Bradley Wright's Blog

After a mere 1,107 posts on this blog, I've moved. The good people at Patheos asked me to blog on their site, and I'm using the cha...

Here's an interview with me about the religion in the media, as it appears in getreligion.org. The first question: What should jou...

Rodney Stark and Byron Johnson have written a provocative essay for the Wall Street Journal. In it, they document the various ways that the ...

Christian Smith has a wonderful op-ed on the Huffington Post. He makes a strong case for "authentic pluralism"--avoiding both ...

Is religion less important now than it used to be? There are many ways to think of this question. For example, is religion less important ...

Here's an interview that I did on 100 Huntley Street, which is one of Canada's top religious programs. Note the white socks... I ...

Something that I've learned writing books is that there are lot of Christian radio shows that like to interview authors. It's kind ...

This month's issue of Christianity Today has an article by me as its cover story. It was both a challenge and a joy to write as it forc...

On Monday I posted about how people need to make it small, on their own, before someone comes along to make them big. This gets me thinking...

Last weekend I had a conversation with my neighbor in which he started telling me about a television show called Shark Tank . I haven't...

John Ortberg , one of the best known Christian teachers and writers in the country, very kindly agreed to write a foreword for my book.  Her...

My second book has been released. It’s entitled Upside: Surprising Good News about the State of Our World , and it’s available on Amazon , ...

Last night one of my favorite people in the world died. Ervin Tackman was my father-in-law (Cathy’s stepfather), and he was an Iowa farme...

As I wrote about on Friday, I watched the Christian-themed movie Fireproof. It’s a story about a man who finds his marriage in deep trouble...

Last night I watched the movie Fireproof. It came out in 2008, and it’s a story of a fireman whose career is going well but his marriage is...

I was teaching today about the culture of fear hypothesis, and a student gave this commercial as an example. When she described it, I actua...

Our seventeen-year-old, Gus, graduated from high school this week, so we had the traditional end-of-the-year pool party, and went to his gra...

One of my life goals--believe it or not--is to play more jokes on people. I used to all the time, but somewhere along the line I kind of got...

In support of his new book, More God Less Crime, Byron Johnson, of Baylor, has put up a wonderful website about the relationship of religion...

Some interesting ideas, in a compelling video , from Stephen Johnson. Found on offthemap.com