Is the financial collapse a sign of moral collapse?
October 2, 2008
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Conservative evangelicals believe that the crisis on Wall Street is the direct result of the moral crisis on Main Street.
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Proclaiming Jesus as Son of God never in debate
October 2, 2008
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Updated. As we move towards another big weekend of Episcopal conflict, we find that one of the chief weapons of those who denegrate the Episcopal
Vatican refuses ambassadors for being gay or divorced
October 2, 2008
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Should voters weigh the sum total of a candidates beliefs against the social teaching of their church or should they focus on one issue above all others? This is the question facing Catholic voters in this country and even the choice of diplomats to the Vatican elsewhere.
As Ramadan ends, Williams sends greetings
October 2, 2008
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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.
A Scottish pilgrimage
October 2, 2008
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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!
Inner poverty
October 2, 2008
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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.
Values voters: it’s my pocketbook at issue
October 1, 2008
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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
Fundamentalists persist in censorship efforts
October 1, 2008
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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
Akinola: Do unto all Muslims as some have done unto you
October 1, 2008
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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.
Café contributor on Jeopardy
October 1, 2008
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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
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