister and a high school librarian, Warren was drawn to political activism and, growing up in Northern California, thought about one day running for public office. But he ultimately decided it would be more effective to follow in his father's footsteps "and change one...
The Rev. John C. Rankin, president of the Theological Education Institute in Hartford, argued that gay marriage would undermine the moral and religious foundations of American society, while Arline Isaacson, co-chair of the Massachusetts Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus, focused on marriage as a “legal gatewayâ?...
But Rankin did have his supporters. He was consistently applauded throughout the debate by a small but loyal group of students, most of whom attended Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, an evangelical school in Boston.
He warned against defining threats in theological terms that draw upon popular fears of an abstract evil.
Much of the controversy over The Passion relates to its radical take on the gospels about Jesus’ torture and crucifixion. Aitken, who is also an Episcopal priest, believes this disputation is generally justified. “The movie distorts what the gospels are doing, from a scholarly and...