New Study: Jews More “Spiritual” Less Ancestral
A new study appears to beg the question: what does it even mean to be Jewish?
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“Junk Religion”: White House Fills Remaining Faith-Based Slots
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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What Liberals Want: A Response to Susan Thistlethwaite
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 Talks Down to Fundamentalist Mormon Girls
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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RDPulpit: The Prophets of Neoliberalism
Unless the religion of Greed can be displaced, a future of hope and social justice will be stillborn.
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Religion Poll Proves that Liberals Are Not Conservatives
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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10 Media Rules for Effective Theology
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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Catholic-Jewish Tension and the Rededication of Catholic Holocaust Memorial
At a time when the Pope isn’t doing much to help Jewish-Catholic relations, the Boston Diocese reaches out.
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Freeman Dyson, American Heretic
When science moves from observation and description to assigning value, it veers into the sacred.
Read MoreArchbishop Retracts Videotaped Criticism of Fellow Bishops
In 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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