Spiritual Numbness

Last winter, a group of 50 leading Protestant and Roman Catholic scholars met at an interdenominational meeting on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. Their major conclusions were reported in a one-column article in the Grand Rapids Press. Now, I would expect that few of us ever pay much attention to the reports which come out of these theological councils, since they often only urge the church to work harder in the world for social and political reform. However, those theologians...