Religious leaders representing tens of millions of Americans stood in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol to call religious communities of various traditions to a
Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh recently compared the prospect of some Episcopal dioceses leaving the Episcopal Church for a new jurisdiction with what occurred during
Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church of Cave Creek, Arizona, describes itself as a “little church with a big heart.” That big heart has
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori told a standing room only forum at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco “All people – including gay and lesbian Christians
The chair of the Lambeth Commission on Communion which authored the Windsor Report, retired Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, Lord Robin Eames, said
The Most Rev. Alan Harper, Archbishop of Armagh and Church of Ireland Primate, has called the House of Bishops’ September 25 statement, following its meeting
There is an assumption by commentators on the right and the left that as far as religion goes, it is liberals who work–and care to work–across faith lines. Interfaith activity is understood as a politically and theologically liberal enterprise. As Mark Weiner of the Interfaith Center of New York observes, with the right approach, even conservative religious leaders can find a home in interfaith dialogue.
There has been a great deal of attention paid to the new advocacy on environmental issues by several Evangelical leaders. As the Economist reports, environmentalists and religious groups are allies on environmental issues across the globe.
We continue now with our morning theme, the 13th century. Today is the birthday of the Sufi poet known as Rumi. Turkey is to celebrate Rumi’s birthday with a giant whirling dervish sama performance and the celebration will be aired live in eight different countries using 48 cameras and 300 whirling dervishes.
The most recent issue of Atlantic includes a book review of Cambridge historian Eamon Duffy’s Marking the Hours, which describes how the inner life of men and women in medieval times (mostly women) is disclosed in their scratchings in the margins of “the Book of Hours—a devotional assemblage for the laity, first compiled in the 13th century.”