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Anti-Obama black pastors group has conservative ties
Since William Owens launched his national campaign in May calling on African Americans to withdraw their support of President Obama because of his stance on gay marriage, the minister has claimed t...
Nuns gather to plot response to Vatican crackdown
c. 2012 Religion News Service ST. LOUIS (RNS) As hundreds of nuns met here on Wednesday (Aug....
Do the American nuns have a future?
c. 2012 Religion News Service ST. LOUIS (RNS) Catholic sisters gathered here for their annual assembly on Thursday (Aug....
For Sikhs, the soul lives on long after the body dies
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Funeral services will be held on Friday (Aug. 10) for the six Sikhs killed at a Wisconsin temple last Sunday....
Snakes in the grass
I am not squeamish about most animals or insects. But snakes are a different story.
Clergy urge Americans to defend religious minorities
A group of religious leaders representing seven faith traditions have called for something more than a period of public mourning after a week that saw a shooting rampage at a Sikh temple and a susp...
Word nerds and status anxiety
Among my writerly friends and kin, debates about language rules are routine....
A time to wait
I've been doing a lot of spiritual wrestling of late. A few months into a new position, I feel like I should be "doing" more, helping the church take bold, new steps, that sort of thing....
A Faith Not Worth Fighting For, edited by Tripp York and Justin Bronson Barringer
The editors and contributors to this volume believe that the practice of nonviolence is at the center of what it means to follow Jesus....
Our Mormon neighbors
Romney's faith, like Obama's, is distinctly American yet often misunderstood. And campaigns are rarely an occasion to increase understanding.
All the bad people
This New York Times story would make for a good spot quiz in a Lutheran confirmation class. Identify the theological problem in the following report.
Thursday digest
New today from the Century: Essential books on Mormonism, why discipleship is not like the Olympics, more.
Why discipleship is not like the Olympics
There are lots of ways to talk about the relationship between sports and religion.
The opening scene of Bull Durham comes to mind. As does the cultic quality of America’s obsession with football.
Sport as the center of personal and communal piety has a long history in many cultures, with the U.S. perhaps—to keep the competition motif alive here—winning the prize for the world’s most zealous devotees of the faith.
People Like Us
Though this movie wants to be about and for adults, it’s hamstrung by the soap-opera mentality of its writers, Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert, and its director, Alex Kurtzman.
The Bible plus: The four books of Mormonism
The LDS canon's four books carry equal weight of authority. All are read as historical witnesses to God's promise of salvation.
Shooter at Sikh temple left trail of hate
c. 2012 USA Today OAK CREEK, Wis. (RNS) Few can know what goes through the twisted mind of a mass killer, but Wade Michael Page left behind plenty of signs that he was consumed by one thing: hate....
Church of England sells News Corp. shares after scandals
(ENInews)--Two of the Church of England's investment entities announced 7 August that they have sold all their shares in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., worth about 1.9 million pounds (US$2.97 million...