Religion

Impeach the Pope?

Julie Clawson 3-19-2009

So there was a fascinating editorial in The Washington Post yesterday by

Defiant Hope: St. Patrick's Day in Northern Ireland

Apricot Irving 3-17-2009

Two years ago, I celebrated St. Patrick's Day in Ireland with my parents, my husband, and my one-year-old son.

The Real History of 'Saint Patrick': The Saint He Wasn't, the Man He Was

Jeff Brazil 3-17-2009

It is said that everyone in the world is Irish today in honor of Saint Patrick.

Palestinian and Israeli Former Fighters Unite for Peace

Valerie Elverton Dixon 3-13-2009

Ishmael and Isaac, brothers of the same father and different mothers, together buried their father Abraham. Esau and Jacob, twin brother and rivals, reconciled.

Coming Clean: A Confession

David Cramer 3-13-2009

I have a confession to make.

Reading Peace for Lent

Valerie Elverton Dixon 3-10-2009

I am a good person.

From Lazy Pluralism to Active Solidarity

Seth Naicker 3-06-2009

I guess that people are on a journey when it comes to faith. Some admit to being on a journey, while there are those who state they have arrived.

Gender, Genetics, and God

Cathleen Falsani 3-03-2009

"The difference between men and women," the humorist Dave Barry says, "is that, if given the choice between saving the life of an infant or catching a fly ball, a woman will automatically choose to

Lent: A Time for Peace

Valerie Elverton Dixon 3-03-2009

Lent is a season of transition. It is a season of fasting, reflection, penance, and preparation.

There's Just Something About Madea

Cathleen Falsani 2-27-2009

The first three screenings of Tyler Perry's new film, Madea Goes to Jail, that I tried to go to last week were sold out. When I finally did get a ticket, I had one of the last single seats in the suburban theater where the 103-minute "dramedy" was playing on two screens simultaneously.

Let's Talk About Race

Barby Zuniga Ward 2-26-2009

Most of my life I have been thinking about race and religion -- as a child when my family left my native Costa Rica to move to inner-city New Jersey, as a teenager struggling to develop my faith an

Calling for Interfaith Action in the Middle East

Jim Wallis 2-26-2009

While at Yale last weekend, I had the opportunity to eat breakfast with a bright group of young students. One of the topics we touched on was interfaith dialogue.

The Legacy of William Sloane Coffin

Jim Wallis 2-24-2009

Sunday, I preached from the old pulpit of William Sloane Coffin at Yale University.

India's Women Stand Up to Religious Bullies

Julie Clawson 2-23-2009

At the end of January in Mangalore, India, a group of right-wing extremists, the Sri Rama Sena, entered a bar and assaulted the women there.

Poem: Freedom's Lament

Seth Naicker 2-20-2009

Freedom is on my mind. In the case of South Africa, political freedom was achieved almost 15 years ago. It was a freedom from the heresy of Apartheid.

Is A-Rod Forgiveable?

Cathleen Falsani 2-18-2009

Over brunch with my husband and one of my best guy friends last weekend, conversation turned, as it does, to Major League Baseball, doping and the nature of sin.

The NAACP Century

Philip Luke Sinitiere 2-18-2009

With the bicentennials of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin the subject of numerous conferences, articles, and television shows this month, we also should remember another important commemoration in 2009: the centennial of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Happy Birthday Darwin!

Becky Garrison 2-12-2009

In commemoration of Charles Robert Darwin's 200th birthday, Darwin Day Celebration, a nonprofit 501(c)3 educational corporation, is hosting Darwin Day. This international celebration of science and humanity is held on or around February 12, the day that Charles Darwin was born.

Lord, Save Us From Your Followers: Neo-Apologetics and a Return to Civility

Cathleen Falsani 2-10-2009

Chicago's own Dwight L. Moody, the great American evangelist of the 19th century, once said that of 100 people, one would read the Bible, and the other 99 would "read the Christian."

Obama Continues Bombing Pakistan (A 'Just Peace' President? Part 2)

Valerie Elverton Dixon 2-03-2009

He said he would do it.