#SorryNotSorry: What U.S. Christian Denominations Teach About Homosexuality
The massacre of 49 individuals in an Orlando gay nightclub on June 12 has ignited…
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Is The Episcopal Church Driving Drunk?
For many of her critics Heather Cook’s crime spree began with her ordination.
Read MoreGambian President Threatens to Kill Asylum Seekers
Gambia: President Threatens to Kill Asylum Seekers Fiercely anti-gay President Yahya Jammeh, who has called…
Read MoreReligious Leaders Urge Obama to Allow Abortion Funding in Foreign Aid
Religiously-based efforts to prevent girls from getting an education, like the kidnapping of Nigerian school…
Read MoreEpiscopal Church Removes Bishop Who Split Following LGBT Inclusion Vote
Still wrangling over the property.
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The Episcopal Church ‘Takes a Flying Leap’ into Controversies Old and New
It goes almost without saying that mainline Protestantism is in an extended period of at least numerical, if not spiritual, decline, and many commentators have taken the occasion of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church—still an important symbol of normative American religiosity—to mark the beginning of the End Times for liberal Christianity and perhaps religion in general. Others have strained mightily to see glimmers of hope even in the confusion and controversy that swirls such gatherings. We of course have no idea how it will all play out.
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Episcopal Church Divided Over Trinity’s Denial of Occupy
If I were CEO of Trinity Wall Street, I’d be alarmed at the idea of the “unspecified use” apparently demanded by the OWS protesters. But, of course, Trinity Wall Street does not have a CEO, it has ministers.
Read MoreEpiscopal Conference Lives Up to Episcopal Jokes
“Dog Bites Man,” (i.e. nothing much happened), and it is news.
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