The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has sent his greetings to Muslim communities for the festival of Eid ul Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan.
From nostalgia touring we went to the Island of Iona, home of Columba and Celtic Christianity. More smashing of icons of the mind as we learned that Columba banished all the women to the Isle of Women – nearby but off “his” island. So much for inclusion in that branch of Christianity!
For Francis, poverty was the key to the loving, Christ-like life. He looked upon money as a kind of drug, addictive and lethal, to be shunned. Even minimal private property was repulsive to him.
Steven Waldman: Inspired by the Twelve Tribes of Biblical Israel and based on the new National Survey of Religion and Politics conducted by the University
The Guardian has two opinion pieces this week on attempts by fundamentalists to censor books. Philip Pullman: When I heard that my novel The Golden
If I have followed his reasoning, he is claiming that since “we all” – i.e. “you Muslims” – have not embraced the golden rule, they must themselves be treated as they treat others, and Christians can no longer preach peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance.
The Rev. Kit Carlson of East Lansing, MI, a Café contributor, “asked the questions” on Jeopardy this week as she follows a family tradition of
The standing committee of the Diocese of Quincy has recommended that the diocese seek realignment with the Anglican Church of the Southern Cone based in Argentina, while continuing as a member of the Common Cause Partnership….Bishop Ackerman, who is on sabbatical, will be back in time to preside at convention, which is scheduled to meet Nov. 7-8.
My wife and I were surprised and indeed moved to come across so many bishops and their spouses who were very much aware about the persecution in our diocese and assured us of their prayers…. We came home feeling very much encouraged by the solidarity we experienced at Lambeth
The Messiah has come. Not with a bail out to preserve a failing temple economy, but to offer a whole new economics of salvation. For the Gospel economics of salvation is not capitalism, or socialism, or religious hypocrisy. It’s grace.