2010-02-02T16:01:53Z On Faith is an innovative, provocative conversation on all aspects of religion with best selling author Jon Meacham of Newsweek and Sally Quinn of The Washington Post. Keep up-to-date on global religious developments with On Faith. tag:newsweek.washingtonpost.com,2010:/onfaith//264 Copyright (c) 2010, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive 2010-02-02T16:01:53Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-02-01:/onfaith/2010/02/pro-life_super_bowl_ad.html

The conservative Christian group Focus on the Family is sponsoring a pro-life ad, featuring football star Tim Tebow, during Sunday's Super Bowl. Should CBS show the ad? Should CBS allow other faith-based groups to buy Super Bowl ads promoting their beliefs on social issues? Is a major sporting event, or a TV ad campaign, an appropriate venue for discussing such vital and divisive culture-war issues like abortion? The League: Who cares if Tim Tebow is...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2010-01-27T14:53:27Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-01-25:/onfaith/2010/01/president_as_savior.html

Do we expect our presidents to be spiritual leaders as well as political leaders? Can they be? Should they be?...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2010-01-21T19:50:29Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-01-19:/onfaith/2010/01/does_god_allow_haiti_to_suffer.html

Many have criticized Pat Robertson for suggesting that the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti was the work of the devil or a form of divine punishment. But if one believes God is good and intervenes in the world, why does God allow innocents to suffer? What is the best scriptural text or explanation of that problem you've ever read?...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2010-01-12T14:16:20Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-01-11:/onfaith/2010/01/media_bias_against_christianit.html

Fox News analyst Brit Hume said "widespread media bias against Christianity" was to blame for criticism of his suggestion that Tiger Woods should embrace Christianity to find redemption. "Instead of urging that Tiger Woods turn to Christianity, if I had said what he needed to do was to strengthen his Buddhist commitment or turn to Hinduism, I don't think anybody would have said a word," Hume told Christianity Today. "It's Christ and Christianity that get...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2010-01-05T15:31:26Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2010-01-04:/onfaith/2010/01/blasphemy_in_ireland.html

Atheists and others are protesting a new law in Ireland, under which a person can be found guilty of blasphemy if "he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion." The penalty is a fine of up to about $35,000. Should Ireland or any nation have a law against...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2009-12-29T13:57:44Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-12-21:/onfaith/2009/12/2009.html

What was the most important religion story of 2009?...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2009-12-20T16:53:15Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-12-19:/onfaith/2009/12/climate_change_a_moral_issue.html

In response to Sarah Palin's recent claims that climate change is based on "junk science and doomsday scare tactics pushed by an environmental priesthood," Al Gore said that "global warming is not a political issue but a moral one." Which is it? Is it immoral to do nothing about global warming?...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2009-12-18T15:37:41Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-12-15:/onfaith/2009/12/oral_roberts.html

Your thoughts on Oral Roberts, the influential and controversial TV evangelist who died Tuesday at age 91....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

David Waters 2009-12-15T15:37:22Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-12-14:/onfaith/2009/12/obama_just_war_and_holy_war.html

Is there such a thing as a 'just war'? In his Nobel speech, was President Obama right to speak in these theological terms about war? He also stated that 'no holy war can ever be a just war.' Do you agree or disagree?...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2009-12-15T15:37:50Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-12-07:/onfaith/2009/12/a_creche_in_the_white_house.html

Christmas decorations at the White House include a creche in the East Room (despite reports that White House social secretary Desiree Rogers suggested that the Obamas were planning a "non-religious Christmas"). Should the White House, whose residents serve all Americans, display a crèche or a menorah or any strictly religious symbols during the holidays? (Cover photo: Since 1967, the White House creche (left) has been the centerpiece of the East Room. The 47 Baroque figures...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2009-12-01T13:47:10Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-12-01:/onfaith/2009/12/swiss_ban_minarets.html

What's your reaction to Sunday's decision by voters in Switzerland to ban construction of minarets, the slender towers from which Muslims are called to daily prayers?...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2009-11-24T14:56:27Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-23:/onfaith/2009/11/holidays_or_holy_days.html

What do you think of the American Humanist Association's new "Godless Holiday" campaign? The ads, displayed on transit systems in five major U.S. cities, will say: "No God? . . . No Problem! Be good for goodness' sake. Humanism is the idea that you can be good without a belief in God." Is this another front on the so-called secular "war on Christmas"? Or is this another example of the pluralistic strength of America? And...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2009-11-17T15:53:35Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-17:/onfaith/2009/11/bishops_abortion_and_health-ca.html

U.S. Catholic bishops are defending their direct involvement in congressional deliberations over health-care reform, saying that church leaders have a duty to raise moral concerns on any issue, including abortion rights and health care for the poor. Do you agree? What role should religious leaders have -- or not have -- in government policymaking?...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2009-11-11T15:18:48Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-09:/onfaith/2009/11/religion_in_the_military.html

The Fort Hood shootings have raised questions again about how the military should handle the personal religious beliefs of its soldiers, whether they are evangelical Christians, Muslims, Wiccans, and so on. What is the proper role of religion -- and personal religious belief -- in the U.S. armed forces? Should a particular religious affiliation disqualify someone from active military service? How far should the military go to accommodate personal religious beliefs and practices?...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham 2009-11-09T14:08:29Z tag:washingtonpost.com,2009-11-06:/onfaith/2009/11/islam_and_the_ft_hood_shooting.html

What effect will the Fort Hood shootings have on the American public's perception of Islam?...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham