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Two-thirds of Americans say bin Laden's in hell
(RNS) While Americans have debated whether Osama bin Laden's body
belongs at the bottom of the Arabian Sea, most agree on the final
destination of his soul: in hell....
Graham's doctor says condition has stabilized
(RNS) Billy Graham's doctor confirmed Thursday (May 12) that the
92-year-old evangelist has pneumonia, but said he is doing well....
Obama rallies Hispanic Christians on immigration
WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama assured Hispanic Christians on Thursday
(May 12) that he hears their pleas for immigration reform, calling it a...
Bill would strengthen role of religious freedom envoy
WASHINGTON (RNS) New legislation proposed by a leading congressional
watchdog would push the State Department to make international religious
freedom a greater priority....
A quiver full of controversy
(RNS) When Meg Moseley gave birth to her third child 20 years ago,
doctors cautioned her against having any more babies, fearing that...
Immigration pits Mormons against church hierarchy
For decades, Mormon conservatives have believed that their politics
matched the positions of their church—opposing abortion, the Equal...
Abuse victims oppose pick for new House chaplain
The nation's leading advocacy group for victims of clergy sexual
abuse is opposing an Oregon Jesuit's bid to serve as House chaplain,...
New Bibles and old debates
In
March, U.S. publishers released new editions of two of the most widely read
English-language Bibles: the Catholic New American Bible and the evangelical...
Everything seems to be broken
It is an odd thing, I have discovered during my nearly three years as a pastor, to be entrusted with people’s pain. ...
Bill Cunningham New York
This invigorating documentary offers a
poignant portrait of a life devoted to the pursuit of beauty. Cunningham, a photographer who documents fashion in his
long-running New York Times column, is both an artist and a social commentator, though far too modest to describe himself as either.
Presbyterians do turnaround on gay clergy
Few experts in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) were predicting that 2011 would see the denomination dropping its three-decade opposition to ordaining gay and lesbian clergy....
Same-sex complementarity: A theology of marriage
No conservative I know has seriously argued that same-sex couples need sanctification any less than opposite-sex couples do.
The limits of explanation
Last year Professor Bart Ehrman of the University of North Carolina cranked out yet another book, God’s Problem. Dr. Ehrman breathlessly announces that he has discovered that God has a big problem – suffering.
Ehrman dismisses various futile attempts on the part of God to explain
why there is suffering, pain, and disaster in the world – the Book of
Job, Ecclesiastes, and Jesus.
The Spirit of Vatican II, by Colleen McDannell
Colleen McDannell confesses that integrating family history with scholarship is not for the faint of heart....
Sunday, May 22, 2011: Acts 7:55–60; John 14:1–14
I love interfaith gatherings, but I would never invite Stephen.
Update: Jewish paper apologizes for cropping out Clinton
JERUSALEM (RNS) An ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspaper in Brooklyn has
apologized to the White House and State Department after the paper...
Chaplains say Navy wedding policy confuses a fraught debate
WASHINGTON (RNS) A recent Navy memo that would permit military chaplains
to officiate at same-sex marriage ceremonies upon repeal of the...
Muslims battle to be official voice of U.S. Islam
(RNS) As president of the Phoenix-based American Islamic Forum for
Democracy, an eight-year-old group that twins conservative and Islamic...