Occupy Catholics to Cardinal Dolan: We Aren’t Protesting, We’re Advertising Love
The first step of occupying Catholicly is showing up.
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Kirk Cameron’s Monumental Reveals Subtle Influence of Christian Reconstructionism
The documentary serves as a good illustration of the gradual and subtle influence of R. J. Rushdoony’s work in the broader culture—often in places where his name is completely unknown.
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Easter: The Underdog Holiday
Once a major factor in shaping the modern calendar, Easter has fallen in significance, to put it mildly, which is another reason I think it’s tops. I tend to like underdogs and faded glory. I live in Baltimore.
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Call Me Pesach
In Yiddish, Jews reacted to the stories wafting out of Holy Week churches with a mixture of fear and derision. The Christian savior was regularly referred to by playful nicknames like Yoizel, Getzel, and most creatively Yoshke Pandre. The layers of meaning in this last name are astonishing: Using the diminutive suffix “–ke,” Yoshke translates as “Little Joe.”
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The Scandal of the Cross
It’s Easter weekend, and French vandals armed with hammers have given further reason for contemplating the crucifixion, or at least its representation.
Read MoreMRI Jesus, Bush’s Reading List, Ahmadinejad & the Pope…
The only religion roundup that doesn’t fear Yoga.
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A Moral For Holy Week 2010 in the Christian Tragedy of Mark’s Gospel
Time to take tragedy seriously.
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God is Not Interested in Religion
Is Easter drained of meaning if we acknowledge its borrowed practices and mixed origins? Is there a limit to how porous the boundaries between traditions should become?
Read MoreVandals Deface Easter Billboard in New Zealand
Fundamentalism tries to erase how Jesus was a dangerous rebel.
Read MoreNews Flash from World Net Daily: Easter is Pagan Holiday
Why is the right launching a War on Easter?
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