Tag: Faith and Culture

The New York Times introduces is latest “Room for Debate” segment, asking “Is Atheism a Religion?”

A documentary chronicling the influence of American evangelical Christianity on Uganda premieres today at the Sundance Festival. “God Loves Uganda” tells how the culture wars in America have been exported to Uganda and other nations in Africa.

This week, NPR’s Morning Edition has been explores the “nones” — Americans who say they don’t identify with any religion. This echoes the Episcopal Cafe

…what I think the series is doing is inviting us to think of faith in a new and different way. Faith is interpreting how we relate to each other. Faith is coping with the complexity of our past. Faith is carrying the baggage that shapes us all into the present and doing so in ways that are ameliorated and less damaging. Faith is hope even when you are in a predicament of hopelessness.

The JH Weekly (Jackson, WY)St. John’s Episcopal Church, as their Newsmaker of the Year 2012 for forming

If you haven’t encountered Coffee with Jesus on here — Quantum Theology writes about how it often brings her up short about living her faith:

Maureen Dowd of the New York Times hands her column over to Father Kevin O’Neil:

The New York Times reports today that “religious leaders across the country this week vowed to mobilize their congregants to push for gun control legislation

Now that your parish is on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Yelp, should you add Pinterest to your evangelism mix as well? Or have you already?

Six in 10 Americans, including a number of Christians, believe that climate change is actually impacting the weather, according to a new survey. But many,