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Selling Ourselves Short
When I retreat to the silence, solitude, prayer and worship of a monastery, I frequently wrestle with a ...
The Word Made Flesh
All too often the story of theology has been told as though it were purely cerebral....
The Battle for Middle-Earth
By the time I finished this book, I was convinced of Fleming Rutledge’s fundamental claim: that the ...
Hidden lives
The opening scenes establish the unforced style of Nobody Knows, a heart-rending film by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda about four Tokyo youngsters who are abandoned by their mother....
Personal space: Uncommon intimacy
I didn’t just violate her personal space; I obliterated it with one public and very embarrassing collision....
Where's the compassion? No substitute for justice: No substitute for justice
President Bush may truly care about the poor and about people down on their luck, and he may want the public and private sectors to join in efforts to help....
Century Marks
Preach it: Although he attended seminary, James R. Krabill says he did not really learn how to preach until he spent time with African-initiated churches in Ivory Coast....
Getting religion: Democrats connect with faith activists
Democratic Party leaders and progressive religious activists are persevering in their separate but complementary efforts to shape a connection between faith and politics....
Justices ponder Ten Commandments displays: Court hears oral arguments
If the U.S. Supreme Court prohibits public displays of the Ten Commandments nationwide, all heck may break loose, say some religious conservatives....
Ruling to ban minors' executions is praised: National religious groups support decision
A U.S. Supreme Court decision this month to ban execution of juvenile offenders is finding strong support among some national religious groups....
Anglicans shut door, but leave room for North Americans: Primates establish deadlines and breathing room
Almost more than any other Christian group, Anglicans are notoriously—and proudly—hard to pin down....
Methodist giving rises despite member loss: Contributions up over $4 million
Giving to the United Methodist Church in the United States was up nearly 4 percent in 2004 despite a net membership decline of more than 69,000, church officials said....
WCC adopts consensus decision-making style: Orthodox grievances addressed
After several years of experimentation, the main governing body of the World Council of Churches has formally adopted a consensus method of decision-making for all WCC organizational entities....
McLaren talk canceled by Kentucky Baptists: Objections to McLaren's Generous Orthodoxy
Author-pastor Brian McLaren, recently listed by Time magazine as one of the country’s most influential evangelicals, was removed as a scheduled speaker by a Kentucky (Southern) Baptist evang...
Allowing local option would fracture ELCA, say Lutheran critics: Ordination of gay pastors
If this summer’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in America convention follows the advice of a sexuality task force to selectively permit ordination of homosexual pastors without fear of church discipl...
WCC endorses divestment from Israel: An unexpected resolution
The World Council of Churches has urged its 347 member denominations to give “serious consideration” to pulling investments out of Israel in protest of what it sees as mistreatment of Palestinians....
Briefly noted
The American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. has announced that a feared recall of missionaries will not happen in 2005....