Disponsibilité
[http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/marty/marty-disponsibilite.shtml]
Text of a commencement address given by Martin Marty at Eastern Mennonite University on April 25, 2004 calling for people to make oneself available to others and open to experience in the world.
"The War-Time Lincoln and the Ironic Tradition in America"
[http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/marty/marty-wartimelincoln.shtml]
Read a lecture by Martin Marty commemorating the Gettysburg address and the presidency of Lincoln, in which he applies some Niebuhrian perspectives on historical irony to the contemporary scene.
"Campaign Yearbook"
[http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/marty/marty-campaignyearbook.shtml]
A reprint of a November 1, 2004 entry in Sightings online journal in which Marty reflects on the "flip-flops" of religious groups in the 2004 campaign.
Quotes from Gravity and Grace
[http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/marty/sittlerquotes.shtml]
During the program, Martin Marty says that a little-known theologian, Joseph Sittler, has played an influential role in his life. Read some of the passages Marty recommends from Sittler's 1986 book Gravity and Grace: Reflections and Provocations.
"Protestants soon to be minority in U.S., study finds"
[http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/04/040721.protestant-st.html]
A news report from the Chicago Sun-Times (July 21, 2004) based on a survey showing that the number of Americans who consider themselves Protestant declined from 63 percent in 1993 to 52 percent in 2002.
"The Impact of the G.I. Bill on Legal Education"
[http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/alumni/75celebration/features/fall04/gibill/gibill1/]
A paper from Brandon Bigelow of Boston College Law School tracing the role of the 1944 G.I. Bill on education in the United States.
Biography of Billy Graham
[http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/bio.html]
A historical background of the important 20th century evangelist provided by the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.
Religious Affiliation of U.S. Presidents
[http://www.adherents.com/adh_presidents.html]
Site provides a breakdown of the religious backgrounds of each president.
Biography of Dwight Moody
[http://www.biblebelievers.com/moody/index.html]
The electronic text written by one of Moody's close friends providing a detailed account of this Chicago evangelist's life and outlook.
"Too Bad We're So Relevant: The Fundamentalism Project Projected"
[http://illuminos.com/mem/selectPapers/fundamentalismProject.html]
Martin Marty's address to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995 at the close of the Fund Fundamentalism Project.
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
[http://members.valley.net/~transnat/erhbio.html]
A succinct overview of this German-American philosopher Marty mentions during the program.
Chicago Christian Industrial League
[http://www.theleague.org/]
A non-sectarian, non-profit organization mentioned by Marty that serve poor and homeless men, women, and families from the Chicago metropolitan area.
Opportunity International
[http://www.opportunity.org/site/pp.asp?c=7oIDLROyGqF&b;=203866]
A Christian organization—which Marty mentions gives him hope—that addresses issues of chronic poverty, particularly meeting the needs of impoverished women, through the dispersal of small business loans and training through a "Trust Bank."
