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Archive: March 2009
Being Friends with Jesus and Others
How to believe in Jesus Christ as God's unique embodiment and revelation among friends of other religions.
By Gene Davenport | March 31, 2009; 12:54 PM ET | Comments (0)
What a Rabbi Learned from a Pope
I learned from Pope John Paul II that the more I am open to other religions, the better Jew I become and the more I am able to fulfill the teachings of the Talmud
By Michael Schudrich | March 31, 2009; 11:58 AM ET | Comments (7)
Using Religion to Suppress Debate on Evolution
The vote was a loss for defenders of evolution who had pushed the Board to strip the "analyze and evaluate" language from the evolution standards and gut the overall critical thinking standard.
By John G. West | March 27, 2009; 7:19 PM ET | Comments (34)
Why Your Brain Needs God
Faith is the most important thing a person needs to maintain a neurologically healthy brain.
By Andrew Newberg and Mark Waldman | March 27, 2009; 2:15 PM ET | Comments (5)
Ancient Accounting Practices
What AIG and Wall Street could learn from the midrash.
By Stuart Weinblatt | March 27, 2009; 4:42 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Power of Remembrance
Remembering the despair of the slave trade, the dignity and grace of John Hope Franklin.
By Valerie Elverton Dixon | March 26, 2009; 3:21 PM ET | Comments (0)
Precarious Future of Jews in Venezuela
Threats of boycotts, synagogue takeovers, desecration of Torah scrolls, and pipe bombs at a community center, have world Jewry asking if there is any future for Jews -- who have contributed to that proud society since Simon Bolivar -- in Chavez's Venezuela.
By Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman | March 26, 2009; 12:15 PM ET | Comments (0)
Seeking Peace in Our Worrisome World
We can never know who among us is living in despair. Everyone carries a heavy burden. Everyone.
By Mary Pipher | March 25, 2009; 3:54 PM ET | Comments (6)
Beyond AIG: A Just Economy
The sinful ideology that turned greed into a virtue must be rejected and replaced with a just economy.
By Jennifer Butler | March 24, 2009; 1:28 PM ET | Comments (13)
The Financial Gangs of New York
Why are Obama and Geithner so deferential to the Wall Street thugs whose reckless greed imperiled America's future?
By Peter Laarman | March 23, 2009; 12:44 PM ET | Comments (12)
Obama's Shameful Leno Quip
President rightly apologized for his "Special Olympics" quip. We aren't funny when we embarrass others.
By Shmuel Herzfeld | March 23, 2009; 10:53 AM ET | Comments (74)
Our World, God's Neighborhood
Jordan's new baptism center for evangelicals a symbol of interfaith -- and inter-family -- collaboration
By Tony Blair | March 23, 2009; 9:01 AM ET | Comments (87)
Israel. Palestine. Generation 2.0
What needs to be done to make 'Generation 2.0' a reality among Israeli and Palestinian youth?
By Reem Al-Shareef and Nira Lamay | March 19, 2009; 2:27 PM ET | Comments (7)
Men are from Tyre,
Women are from Bethany
More female clergy have progressive views and significantly different political priorities than their male colleagues.
By Robert P. Jones and Daniel Cox | March 18, 2009; 10:12 AM ET | Comments (8)
Impeach the Pope
Amid all the justified outrage we all feel at Bernie Madoff and the AIG bandits, let us save some intense outrage for Pope Benedict XVI. I am a Catholic and the idea that such a man is God's spokesperson on earth is absurd to me.
By Robert S. McElvaine | March 18, 2009; 2:09 AM ET | Comments (430)
Islam Must Engage Critics
We cannot expect people to change their distorted interpretations of Islam. We Muslims must earn that understanding.
By Ali Wyne | March 17, 2009; 9:57 AM ET | Comments (15)
Combatant For Peace
This is a fitting response to violence. This is creative, imaginative, determined power that can create a better reality and a better world.
By Valerie Elverton Dixon | March 16, 2009; 11:17 AM ET | Comments (0)
Freedom of Expression, Except for Muslims?
Why is Wilders' freedom of expression so much more important than the freedom of expression of all these other people?
By H.A. Hellyer | March 16, 2009; 9:43 AM ET | Comments (1)
On Faith's New Look
We hope On Faith's new design will provide a more dynamic, visually appealing and interactive experience for you.
By Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham | March 16, 2009; 6:00 AM ET | Comments (20)
Making Hope Real: Interreligious Dialogue
We crowd out the destructive forces of zealotry the instant we seek to know why the other person holds to her or his truth with such conviction
By Rebecca Kratz Mays | March 12, 2009; 10:26 AM ET | Comments (1)
America, Land of the Free Thinkers
While remaining a force to be reckoned with, Christianity has lost its hegemonic monopoly over American life. The group rising fastest in its place is not only non-Christian, but to a great and growing extent not religious at all.
By Tom Flynn | March 11, 2009; 1:45 PM ET | Comments (77)
Limbaugh's Unrighteous Hold on Christian Right
Why does the Christian Right react with such reverence to Rush Limbaugh, a man who, through thinly disguised humor, disclosed his prideful self-perception and espoused a worldview that counters the biblical witness?
By Robert Parham | March 11, 2009; 11:19 AM ET | Comments (174)
The Joy of Meaning and Purpose
Leading an ethical life and one of meaning is not only a good idea from a moral standpoint; it is also a key to experiencing deep joy.
By Erica Brown | March 10, 2009; 9:46 AM ET | Comments (13)
U.S. Right to Reject Durban II
President Obama's decision to pull out of the Durban process gives him a perfect opportunity to breathe new life into the human rights movement
By Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper | March 4, 2009; 2:36 PM ET | Comments (0)
Sufism as Youth Culture in Morocco
Why is this old spiritual tradition is so popular among modern youth in Morocco? Progress and change are basic tenets of Sufi philosophy.
By Mokhtar Ghambou | March 3, 2009; 12:05 PM ET | Comments (37)
Domestic Abuse is Never God's Will
No religion permits or condones violence. Abuse is never God's will. It's always the responsibility of the perpetrator and that is who we must hold accountable.
By Samina Ahmad | March 3, 2009; 9:19 AM ET | Comments (7)
Beheading a Wake-Up Call for Muslim Americans
The murder of Aasiya marks a turning point where ordinary Muslims, without prestigious titles and acronyms, from diverse backgrounds representing a global community, were galvanized to act for positive change.
By Wajahat Ali | March 2, 2009; 2:20 PM ET | Comments (6)
