http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/ en Copyright 2008 Tue, 06 May 2008 03:33:37 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The percentage of voters who find Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama "honest and trustworthy" is declining as the campaign wears on. Why? From a moral standpoint, how important is this quality in a president? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/05/trustworthy_candidates/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/05/trustworthy_candidates/ Religion and Politics Tue, 06 May 2008 03:33:37 -0500 Jeremiah Wright's sermons continue to be an issue in the presidential campaign. Why? What do you think of his preaching style? What do you wish you understood better about it? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/jeremiah_wrights_sermons/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/jeremiah_wrights_sermons/ Religion and Politics Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:13:36 -0500 speech to U.S. bishops last week, Pope Benedict XVI said: "Any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted . . . To the extent that religion becomes a purely private affair, it loses its very soul." Do you agree or disagree? Why?]]> http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/religion_a_private_matter/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/religion_a_private_matter/ Personal Religion Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:15:34 -0500 What can Pope Benedict XVI say and do to repair the growing rifts between the Vatican, the clergy and the laity in America? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/benedict_and_us_church/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/benedict_and_us_church/ Religion and Leadership Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:06:12 -0500 recent baptism of a well-known Italian Muslim has prompted criticism in much of the Islamic world. Has Benedict done enough to build bridges to Islam? ]]> http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/benedict_and_islam/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/benedict_and_islam/ Interfaith Issues Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:07:49 -0500 Rod Parsley, calls Islam a "false religion" that should be "destroyed." Should McCain renounce Parsley? Will Islam be an issue in this year's U.S. presidential election?]]> http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/mccain_parsley_and_islam/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/mccain_parsley_and_islam/ Religion and Politics Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:58:04 -0500 The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 40 years ago today. What are your memories of that day? What impact did it have on you? How is King relevant to you and to us today? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/mlk_40_years_later/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/04/mlk_40_years_later/ Religion and Leadership Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:04:55 -0500 Which "ism" is more entrenched in America, sexism or racism? Which should religion address? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/which_ism_is_more_entrenched/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/which_ism_is_more_entrenched/ Morality Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:55:15 -0500 inflammatory remarks made by his former pastor, Dr. Jeremiah Wright? Are you responsible for what your spiritual leader says from the pulpit?]]> http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/obamas_pastor/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/obamas_pastor/ Personal Religion Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:25:49 -0500 Do you have to believe the resurrection is literally true -- that Jesus came back to life in his body -- to be a Christian? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/resurrection_faith/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/resurrection_faith/ Theology Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:44:05 -0500 What does the Eliot Spitzer scandal say about our public and private morality? Should he have resigned? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/spitzer_and_morality/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/spitzer_and_morality/ Morality Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:20:48 -0500 E-mail: Blessing or Curse? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/email_blessing_or_curse/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/email_blessing_or_curse/ Personal Religion Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:56:05 -0500 If the historical Jesus were running for president, what kind of candidate would he be? Republican or Democrat? For or against the death penalty, the Iraq war, abortion, etc.? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/candidate_jesus/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/03/candidate_jesus/ Religion and Politics Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:22:26 -0500 survey, more than 4 in 10 Americans have switched their religious affiliation since childhood or dropped out of any formal religious group. Is this a mark of the health or sickness of American religion?]]> http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/02/switching_faiths/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/02/switching_faiths/ Interfaith Issues Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:01:04 -0500 Do you believe that Barack Obama elicits religious fervor among his followers as some have suggested? Is this good or bad, and why do you think so? http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/02/obama_and_religious_fervor/ http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/2008/02/obama_and_religious_fervor/ Religion and Politics Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:03:26 -0500