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Peace Prize winner among pioneers in microfinance loans: Church-backed groups help poor build future
This year’s selection of the Nobel Peace Prize winner has thrown the spotlight on Christian-supported microfinance and banking institutions that make small loans to help poor people build a future....
New York court says insurance must cover contraception: Catholic organizations express disappointment
Catholic Charities and other religious organizations must provide insurance that pays for prescription contraception, New York’s highest court has ruled....
Moderate will lead Christian Coalition: New focus on social and environmental issues
An organization once synonymous with the religious right has named as its new president a pastor who is becoming known as a critic of conservative Christians wedded to Republican politics....
Priest in Foley scandal removed from ministry: Further charges possible
Anthony Mercieca, the priest at the center of the abuse scandal involving former member of Congress Mark Foley (R., Fla.), has been removed from active ministry by the Archdiocese of Miami....
Government says religious contacts have improved security: Cooperation of Muslim and Arab communities noted
Five years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, officials from the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice say they’re working more with Muslim, Sikh and Arab communities to improve relat...
Briefly noted
Trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have voted not to hire professors or administrators who promote charismatic Christian practices, such as speaking in tongues....
End game: Living joyfully in an apocalyptic time
In her 2004 book The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation (Westview), Barbara R....
Pentecostal power: Conversions in El Salvador
The tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero is all but hidden in the basement of the national cathedral in San Salvador....
Best gift: What God wants us to have
The best gift I ever received was something I never wanted....
Sneers: Critiques as show biz
At a conference in Maine last month I was cast alongside Richard Dawkins, author of the best-selling The God Delusion. But we did not debate....
High Court tackles ‘partial-birth’ abortion again: Question new law's protection for maternal health
The man who may cast the deciding vote in the Supreme Court's first major abortion cases in six years tipped his hand little during oral arguments early this month....
Temple talk: Mark 13:1-8
There they all stood, gaping at the blinding wonder of the temple wall and thinking about how magnificent it was. That is, until Jesus stunned the group by blurting out, "Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down."
Royal choice: Revelation 1:4b-8
While there is no royal family in the American political system, the political stars of our time exert royal power. We are very much the heirs of others who loved royalty—such as the elders of Israel who begged Samuel to appoint a king to govern them so they would be like all the other nations. But kingly rule does not come without cost.
Zeno and the gospel paradox: Called to goodness
In the 1900 Olympic games, Frank Jarvis won the gold medal in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11 seconds. He was a full second faster than the gold medal time of the previous Olympics....
Room service: Hotel workers demand a fair contract
Many Christians’ image of a labor leader is of a Jimmy Hoffa–like cigar-chomping political boss—a figure as morally suspect as the industry captains labor tangles with....
The faith-based thing
David Kuo's Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction is the rare political tell-all that is actually better than its pre-release quotes suggest....
Choosing to be different
In their 2001 book Divided By Faith, Michael Emerson and Christian Smith developed a theory to explain ...
Conversations with Barth on Preaching
Karl Barth’s theology grew out of the task of preaching, and he always kept that task in view....
Field Notes from a Catastrophe
The year 1998 had the highest average global temperature on record, 2002 had the second highest, 2001 was third an...