by Gene Davenport | May 15, 2020 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Dec. 7, 2009. At the time of publication, Davenport was professor emeritus of religion at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee, and theologian in residence at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Jackson. The question of the...
by Gene Davenport | Jan 17, 2020 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Jan. 25, 2010. At the time of publication, Davenport was professor emeritus of religion at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee, and theologian in residence at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Jackson. The United States...
by Gene Davenport | Jan 23, 2012 | Opinion
The common Western image of Islam as one large religion that spreads itself through warfare is primarily the result of the actions of Muslim leaders who, across the centuries, used Islam to gain power and territory, but who would have used any religion into which they...
by Gene Davenport | Nov 22, 2010 | Opinion
I had not intended to write another column on Glenn Beck, but a recent episode of his TV show demands a response. The program was about an environment curriculum Beck fears will be taught in public schools with a counterpart in churches and synagogues. Not having seen...
by Gene Davenport | Nov 16, 2010 | Opinion
Someone has said, “Everyone has a right to his or her opinion, but not to his or her facts.” I thought of that saying recently while watching Glenn Beck, who hosts one of television’s most watched talk shows. Beck, who regularly recites his version...