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Inscribing the Text: Sermons and Prayers of Walter Brueggemann
A good preacher should be able to teach in a right and orderly way . . . be able to speak well . . ....
She Who Changes: Re-Imagining the Divine in the World
When Carol Christ’s mother was dying, with her husband and daughter flanking the death bed, Christ felt a sensation she had...
Joyful noise
Spanning the sonic globe, this roundup of recent albums highlights compelling music in different genres. Alongside some popular names are lesser-known artists who deserve notice....
French farce
The German occupation of France, a sinister and embarrassing epoch for the French, tends to be treated by them with dutiful solemnity or avoided altogether....
Gospel fantasy
If you’ve not read Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, you’re in a shrinking group....
Stacked up: Reading good writers
Martin Marty once noted that there comes a time when you confront the depressing reality that you’re probably not going to read all the books you hoped and planned to read....
Course correction: The U.S. needs help in Iraq
While interviewing President Bush for his just-published book Plan of Attack, Bob Woodward mentioned what British Prime Minister Tony Blair had said about receiving angry letters from famili...
Century Marks
Moratorium on prayer: Anthony Bloom, longtime head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain, was a noted authority on prayer....
Lethal lawn care: Poisons in the grass
It’s springtime and the pressure is on. For several weeks now I’ve been growing anxious as I watch the brown neighborhood grasses gradually turn to shades of green....
Kerry may survive Rome's hard line: Two bishops say Communion shouldn't be withheld
Although a leading Vatican cardinal states that Catholic teaching is clear about denying communion to a politician who supports abortion rights, two key U.S....
Religious groups join women's rights march: Prayerfully Pro-Choice Interfaith Worship Service
Standing at a worship service shortly before the official start of the March for Women’s Lives held in Washington, D.C., pastry cook Theresa Helfrey held two signs stapled together, one declaring t...
Catholic right holds first prayer breakfast: National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
When 1,000 “faithful” Catholics packed a Washington hotel ballroom for the first-ever National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on April 28, noticeably absent was the man who could be the first Catholic p...
Suffered in Israeli jail, says Christian convert: Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu
Released Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu said on April 21 he had been persecuted by the authorities in Israel because of his conversion to Christianity....
Presbyterians prefer cremation, no funeral: Memorial services favored
A funeral complete with casket? Plenty of Presbyterian pastors and parishioners polled on the matter prefer a memorial service to a funeral, and want their bodies cremated rather than buried....
Alliance of Baptists endorses gay marriage: Decries "politicization of same-sex marriage"
The Alliance of Baptists, a progressive group which grew out of a protest against a fundamentalist resurgence among Southern Baptists, has adopted a statement in favor of same-sex marriage, saying ...
Church leaders: Bush's clean-air policy foul: The Clear Skies initiative
One hundred Christian leaders told President Bush in a pointed Earth Day rebuke that they have “grave moral concern” about his clean-air policy....
Jury gives $37 million to Lutheran victims: History of abusive pastor hidden
A Texas jury has awarded nearly $37 million to nine victims who accused a Lutheran governing body of hiding the history of a pastor later convicted of child abuse....
Gay priest in Britain named diocesan dean: Withdrew last year from appointment as Anglican bishop
The issue of homosexuality has come back to haunt the Church of England with the appointment of avowedly gay Canon Jeffrey John as dean of the diocese of St....
Evangelical teens also pirate music, says poll: Few consider unauthorized downloading wrong
The Gospel Music Association says it has embarked on a campaign to counter music piracy after commissioning a study that found purchasers of Christian music are as likely as other teens to engage i...
AAR keeps plan for stand-alone meeting: Traditionally meets concurrently with Society of Biblical Literature
Despite an on-line petition signed by nearly 3,000 members, the board of directors for the 10,000-member American Academy of Religion said the organization of religion scholars will not rescind its...