One of the peculiarities of life in the Anglican Communion is that the statements of American bishops often receive greater attention from London newspapers than
Newsweek’s Readback blog reports on “religious reaction” to its cover story on the biblical case for gay marriage. As you see, Readback’s post captures the
4. The Canterbury non-Tale. … the Lambeth Conference’s planners turned the gathering into a non-binding conversation-only affair, many conservatives boycotted it, and the Communion staggered on.
The precise location of Herod’s tomb remained a mystery for nearly two millennia, until April 2007, when Netzer and his colleagues at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem unearthed it on the upper slopes of Herodium. The discovery provided new insights into one of the most enigmatic minds of the ancient world—and fresh evidence of the hatred that Herod excited among his contemporaries.
A Catholic priest got exercised when a California reporter attempted to ask him about reports that he had expelled a woman from Mass “because her vehicle sported painted signs in support of president-elect Barack Obama.” Violence ensued. Imagine the response on the Anglican right had the priest been an Episcopalian and the signs in support of John McCain.
David Brody, Washington correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network, has interviewed many people during his coverage of campaign 2008. As keynote speaker at the Baptist Press Collegiate Journalism conference awards banquets last weekend, he made special note of how the climate has changed for democrats at the network. Brody has interviewed numerous Democrats, part of their “strategy” to address “values voters,” says a Scripps Howard article, but Brody never questions their authenticity, he says.
Speakers at the congress of the World Association for Christian Communicators (WACC) tell members that the Church and the media play an essential role in checking the misuse of power.
Suddenly the world’s media, which has been studiously ignoring the Millennium Development Goals to this point, has caught MDG fever, just in time for today’s activities in New York City, in which the Episcopal Church will play a major role.
In his farewell Sightings column, distinguished scholar Martin Marty takes a look.
On YouTube, you can watch video of a chewing-gum sculptor from Romania and an office badminton match among cubicle dwellers. And then there are the videos of the Rev. Steven Rice, who ponders such theological questions as why we pray and whether observing the pagan ritual of Halloween is OK for Christians.