Goths and rockers go to church
June 10, 2007
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CNN catches up with Goth Eucharists in England and the U2charist in the U.S. in this surprisingly snark-free three minute segment. For the record, it’s
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Sanctuary
June 10, 2007
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On Friday, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (Calif.) announced it had begun sheltering Liliana, an undocumented woman facing a deportation order, as well as Pablo, her three-month-old boy. St. Luke’s is part of a faith-based effort calling itself the New Sanctuary Movement. It is a national coalition of congregations and religious organizations that promises “to protect immigrant workers and families from unjust deportation” by offering shelter and aid.
Trouble in Nigeria
June 10, 2007
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The Chrisian Association of Nigeria appears to be split in two over attempts by the out-going National President, Anglican Archbisop Peter J. Akinola, to retain his seat even after reportedly losing in a shadow election to the Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Dr. John Onaiyekan.
What he said
June 10, 2007
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Tobias Haller has a gift for clarifying muddled stituations from a theological as well as a political perspective. His recent reflection on the current state
An exception
June 10, 2007
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Get Religion is a Web site devoted to analyzing the media’s coverage of religion. It is bankrolled by Howard Ahmanson, who also bankrolls the Institute on Religion and Democracy. But it is home to the astute and fair minded Doug LeBlanc, whose analysis of the recent TIME magazine story on Rowan Williams is well worth reading.
Post-everything
June 10, 2007
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Perhaps we all suffer a universal disease that might be described as labelism. Labels are ways we control and define others. The quickest way to objectify another human being is to twist a descriptive label into a slur. We put labels in scare quotes and live into their narrow meanings at great peril.
Turning to God
June 10, 2007
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What motivates us to begin to follow the Christian path? Here we find that motives cluster around three major features of Christianity that attract many people: God’s power, goodness, and wisdom. Some people are motivated to turn to God because they seek help with various kinds of distress;
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