Religion Dispatches
Who is really pointing the dagger to the heart of immigration reform, the senator who seeks to include permanent partners (including gays) or the Bishops and evangelicals who oppose it?
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Why has so much religious leadership come to look like “the bland leading the bland”? On the occasion of Pentecost, we present a romp through the wide range of Protestantisms, and answer the question: Why is that biblical book called “Acts” and not “Lazing About”?
Read MoreReligious groups used scare tactics, and a lot of money, to sway the vote on Prop. 8—so why are some of their leaders being welcomed at the “progressive” table?
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“Asking” the banks how they “feel” may be politically shrewd, but it’s morally bankrupt.
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Larry Summers can’t keep his eyes open for 30 frickin minutes while his President speaks of the need for the banks to play fair. Is there no more fitting symbol?
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Obama might mention the super rich, for example.
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Can a This-Worldly and an Other-Worldly faith be friends?
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Pardon me, Nick, but the course you are recommending—and the White House policy you are explicitly endorsing—happens to represent a complete breach of public trust.
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Is there a connection between fewer identifying as “Christian” and “junk religion”? If the religious right is losing power why are Democrats so intent on “reaching out” to them?
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Unless the religion of Greed can be displaced, a future of hope and social justice will be stillborn.
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