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Archive: Faith in Action
A more civil discourse: idealistic pragmatism
Ethics, inspired by the theological principles or plain decency, is about daily realities more than absolutes.
By Katherine Marshall | November 2, 2009; 08:26 AM ET | Comments (7)
A religious view of 'development'
Religion offers a reality check on whether development addresses what people truly want.
By Katherine Marshall | October 26, 2009; 12:38 AM ET | Comments (2)
A billion hungry people
Feeding the hungry is right up there with loving God and caring for one's neighbor. So why don't we?
By Katherine Marshall | October 19, 2009; 12:48 AM ET | Comments (4)
Finding Community in Diversity
The challenge of faith is to balance belonging and exclusion, diverse community and common purpose.
By Katherine Marshall | October 13, 2009; 09:20 AM ET | Comments (5)
"God Gulf" Hurts Women
It will take sustained focus to end most maternal deaths and give girls the chance to act on their dreams.
By Katherine Marshall | October 4, 2009; 11:56 PM ET | Comments (11)
Roots of Prejudice
Why does prejudice run so deep? What makes decent people act in ways that stray so far from their values?
By Katherine Marshall | October 1, 2009; 01:40 PM ET | Comments (31)
Keeping Poverty on the Global Agenda
Ending poverty is a central spiritual quest for mankind. That is true in good times but still more in times of crisis.
By Katherine Marshall | September 20, 2009; 11:42 PM ET | Comments (6)
Interfaith Call for World Peace
The Prayer for Peace draws many of world religions' most senior and respected leaders and inspires many more.
By Katherine Marshall | September 14, 2009; 12:55 AM ET | Comments (1)
Blessing Work
The moral imperative for labor leaders demands they work to advance the interests of poorer workers overseas.
By Katherine Marshall | September 7, 2009; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
Need Plus Greed
Trafficking and exploitation of women and children is happening on a far larger scale as community restraints crumble.
By Katherine Marshall | August 31, 2009; 12:35 AM ET | Comments (16)
Starting Over in Cambodia
A young monk from a small village is determined to build a modern school for his community
By Katherine Marshall | August 24, 2009; 01:20 AM ET | Comments (1)
Interfaith Health-Care Reform
Cambodia's poorest receive excellent care at no charge. It's an inspiring interfaith example.
By Katherine Marshall | August 16, 2009; 12:55 AM ET | Comments (5)
Confronting Religionophobia
Many institutions that work on development simply do not understand the work of religious institutions.
By Katherine Marshall | August 10, 2009; 12:01 AM ET | Comments (34)
Wilde Journey
Oscar Wilde offered some of the most moving passages I have encountered about the power of religion as a witness to poverty.
By Katherine Marshall | August 3, 2009; 12:39 AM ET | Comments (2)
Human-land Security
Swiss village hosts warring factions to discuss freedom from want and freedom from fear.
By Katherine Marshall | July 27, 2009; 12:13 AM ET | Comments (0)
Alliances for Health
The idea is to link the strengths of medicine and religion to stop millions of preventable deaths.
By Katherine Marshall | July 20, 2009; 11:49 AM ET | Comments (8)
Saving a Drowning Girl
Benedict and Bono speak up about wide gap between promises made to address poverty and realities on the ground.
By Katherine Marshall | July 13, 2009; 12:32 AM ET | Comments (15)
Health Care Reform, African Style
A visit to a health clinic in Ghana would remind Obama that many human problems are the same across the world.
By Katherine Marshall | July 6, 2009; 12:20 AM ET | Comments (0)
Spiritual Counsel to the G8
Religious leaders here want offer a prophetic voice to call world leaders to their moral and practical responsibilities.
By Katherine Marshall | June 29, 2009; 12:29 AM ET | Comments (1)
Fathers and Families
The world needs more family planning, and more fathers engaged in that discussion.
By Katherine Marshall | June 22, 2009; 01:18 AM ET | Comments (3)
Faith-Based Competition
White House says faith-based office not there to ensure faith groups get their "fair share" of federal funding.
By Katherine Marshall | June 16, 2009; 02:25 AM ET | Comments (1)
Sweet Echoes from Cairo
Obama's speech in Cairo shows the meaning of dialogue, an articulation of values and a search for understanding.
By Katherine Marshall | June 8, 2009; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
Hearing Muslim Voices
Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas sets out to challenge or change preconceptions Americans have about Muslims.
By Katherine Marshall | June 1, 2009; 11:54 AM ET | Comments (6)
"Good News" or Something Else?
The international community is watching Obama's approach to public funding for faith-inspired organizations.
By Katherine Marshall | May 26, 2009; 08:25 AM ET | Comments (4)
End Game in Sri Lanka
Few governments seem interested in punishing a country they believe is justifiably trying to crush an insurgency.
By Katherine Marshall | May 18, 2009; 12:03 AM ET | Comments (1)
Mothers Need More Than a Day
A woman in Niger faces a 1 in 7 chance of dying of pregnancy-related causes; a woman in Sweden has 1 chance in 17,400.
By Katherine Marshall | May 10, 2009; 11:02 PM ET | Comments (0)
Modern Witch Hunts
Witch hunts are part of crisis and turmoil. We are seeing that today and will see more as economic and social storms intensify.
By Katherine Marshall | May 4, 2009; 12:37 AM ET | Comments (9)
Pakistan's Quicksand
The Swat scene should be our wakeup call, demanding our urgent and sustained attention..
By Katherine Marshall | April 24, 2009; 09:46 PM ET | Comments (5)
Crisis and Opportunity in Darfur
Muslims joining Christians and Jews to undertake one of the world's largest humanitarian efforts.
By Katherine Marshall | April 20, 2009; 08:55 AM ET | Comments (1)
Faith-Based Diplomacy
Obama should use extraordinary organizational capacity of global religions in the cause of peace, welfare.
By Katherine Marshall | April 16, 2009; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (13)
Weak Economy Crippling the Poor
Religious communities see the economic crisis as tightly linked to justice and ethics.
By Katherine Marshall | April 8, 2009; 03:56 PM ET | Comments (3)
Wrong Message from the Pope
Even the Vatican's most ardent admirers have to wonder about the Pope's insensitive comments about condoms.
By Katherine Marshall | March 28, 2009; 07:40 PM ET | Comments (30)
Unkind Cuts
No religious text or teaching prescribes cutting, so why do millions believe the process has religious origins?
By Katherine Marshall | March 24, 2009; 01:15 AM ET | Comments (38)
Limbaugh, the Vatican and a Woman's Place
What's needed is a healthy and open debate, within the Catholic world and beyond, of the warring values that arise in debates about women's rights. What does respect for life and dignity, a wonderful clarion call, truly mean?
By Katherine Marshall | March 16, 2009; 09:28 AM ET | Comments (22)
