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Archive: November 2008
Should Wealthy Nations Tithe to the Poor?
I have been thinking about whether the logic of the tithe could apply to nations giving development assistance to poor nations.
By Valerie Elverton Dixon | November 29, 2008; 1:31 PM ET | Comments (3)
Not All Muslims Welcome in Pakistan
If Americans expect Pakistan to be an ally in our war against religious extremism and terror, we need better. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which numbers in the tens of millions, has suffered the brunt of this persecution in Pakistan.
By Ismat Mangla | November 29, 2008; 1:25 PM ET | Comments (13)
A New American Pilgrim at Thanksgiving
Most immigrants like me come to the Thanksgiving table as the pilgrims did -- with a sense of hope; with dreams and the energy to pursue them, perhaps to reinvent ourselves and our lives here in a new world.
By I.J. Singh | November 28, 2008; 2:54 AM ET | Comments (21)
Faith, Hope and Love in the Chemo Lounge
My big Italian family confronts cancer with chemotherapy, 'chemo cosmos,' fearless questions and fun.
By Alyssa Dinowitz | November 26, 2008; 9:29 AM ET | Comments (2)
Obama: Community Organizer-in-Chief
What will it mean to have a community organizer serve as President? The answer has significant implications about the way Obama will govern, our ability to have an impact in Washington, and more broadly about what organizing can teach about being an effective force for justice.
By Jonah Pesner | November 24, 2008; 12:17 PM ET | Comments (3)
Obama's Broad Appeal to Faithful -- and Faithless
Obama won not because conservative white evangelicals or weekly churchgoers voted for him in slightly larger numbers than they voted for John Kerry. He won because he appealed to a broad audience, the faithful and the godless. That's the revelation of the exit polls -- not the narrowing of the "God gap."
By Sarah Posner | November 24, 2008; 1:34 AM ET | Comments (27)
Belief in God Essential for Moral Virtue?
Today, a new imperative has emerged: an awareness that our ethical concerns should extend to all members of the global community. This points to a new planetary ethics transcending the ancient religious, ethnic, racial, and national enmities of the past. It is an ethic that recognizes our common interests and needs as part of an interdependent world.
By Paul Kurtz | November 20, 2008; 1:15 PM ET | Comments (24)
Jackson's Sturdy Wall of Separation
Andrew Jackson, immersed in the Bible, resisted calls for a "Christian Party" and a national day of prayer.
By Jon Meacham | November 20, 2008; 8:51 AM ET | Comments (38)
Seeking Common Ground between Muslims and Christians
The current global problems call for a dialogical conversation between Christians and Muslims as well as others. As religions have to learn to live in an increasingly pluralistic world, they are bound to listen to one another more attentively
By Ibrahim Kalin | November 19, 2008; 10:23 AM ET | Comments (13)
America's Next Ethnic Barrier
Obama's call for change may have been effective enough to overcome one of the great lingering prejudices in U.S. public life, but other prejudices remain. There are 6 million Muslim Americans, and yet how many non-Muslim Americans can claim to have a Muslim friend, or a Muslim family-member?
By Aloysious Mowe | November 19, 2008; 9:39 AM ET | Comments (9)
Pro-Liberty, Not Anti-Mormon
I joined the protest at the Mormon Temple to demonstrate against church interference in my civil rights.
» LDS Statement on Protests
By Joel Engardio | November 18, 2008; 6:12 AM ET | Comments (326)
Who Wrote the Bible? Does it Matter?
The fact is science will never reveal that God wrote the Bible. This question will always remain in the realm of faith. But does "proving" the Bible even matter? Can we find inspiration in its human origins?
By Gary Glassman | November 18, 2008; 12:34 AM ET | Comments (6)
God's Eternal Love
As I approach the 30th anniversary of my service as a minister, I am profoundly grateful for knowing God's love through Jesus Christ. At the same time, I am very clear that people of other faiths with whom I have had the privilege of working also experience God's love through their own traditions.
By Clark Lobenstine | November 17, 2008; 9:47 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Uncertain Future of Evangelical Voters
There is no doubt in my mind that we are seeing two shifts among evangelicals. Evangelicals across all ages are beginning to more aggressively support social platforms, like human rights, the African AIDS and malaria crises, environmental degradation and global poverty. But we are also seeing a generational shift.
By Jonathan Merritt | November 17, 2008; 9:03 AM ET | Comments (3)
No Real Change Without Ethics
There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue between the religions.
By Hans Küng | November 13, 2008; 3:02 PM ET | Comments (15)
Catholic College Students Behaving Badly
This survey provides ample evidence of that, and how college leaders respond will say much about their commitment to a distinctive Catholic identity.
By Patrick J. Reilly | November 12, 2008; 12:17 PM ET | Comments (2)
Saving Sergeant Vanek
A grieving mother's discovery among her son's personal effects points to the need for Catholic Priests in the military chaplaincy.
By William Blazek | November 10, 2008; 4:46 PM ET | Comments (15)
Forgiving is not Forgetting
I am no longer a prisoner of the Japanese. Those who beat and tortured me are no longer alive in my mind. You see, I am ready to forgive and to get on with my life. But forgiveness doesn't mean I have given in or have forgotten.
By Lester Tenney | November 10, 2008; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
India's Bloody Mix of Caste and Cross
Christians are under attack in parts of India today. Economic resentment, combined with traditional caste prejudices, can be a potent political force, especially when the argument is made that Christians belong to a foreign religion.
By Mathew N. Schmalz | November 10, 2008; 8:31 AM ET | Comments (7)
Happy 90th Birthday, Daddy Bill
You have always reminded us that your life is not about Billy Graham but about Jesus Christ.
By Basyle ‘Boz’ Tchividjian | November 6, 2008; 12:09 PM ET | Comments (28)
For Secular Americans, Lip Service Beats No Service
Secular Americans are a significant and growing part of every politician's constituency, and they deserve - and are beginning to insist upon - the same consideration politicians give to other citizens.
By Herb Silverman | November 6, 2008; 9:19 AM ET | Comments (9)
An Election-Eve Call to Reconciliation
I've done my part to vilify those who disagree with me. Now it's time to put aside religious issues and solve larger issues.
By Tim Harrison | November 3, 2008; 1:12 AM ET | Comments (340)
An African View of the Palin Video
People in America see this clip of Sarah Palin and freak out and the incident literally becomes sensationalized in the media. But in Africa, this is "normal".
By Toyin Odulate | November 3, 2008; 12:36 AM ET | Comments (9)
