Chris Blattman: Let’s consider three ideas. First, breastfeeding reduces infant sickness and death in poor and tropical places, largely because it insulates the child from
A national conservative Christian group is calling on several Texas colleges and universities to drop or change their free speech and expression rules because they fear students who voice conservative political or religious views would be sanctioned.
You know that society is moving toward the acceptance of gay relationships when Joint Force Quarterly , a prestigious journal published by the National Defense University Press for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff gives the top prize in its 2009 essay contest to a systematic dissection of Don’t Ask. Don’t tell.
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has released a useful backgrounder on the role of faith groups in the increasingly bitter U.S. healthcare debate. The report focuses on the two large faith-based coalitions that have emerged on opposite sides of the political struggle to overhaul America’s system of healthcare, which is President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority.
The council had been divided into four standing committees (Administration & Finance (A&F), Congregations in Ministry (CIM), National Concerns (NAC) and International Concerns (INC)). At this meeting the members were asked to consider if that structure still serves the needs of the council and the church, and how to clarify their individual responsibilities.
The property is to be held or administered by the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America. Regardless of what name defendants now call themselves, they are not the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America.
Some religious traditions and rituals emphasize eating and drinking from communal dishes –and vessels. Flu transmission may be possible in these circumstances. If flu is circulating widely in your community, faith and community leaders may consider adjusting such practices in order to reduce the spread of flu.
D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large) will introduce his bill, which says that “any person . . . may marry any other eligible person regardless of gender.” The legislation, which has 10 co-sponsors including Catania, is expected to sail through the council’s committee process. Under Home Rule, Congress will have 30 legislative days to review the council’s action.
Let’s say that you neither read the story of Adam and Eve as a report on historical incident, nor believe in the goodness of human nature. What is your concept of The Fall?
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly visits St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Bethesda, Md.