Nicholas Kristoff, writing in the Sunday New York Times Week in Review, notices a new brand of atheist, ones who a skeptical but respect the role and achievement of religion in human culture
Much of institutional Christianity is mired in the concerns of the past, still asking what, how, and who when a new set of issues of how, what, and whose are challenging conventional conceptions of faith.
Andrew Sullivan, writing in the Daily Beast, says that Christianity is in crisis. What he says is nothing new and neither is his prescription. But that does not mean it is not radical. His solution: stop propping up the church and go back to Jesus.
Willie Geist on NBC’s Rock Center explores the tension between the need for quiet in theaters, concerts and in church and the ever-present cell phone. He interivew theRev. Mark Bozzuti-Jones of Trinity Church, Wall Street who shares a humorous story about the phone that just won’t stop ringing.
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Anna Deavere Smith is the first artist in residence at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.
Liel Leibovitz writes in the Tablet why George Lucas’ new film Red Tails is forcing him to look at the original Star Wars trilogy in a new light.
A video making the rounds talks about how Jesus came to abolish religion.
Being single throughout adulthood is more and more common and less stigmatized but many people–as well as workplaces and the church–don’t get that it is possible to be single and never want to get married or have children.