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Archive: January 2008
Why the Next Mormon President Matters
For Mormons, America is literally a promised land where Christ once appeared and where he will return. American optimism finds expression in the Mormon belief that we can “eternally progress” in the afterlife to become more like God.
By Mathew N. Schmalz | January 31, 2008; 5:50 PM ET | Comments (19)
Gordon B. Hinckley: 1910-2008
President Hinckley liked to be out among ordinary people, shaking hands, looking into their faces, often sharing his legendary wit and humor in a light moment.
By Michael Otterson | January 29, 2008; 8:25 AM ET | Comments (137)
Spiritual Hunger Among Well-Fed at Davos
Because their lives are so filled with distraction and so hell bent on success, they often have the least amount of spiritual satisfaction and the most spiritual hunger.
By Timothy Shriver | January 27, 2008; 6:52 PM ET | Comments (12)
The Press and the Former Baptist Preacher
Huckabee served as a public official longer than he did a pastor, but the press nevertheless seems to stress his prior job as a preacher more than he himself does. Why?
By Patrick T. Waters | January 23, 2008; 4:30 PM ET | Comments (8)
Changing More Than a Light Bulb
Jewish tradition can help us shift priorities and move away from Western society's short-sighted, selfish way of using the planet.
By Evonne Marzouk | January 22, 2008; 10:51 AM ET | Comments (8)
A Jesuit's Perspective on Abortion
In the abortion debate, we kill ourselves when we turn away from the praise, reverence and service of God.
By William Blazek | January 22, 2008; 8:37 AM ET | Comments (30)
Remembering Dr. King With Service and Prayer
I will celebrate this King Day by praying for a heart quiet and engaged enough to experience the divine in every act of service that seeks justice, dignity, and peace.
By Timothy Shriver | January 20, 2008; 3:09 PM ET | Comments (23)
Spirituality and Teilhard de Chardin
Teilhard will tell you to practice those four things—attraction, connection, complexity, and consciousness—and you will be acting in resonance with the evolutionary law of the universe that God implanted in every particle of your being.
By Louis Savary | January 19, 2008; 4:53 PM ET | Comments (6)
Gandhi Post Regrettable
Our goal is to shed light on a subject -- religion -- that too often generates heat. The Gandhi post failed to comply with that mission.
By Jon Meacham and Sally Quinn | January 18, 2008; 9:03 AM ET | Comments (140)
Gandhi's Words an Insult to all Decent People
Mr. Donald Graham, Chairman, Washington Post Washington, DC waterst@washpost.com . Dear Mr. Graham, We met at your office four years ago, after I spoke at a Freedom Forum event in memory of 32 journalists who lost their lives in 2002,...
By Judea Pearl | January 18, 2008; 8:06 AM ET | Comments (58)
U of Rochester Statement on Gandhi Post
Statement by Joel Seligman, president of the University of Rochester. January 11, 2008 I was surprised and deeply disappointed by Arun Gandhi's recent opinion piece in the Washington Post blog, On Faith. I believe that his subsequent apology inadequately explains...
By Joel Seligman | January 14, 2008; 2:07 PM ET | Comments (25)
A Path Religion and Science Can Follow
The Dalai Lama’s hope is that, through serious engagement with spirituality, there could emerge eventually a form of science that constitutes a “union of wisdom and compassion.”
By Thupten Jinpa | January 11, 2008; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (7)
Hijabs and High Heels
Young Muslim women torn between faith and fashion remind me of my own struggle of good girl versus bad girl, and how split in two these young women must feel in defending their religion and identity.
By Pamela Windo | January 4, 2008; 2:41 PM ET | Comments (109)
Mismatch.Com
I thought 20 years as an ordained minister had given me a good working knowledge of human nature. It wasn’t until I posted an online profile on a dating site that I realized how clueless I was.
By Elizabeth E. Evans | January 4, 2008; 1:20 PM ET | Comments (17)
Abusing Children in the Name of God
Such is the dilemma that confronts parents who choose to treat their sick or injured children with prayer instead of medicine.
By Shawn F. Peters | January 2, 2008; 1:58 PM ET | Comments (148)
