America’s Most Expensive Cities 2009

Here they are folks:
The List
10. Washington, D.C.
9. Houston, Texas
8. Boston, Mass.
7. Chicago, Ill.
6. Miami, Fla.
5. Honolulu, Hawaii
4. San Francisco, Calif.
3. White Plains, N.Y.
2. Los Angeles, Calif.
1. New York, N.Y.
Source: America’s Most Expensive Cities 2009

Harvey Cox on “The Future of Faith”

Harvey Gallagher Cox, Jr.,  eminent theologian and recently retired professor of Harvard Divinity School was  interviewed by host Diana Rehm of  The Diane Rehm Show about his new book “The Future of Faith.” This is an important conversation to hear as Christianity is entering into a new [pragmatic]  age, the “Age of Spirit,” Cox calls [...]

D.A. Carson discusses Christ & Culture on Laus Deo

Laus Deo is a radio program hosted by Paul Wolf. Dr. Wolf is Professor  and Chair of NT program at Southwestern Seminary. Last month he interviewed D.A. Carson on the relationship between Christ  and Culture. More recent programs include the following:
The Nature of the Human Soul With Christian New Testament Scholar Joel B. Green
We [...]

Today’s Quote

A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

–Dorothy Sayers
If you’re a blogger  you’re in a good company. The quote above does not apply to you, which simply translates blogging is your occupation; thus the world is safe with you:)

The New Calvinism # 3 : 10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now

My friend Rod refers me to this article in Time. ”The New Calvinism“  is listed  # 3 
 
 
 
among the ” 10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now.”  Here’s the list:
1. Jobs Are The New Assets
2. Recycling the Suburbs
3. The New Calvinism
4. Reinstating the Interstate
5. Amortality
6. Africa, Business Destination
7. The Rent-A-Country
8. Biobanks
9. Survival Stores
10. Ecological Intelligence

New Books and A Few Updates !

I recently acquired some new books on the Haitian Revolution for an upcoming conference. I will be presenting a paper at the UTD  Graduate School Symposium in April. I will look at the Haitian Revolution from a critical race theory approach(more particularly, race relations ). I will argue  that the Haitian Revolution anticipated universal emancipation and gave birth to ( [...]

Paper Accepted To NCBS

Warning:  This is not in the guild of biblical studies:)
I just received  notification that my paper has been accepted for the National Council for Black Studies. The annual conference will be taking place in Atlanta, GA  (March 19-21). If you’re a consistent reader of this blog you perhaps already observed that this paper is part of my overall [...]