Author: Theresa Johnson

The myth of ‘a Christian nation.’

A majority of the American people (51 percent) believes that the U.S. Constitution establishes a Christian nation, according to Charles C. Haynes. He says that this is a myth that needs to be dispelled.

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Every facet of the church enriches

After a weeklong tour of the UK, during which he spoke to Pentecostal, Evangelical, and Anglo-Catholic gatherings, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby spoke about the diversity of the Church of England.

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Islam, Christianity and Jesus

How can two different religious traditions embrace such different views of Jesus? Professor Mona Siddiqui of Edinburgh University looks at how Christianity and Islam understand Jesus from both an academic and a personal standpoint.

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Bumper sticker theology

When the priest who wrote the libretto for “Nixon in China” writes a bumper sticker, you can bet that it will be provocative and witty. You can also count on someones disapproval.

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The company that lives together is productive together

Enplug is an advertising-technology company whose office is a six-bedroom, three-bathroom Ranch-style home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. Twelve of the company’s 37 employees, including the chief executive, live and work there—24 hours a day, seven days a week—without the commute and few outside distractions.

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A new security strategy: trust over fear.

Gather millions of people from all over the world for a public event, throw in a new pope and what do you have? A security nightmare! Yet Pope Francis appeared to break all the rules for dignitaries in public

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A conversation with the Dean

The Dean of the Washington National Cathedral, The Very Rev. Gary Hall, sat down with Sally Quinn of the Washington Post, who profiled him for the paper.

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People raised in non-religious homes tend to remain non-religious

The percentage of people who grew up in non-religious families is growing. These folks tend to remain non-religious and fewer of them are marrying people who are religious. This means that we entering the second, perhaps the third generation, of people who have no first-hand familiarity with the basic function or teachings of religion.

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Archbishop Philip Russel of South Africa remembered

Philip Russell, the Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, died Thursday in Australia at age 93.

The Most Revd Thabo Makgoba, the current Archbishop, said: “Today the whole Anglican Church of Southern Africa gives joyful thanks to God for the life and ministry of one of the unsung heroes of our Church.

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