Could repurposing a church revive a church and help spawn new life through becoming a center for religious and cultural life? Doubling as a coffee shop and a church? Doubling as a library and a church? Doubling as a cultural center and a church? It is an exciting idea, but it is not a new one.
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approach spiritual death.”
Why do we do it this way? We do it this way because it is our experience that the nation doesn’t move around questions of genuine equality for the poor and for black people until it is confronted massively, dramatically in terms of direct action.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last speech.
“The Rise of the Nones” was one of the big religion stories in the last year. But what if “none” doesn’t mean atheist or agnostic. What if “none” really means “none?”
As President Obama considers who might replace Pastor Louie Giglio to deliver the benediction at his upcoming inauguration, GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
If history is any guide, the new generation will find and express an authentic and compelling interpretation of the ancient faith, and American politics and culture will be shaped in large measure by the answers the millennials find.
Is this a time that should be strictly devoted to mourning, prayer and giving comfort, or is it also permissible to acknowledge the political dimension of these shootings, and to urge action against the root causes?
An exhibit of the religious art of Louis C. Tiffany gives a glimpse into an era when houses of worship were built in growing American cities.
Separation runs deep in the American soul. Since President Obama won re-election, more than 750,000 Americans have petitioned to let their respective states secede. framing it in terms that suggest a deep-seated religious impulse for purity-through-separation.