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Archive: December 2006
Faith, Commitments and Mideast Peace
My most recent book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, is designed to break the existing stalemate and to prescribe a path to permanent peace for Israelis, with peace and justice for the Palestinians. All the major religions would endorse these goals.
By Jimmy Carter | December 31, 2006; 12:15 PM ET | Comments (574)
Up in Smoke And Down The Hatch
This Christmas as I set the table, I laid a piece of holly at every place. After we finished the meal, everyone went into the living room where I read a poem. Then we each made a wish and threw the holly on the fire.
By Sally Quinn | December 25, 2006; 8:53 PM ET | Comments (18)
Television Personality Looks Anew At Religion
In an interview with Sally Quinn, Barbara Walters discusses religion, her upbringing, and her special, Heaven: Where Is It? How Do We Get There?, which aired Dec. 22.
By Barbara Walters | December 21, 2006; 9:18 AM ET | Comments (372)
Reconciliation Is the Episcopal Mission
While the Episcopal Church laments the recent votes by some persons in Virginia congregations to leave this Church, we are clear that individuals may depart, but congregations do not.
By Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori | December 19, 2006; 1:29 PM ET | Comments (1497)
Designing An Interfaith Marriage Ceremony
I designed this ceremony with and for friends. Who would not do everything one could for friends who are in love? It is composed of elements from the wedding ceremonies of the Episcopal Church and of Reform Judaism (via Rabbi...
By Rev. Craig D. Townsend | December 15, 2006; 11:34 AM ET | Comments (175)
Why I Witness Interfaith Marriages
Among the most significant contributions of the Abrahamic faiths to the well-being of society is the concept of covenant. Covenant is distinctly more encompassing than contract, which is legalistic in character. Covenant for me conveys a partnership whereby the Divine-human...
By Hal Straus | December 15, 2006; 11:10 AM ET | Comments (597)
New Chapter Needs New Thinking
For the first time in Islamic history, millions of Muslims are living a new reality: As a religious minority in non-Muslim Western societies. This new situation requires renewed thinking in Islamic legal and theological scholarship
By Maher Hathout | December 5, 2006; 12:24 PM ET | Comments (422)
