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Church sanctuary refugee deported to Mexico: Elvira Arellano
Recently deported Elvira Arellano, whose yearlong sanctuary in a Chicago Methodist church symbolized for some activists unjust U.S....
SBC pastor backs Huckabee, takes on Americans United: Wiley Drake's imprecatory prayer
An early candidate for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention has called on Baptists to pray for misfortune to befall employees of a church-state watchdog group....
China claims right to select next Dalai Lama: Present Dalai Lama may find successor in India
Against the backdrop of celebrations to mark the countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government has angered religious- freedom activists by attempting to assert greater influence ov...
Blackberry-dependent at home and in church: E-mail addiction
Denizens of Washington, D.C., are the most addicted, but more Atlantans do it in church....
Briefly noted
A retired Episcopal priest has admitted sexually abusing four adolescent boys while serving as rector of St....
The arms deal: More weapons for the Middle East
When Congress returns from its month-long vacation in September, President Bush will ask members to agree to a package of more than $63 billion in military aid and weapons to our “allies” in the M...
Little red book: A blessed rage for order
The press has been making much of 29 binders and 2,400 pages of jottings found among the relics of baseball great Joe DiMaggio....
God’s party time: Luke 15:1-10; 1 Timothy 1:12-17
I can never read stories about Jesus and his closest conversation partners, the Pharisees, without remembering JOY with some bemusement....
Addictive behavior: Pastors and pornography
According to many Christian groups, pornography is a disturbing and increasing problem. A Promise Keepers survey found that 53 percent of its members consume pornography....
Shrewd steward: Luke 16:1-13
One of the strengths of my Anabaptist tradition is that it takes the Bible and biblical authority seriously but also expects believers, particularly younger people, to argue and raise questions abo...
Blogging toward Sunday
The church’s hymnody too readily assumes that the potter-clay imagery in scripture is only about God exerting unilateral power and God’s people being passive....
Hunger for joy: All will be well
All will be well,
And all will be well,...
Dumbed down
According to Stephen Prothero, America is both “deeply religious and profoundly ignorant about religion.” Personal belief in God remains high. Americans say that their convictions shape their public behaviors, and most support the idea of religious organizations participating in public policy issues. Yet surveys show that the majority of Americans cannot name even one of the four Gospels. Only one-third know that it was Jesus who delivered the Sermon on the Mount, and 10 percent think that Joan of Arc was Noah’s wife.
American habits
For four decades, Robert Bellah’s books, articles and public speeches have influenced thoughtful sectors of American faith communities....
Constantine's Bible: Politics and the Making of the New Testament
Constantine’s act of “calling himself a Christian and pouring in that flood of wealth and power on the church,” ...
The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh: Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology
Ever since the 1970s the theologies of distinctive groups of Christians have aroused muc...