Top 10 Most Popular Posts, July

A round-up of the most popular posts of the last 30 days.

Her.meneutics August 10, 2009

Here are the posts you clicked on the most during the fourth month of Her.meneutics. Thanks to regular readers and visitors for helping to make the CT women’s blog a success. And stay tuned for coverage of Not That Kind of Girl, Carlene Bauer’s memoir of reconciling her evangelical faith with life among NYC’s cultural elite; an interview with Margot Starbuck, author of The Girl in the Orange Dress, newly out from InterVarsity Press; and other news and analysis from evangelical women.

(10)Where Does Francis Collins Stand on Stem-Cell Research?” by Katelyn Beaty // Comments: 7 The question is more pressing now that he is heading the National Institutes of Health.

(9) Building Up Without Walls,” by Elissa Cooper // Comments: 4 Paula White steps up as senior pastor of the troubled Pentecostal megachurch.

(8)Jimmy Carter Speaks Up on Women,” by Sarah Pulliam // Comments: 9 The born-again President recently penned an op-ed condemning gender inequality in the name of religion.

(7)Journalists Link Rising Teen Pregnancy Rates to Bush Administration,” by Ruth Moon // Comments: 12 Rates of teen pregnancy, STDs rose during 2006-2007. Does this mean abstinence education isn’t working?

(6)Corrupt Clergy and Forgiveness,” by Christine A. Scheller // Comments: 6 Cases like last week’s organ-brokering scandal in New Jersey leave no room for cheap grace.

(5)The Charismatic Alberto Cutie,” by Julia Duin // Comments: 1 Time will tell if the celebrity priest lives up to Church of the Resurrection’s lively tradition.

(4)Harry Potter and the Vampire Battle,” by Laura Leonard // Comments: 14 Yet another reason for evangelicals to embrace the boy wizard.

(3)The Urban Chicks Movement,” by Lisa Graham McMinn // Comments: 8 Living out faith can include ‘just food.’

(2)The Anna Syndrome,” by Julia Duin // Comments: 44 When hanging out at church only hinders single women.

(1) “Dancing Down the Aisle,” by Laura Leonard // Comments: 27 What a viral wedding-dance video can teach about the meaning of marriage.

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