Religion Dispatches
The 10 remaining picks did little to rectify the anti-reform, anti-woman, anti-gay tilt of Obama’s Faith-Based Advisory Council. Not to mention the conspicuous absence of a single academic theologian.
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Theologian Susan Thistlethwaite suggested in Newsweek that liberals should respect progressive efforts to connect with evangelicals. Frances Kissling responds that the respect should begin with a sitdown between liberals and progressives.
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Oprah’s skepticism toward FLDS girls about their devotion to unusual beliefs reminds one writer of the questions asked of Muslim women.
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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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A new Barna poll plays off of the tarnished “liberal” label and seems to push the idea that conservative religion is the real religion.
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Whether it’s a “U2charist,” a campaign to help the poor, or simply agreeing to speak like a regular person, here are the top ten rules for theologians who want to reach a new public.
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At a time when the Pope isn’t doing much to help Jewish-Catholic relations, the Boston Diocese reaches out.
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When science moves from observation and description to assigning value, it veers into the sacred.
Read MoreIn a videotaped interview, Archbishop Raymond Burke calls Obama an “agent of death.” But his big mistake was to criticize his fellow bishops in public.
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A new report identifies three areas where women’s empowerment and religion are linked: activism, scholarship, and popular culture.
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