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Archive: March 2007
Did Religion Evolve?
It seems indisputable that we evolved as spiritual beings. This perspective frees us to bring together science and religion in a way that honors both.
By Barbara J. King | March 30, 2007; 1:41 PM ET | Comments (76)
Crumpling the First Amendment
School is supposed to be a place where students' views are developed, not destroyed.
By Julie Hilden | March 29, 2007; 12:28 PM ET | Comments (122)
Slavery and Genocide in the Bible
I was deeply troubled by the biblical version of the Passover story, in which God explicitly endorsed the institution of slavery.
By David Hilzenrath | March 28, 2007; 10:24 AM ET | Comments (450)
Episcopal Church Crisis
We came to realize that the price for claiming our identity as the Episcopal Church might be that we would no longer be welcomed by some of our brothers and sisters in the Anglican Communion.
By Bishop Mark Sisk | March 26, 2007; 9:24 AM ET | Comments (407)
Another Step Out of the Closet
The Episcopal Church is stronger for having the courage to tell the truth about who we are as people of God – and for refusing to be blackmailed into bigotry.
By Rev. Susan Russell | March 23, 2007; 11:51 AM ET | Comments (49)
Bishop G.E. Patterson
In Patterson’s view, he was called to transmit the plain truth, the raw gospel, the inspired, infallible, indestructible word of God.
By David Waters | March 22, 2007; 1:40 PM ET | Comments (66)
Getting Religion Wrong
Getting religion wrong hurts religion and endangers world societies.
By Martin Marty | March 20, 2007; 8:30 AM ET | Comments (17)
Another Amen for Religious Liberty
Those on the crazy right will say that only their religion can be taught in the public schools. Those on the crazy left will say that no religion is too much.
By Stephen Prothero | March 19, 2007; 11:31 AM ET | Comments (138)
Catholics, Protestants and Rugby
I cannot convey the feeling of expectancy as the English team took the field. The Irish crowd and their own supporters rose as one.
By Anthony O'Reilly | March 16, 2007; 12:41 PM ET | Comments (16)
Shanley's Inspired Doubts
By the end of the production, you are pondering how the multi-facted reality that we call life can be lived without doubt.
By Caryle Murphy | March 15, 2007; 12:56 PM ET | Comments (22)
Anti-Catholic Bias Still Accepted
Mass-attending Catholics are viewed by the elites in the media, the academy and in the entertainment world as superstitious plebeians.
By Robert Novak | March 14, 2007; 4:58 PM ET | Comments (183)
Debate: Religious Literacy or Liberty?
Should religion be taught in public schools? Read the transcript of Barry Lynn and Stephen Prothero's debate....
By Barry Lynn and Stephen Prothero | March 14, 2007; 12:55 PM ET | Comments (1)
Stop Shrinking God
God asks us to take on LARGE challenges. How did God shrink to a personal service representative who helps you get thin, grow rich, or stop smoking?
By Kathleen Kennedy Townsend | March 12, 2007; 11:53 AM ET | Comments (60)
Faith Leads Us Out of Ourselves
What are we doing to make a difference? Have we trusted in God enough to leave our cocoons and step off our self-defined pedestals?
By Tom Ehrich | March 10, 2007; 10:35 AM ET | Comments (10)
Let's Sort Fiction From Fact and Meaning
Like the Da Vinci Code, Cameron’s film proves that what sells best is fiction pretending to be fact.
By Elaine Pagels | March 8, 2007; 11:19 AM ET | Comments (71)
Our Ways Not Always God's Ways
When I became a Christian in the early 1990s, I did what all good Christians are supposed to do. I started reading the Bible (which, by the way, my lesbian partner at the time actually gave me as a gift.)
By Melissa Fryrear | March 7, 2007; 4:48 PM ET | Comments (111)
Gays and God: Be Not Afraid
What strikes me so often in the discussions about gay clergy and holy unions is that so many people seem so afraid.
By Bradley E. Schmeling | March 6, 2007; 2:46 PM ET | Comments (44)
Jesus Tomb: Reasons to be Skeptical
The discovery of the so-called “Tomb of Jesus” takes me back -- back to November 2002 to the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Toronto....
By Eric M. Meyers | March 5, 2007; 11:22 AM ET | Comments (1083)
My Conversion from Homosexuality
I found many men and women who were able to walk away from homosexuality, which offered me hope and confirmed that change was possible.
By Bob Ragan | March 1, 2007; 12:11 PM ET | Comments (215)
