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Archive: January 2009
What I Told Our New President and Why
In the brief moment I had with the President I wanted to say more than just, "May God be with you."
By Stuart Weinblatt | January 31, 2009; 3:59 PM ET | Comments (3)
What the Pope Should Do To Reassure the World
The Pope's moves reveal a stunning blindness and deafness to the troubling reality all around him in Europe.
By Abraham Cooper and Yitzchok Adlerstein | January 29, 2009; 4:42 PM ET | Comments (143)
We Need a National Fast Day
Since President Obama is given to evoking Lincoln I suggest that he follow Lincoln's lead and proclaim, as Lincoln did in 1863 and 1864, a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer.
By Mark Morrison-Reed | January 29, 2009; 4:16 PM ET | Comments (5)
Obama Must Reject Bush Decisions & False Assumptions
To bring about the transformation now possible, President Obama must fundamentally dismantle the Bush era war on terror paradigm, and reach out to Muslims around the world as partners, not subjects or suspects, in the challenges facing our world.
By Dalia Mogahed | January 29, 2009; 11:34 AM ET | Comments (12)
There Is No "Muslim World"
There is no Muslim world, only a variety of nations with Muslim majorities. Some of these call themselves Islamic states, but the extent to which even these are governed according to Islamic principles and under Islamic law is a matter for debate.
By Aloysious Mowe | January 28, 2009; 8:24 AM ET | Comments (107)
My Hopes and Concerns for Obama
Evangelical Christians not only embrace our new President, we pray fervently for his success.
By John Hagee | January 26, 2009; 8:53 AM ET | Comments (144)
Just a Catholic
Sister Carol helped me realize that I'm not a liberal Catholic or a conservative Catholic. I'm just Catholic.
By Mark Judge | January 26, 2009; 5:21 AM ET | Comments (37)
This Land Is My Land
For the first time, a president included me -- a non-believer -- and made me feel part of the country I live in, the country I was born in, my country.
By Nica Lalli | January 23, 2009; 1:45 PM ET | Comments (61)
Time for Left, Right to Yield and Merge
Despite our differences on life issues, it's time for conservatives and liberals to show some faith in our fellow Americans.
By Tammy Bundy | January 23, 2009; 12:05 PM ET | Comments (6)
Memo to Clinton: Empower Muslim Women
Cultivate an Alliance of the Interdependent-- a network of nations, supported by America but spearheaded by Indonesia, that invests in the entrepreneurial talents of Muslim women.
By Irshad Manji | January 22, 2009; 9:09 AM ET | Comments (43)
Hope, Change for the Unborn
The passing of FOCA would be an act of lawlessness in the highest degree and will only increase and magnify the tragedy of abortion to children, to mothers and society.
By Lou Engle | January 21, 2009; 12:46 PM ET | Comments (12)
Inaugural Prayerfest No Godsend
This week, we atheists have the audacity to remind President Obama of our founding as a secular nation, with a godless Constitution to protect the freedom of conscience and belief--or non-belief--for all people.
By Herb Silverman | January 21, 2009; 12:05 PM ET | Comments (8)
Catholics Abandon the Unborn in the 44th Presidency
The new Cabinet, White House staff and top Congressional leadership, several so-called "pro-choice Catholics" among them, look to be clearly unfriendly to the protection of embryonic life.
By William Blazek | January 21, 2009; 10:57 AM ET | Comments (58)
Moses, Martin and Obama
As King often did, Obama can call upon the values Moses outlined during the very week of this inauguration.
By Melissa Boteach | January 19, 2009; 8:20 AM ET | Comments (55)
Religious Leaders Should Aspire to Inspire
President-elect Obama clearly is wrestling with that challenge of how to bring out the best in our nation in these difficult times, and it is a question that likewise has the attention of our nation's religious leaders. What do we say to our nation to inspire us to find the power in the problems?
By James Forbes | January 16, 2009; 2:08 PM ET | Comments (22)
Christians Find Common Ground on Abortion, Gay Rights
Evangelicals and progressives agree on the need for reducing abortions, protecting the rights of gays and lesbians in the workplace, reforming our broken immigration system, and abolishing torture.
By Katie Paris, Rachel Laser and David Gushee | January 16, 2009; 9:01 AM ET | Comments (4)
How Obama Should Approach Religion-Based Conflicts
Religion-based conflicts will ultimately be resolved by the religious parties themselves.
By Douglas M. Johnston | January 15, 2009; 3:14 PM ET | Comments (1)
Faith and Public Diplomacy at Work
The citizen ambassadors are on a three week tour of the United States, coordinated by the University of Delaware, to engage American scholars, religious leaders, policy makers, and students to explore the increasing role of faith in our societies.
By Muqtedar Khan | January 12, 2009; 11:47 AM ET | Comments (0)
Marriage Bonds "Not Easily Broken"
When I wrote the book, "Not Easily Broken," I wanted to illustrate the significance of the bond of marriage told from a man's perspective.
By T.D. Jakes | January 9, 2009; 12:02 PM ET | Comments (0)
Palestinians Must Try Peaceful Resistance
In the face of a nonviolent Palestinian struggle of civic, legal and political liberation, Israel would quickly lose its capacity to sustain a military occupation.
By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz | January 8, 2009; 8:36 AM ET | Comments (57)
View from a Southern Baptist
We as Southern Baptists understand baptism to be the symbolic testimony of a convert to their belief in Christ as the One who has died and risen again for them.
By Malcolm B. Yarnell III | January 7, 2009; 11:27 AM ET | Comments (12)
Turn the Other Ear: Cell Phones in Worship
One problem occurs at almost every Mass. A cell phone goes off in the middle of the service.
By Thomas Grant | January 5, 2009; 3:12 AM ET | Comments (22)
