Amanda Marcotte sees how conservatives both claim Christ and vilify the poor in contradiction to the teachings and example of Jesus and wonders why this is so?
New data indicates that loyalty to the church on the part of Roman Catholic women in the United States is declining relative to men. David
From ABC News:
The Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber (see her new book, Krista Tippett of public radios’s On Being at the Wild Goose Festival
You’re more likely to see a beard in the pulpit today than at any time since the 1800s. But beards—especially among clergy—were once serious, symbolic matters. They separated East from West during the Great Schism, priests from laity during the Middle Ages, and Protestants from Catholics during the Reformation.
Father Matthew Moretz, of St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, exegetes the controversial song by Kanye West Yeezus.
Al-Jazeera America began broadcasting on August 20th. But will Americans tune in?
From Jonathan Merritt at Religion News Service:
In his conversation with Rabbi Julia Neuberger at the Edinburgh international book festival, former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams spoke about pop spirituality and voiced skepticism about claims that Christians in the UK are persecuted