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Study suggests bad World War II experiences led vets to church
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IRS ‘targeting’ angers conservative groups
Disclosures that the Internal Revenue Service conducted special scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax exemption, including groups associated with Billy Graham, led the Obama administration in...
Justices to review prayer at government meetings
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether prayers can be offered at government meetings—a practice that’s been common in Congress and throughout the states for more than two centuries....
Human cloning breakthrough prompts objections
News that scientists had for the first time recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos prompted dire warnings from religious leaders who say the research crosses a moral red line and could lead...
United Methodist Reporter folds
The United Methodist Reporter, a national weekly newspaper that once produced nearly 300 separate editions, each with regional church news, said that the financial losses of recent months ...
Abuse watchdogs cite bishops’ ‘failings’
Even as an annual review in mid-May gave Catholic bishops high marks on sexual abuse prevention policies, officials with the church’s oversight agencies expressed serious concerns about “recent hig...
The Trinity is not an appendix to the Christian doctrine of God
This Sunday is Trinity Sunday, which is appropriately observed after Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit....
Thursday digest
New today from the Century: Valerie Weaver-Zercher reviews Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith, David Heim on Foyle's War, more.
What would Christopher Foyle do?
I’ve seen a bumper sticker that says, “What would Atticus do?”—a tribute to Atticus Finch, the saintly lawyer in To Kill a Mockingbird.
Having finished watching (via Netflix) six seasons of the BBC TV series Foyle’s War, I’m ready to slap on a “What would Christopher Foyle do?” sticker.
Sacrament of friendship
Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith render things – a graveyard walk, a dream about an elevator, a Neil Young song – into something else entirely.
Morning companions
When I open the sanctuary doors in the morning, I see the face of Christ in the shadow side of the welfare state.
Chelsea Clinton to promote interfaith work at NYU
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WASHINGTON (RNS) Chelsea Clinton is wearing a new professional hat, one that will take her into a religious direction....
Wednesday digest
New today from the Century: Sam Wells on the people who sleep outside his church, Dennis O'Brien reviews A. C. Grayling, more.
Evangelicals and the redemptive symmetry of immigration reform
The scene at the Church of the Reformation several weeks ago—just a couple blocks from the U. S. Capitol—was a mixture of resolve and celebration, equal parts political rally and family reunion. People milled about on the front steps posing for photographs, greeting old friends and making new acquaintances.
Cooking from scratch
Frozen lasagna is also a pretty good metaphor for how church has been working for many communities.
One upside of everybody constantly filming everything with their glasses
Years ago I was at a friend’s wedding....
The God Argument, by A. C. Grayling
Having written a weekly column in the Guardian and published a series of books on philosophy for the general reader, A. C. Grayling is a rarity: a well-known philosopher....