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Power in the Blood: Bloody Sunday has both political and religious overtones - Melissa Harris-Lacewell - The Nation - March 7

Seminaries Shack Up: The Trend Towards Multi-Faith - Joshua Stanton - Huffington Post - March 8

A Fatwa Against Terrorism that Might Work - Muqtedar Khan - On Faith @ Washington Post - March 5

Questions for Archbishop Desmond Tutu - Interview - Deborah Solomon - New York Times - March 4

True Believers, Get Over It: Religious Freedom Requires Thick Skin - Rob Ashgar - On Faith @ Washington Post - March 4

Female Soldiers and Rape: War Within for Military Women - Nancy Gibbs - TIME - March 8 issue

Where have all the Protestants gone? - Oliver Thomas - USAToday - March 1

Bothering to Love: One Priest's Modest Proposal for Lent - Rev. James Martin, S.J. - Huffington Post - February 26

Proselytism and Religious Identity Theft - Thomas Farr - On Faith @ Washington Post - February 26

Progressive Bible Study: It Might Be Time for Progressives to Lead Our National Bible Study - Melissa Harris-Lacewell  -  The Nation - February 24

No More Taking Sides, An Israeli-Palestinian Story - Speaking of Faith w/ Krista Tippett

Atheism and the Myth of Redemptive Suffering - Susan Jacoby - On Faith @ Washington Post - February 25

Catholicism: A Changing Church -- Despite Itself - Sister Joan Chittister, OSB - Huffington Post - February 24

Judaism, Ethics, and Ecology - Rabbi Or Rose - Huffington Post - February 24

The House off Straight Street - Stephanie Saldana - Harvard Divinity Bulletin - Winter/Spring 2010

Healed of the Sin of Religion: At Church with Sara Miles - Lisa Webster - ReligionDispatches - February 23

Out of the Abyss of Individualism - Rowan Williams - Comment is free - guardian.co.uk - February 21

The Pope vs. Climate Change Deniers - John Gehring - On Faith @ Washington Post - February 19

Suffering serves no divine purpose - Jonathan Romain - Comment is free - guardian.co.uk - February 18

Long Lent in Haiti - Katharine Jefferts Schori - On Faith @ Washington Post - February 17

An Extravagant Welcome For All: Believe Out Loud, a Faith-Based LGBT Campaign, Launches - Peter Laarman - Religion Dispatches - February 14

A Church for People Like Us  -  Norman Lear - On Faith @ Washington Post  -  February 12

Praying For Darwin: Hundreds of Congregations Set to Celebrate Evolution Weekend - Clay Farris Naff - Huffington Post  -  February 11

Lisa Miller on Stephanie Saldana's Spiritual Memoir,  The Bread of Angels - Newsweek - February 9

Sexuality & Religion 2020: A New Vision  -  Rev. Debra Haffner  -  Huffington Post  -  February 9

Have Faith In Love  -  Eric Lax  -  New York Times Op-Ed  -  February 8

There's No Hatred Like Faith-Based Hatred  -  Clay Farris Naff  -  Huffington Post  -  February 5

Remembering Howard Zinn  -  Various Contributors  -  The Nation  -  February 1

Mercy as Health Care Policy  -  Tim Muldoon  -  On Faith @ Washington Post  -  February 4

Religious Leaders Urge Obama to Condemn Uganda Anti-Gay Bill at Prayer Breakfast  -  Sarah Posner  -  Religion Dispatches  -  February 3

Wanted: A Church that Listens  -  Tom Cam (Arcus Foundation)  -  On Faith @ Washington Post  -  February 1

How Does an Atheist Come to Believe in God?: An Interview with Jacob Needleman  -  Lisa Webster  -  Religion Dispatches  -  January 28

(Video) Michael Eric Dyson on Hip-Hop Theology  -  On Faith @ Washington Post

Prop 8 and Coming to the End of Fear  -  Katherine A. Briccetti  -  LA Times  -  January 26

Welcome to the (New) Gilded Age: Supreme Court Delivers the Goods to Corporations  -  Peter Laarman  -  Religion Dispatches  -  January 24

Yearning for a God We Can Live With: New Books by Samir Selmanovic and Jay Michaelson  -  Benjamin Weiner  -  Religion Dispatches  -  January 20

Haiti and the Push for Theological Questions  -  Paula M. Cooey  -  Religion Dispatches  -  January 19

Jim Wallis: God Suffers With the Suffering  -  Huffington Post  - January 15

"Jesus, Son of Allah": The Roots of the Riots in Malaysia  -  Sheila Sheereen Akbar  -  January 15

Haiti and Human Decency  -  Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  -  On Faith @ Washington Post  -  January 14

Gay Marriage: The Case from the Left  -  Eve Conant  -  Newsweek  -  January 11

The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage: Why Same-Sex Marriage is an American Value  -  Theodore B. Olson  -  Newsweek  -  January 9

Discussion: Is the media biased against Christianity?  -  On Faith @ Washington Post  -  January 12

Excerpt: The Christian Roots of Zionism  -  Shalom Goldman  -  Religion Dispatches  -  January 10

'Traditional' Christianity vs. 'Liberals'? It's Not That Simple.  -  Mark D. Jordan - Religion Dispatches  -  January 8

Beyond Radical: Mary Daly, Feminist Theologian, Changed Worlds - Susan Henking - Religion Dispatches - January 7

Celebrities and Athletes Offer a Poor Example on Guns and Violence - Al Sharpton - Washington Post - January 7

The Undergarments of Absolutism: Why Abdulmutallab Got On the Plane  -  Haroon Moghul - Religion Dispatches - January 5

Mary Daly's 'Courage to Sin Big' - Susan Books Thistlethwaite - On Faith @ Washington Post - January 5

Discussion: Is Blasphemy a Crime?: A New Law in Ireland Makes Offensive Criticism of Religion Illegal - On Faith @ Washington Post - January 5

Discussion: What was Religion's Impact in 2009?  -  On Faith @ Washington Post

All the Lonely People: Holiday Blues and the Epidemic of Isolation  -  Peter Laarman  -  Religion Dispatches  -  December 20

The Key to Interreligious Harmony and World Peace -- But Then Again, I May Be Wrong  -  Andrew Pessin - Religion Dispatches - December 18

Economic Squeeze Produces a New Kind of Seminarian - G. Jeffrey MacDonald - Religion News Service - December 16

Discussion: Just War or Holy War in Afghanistan?  -  On Faith @ Washington Post - December 15

Reason & Faith in Copenhagen - Bill McKibben - Huffington Post - December 14

Believers in Denial: Why Christian Fundamentalists Reject Scientific Evidence of Global Warming and Imperil Us All - Paula Kirby - On Faith @ Washington Post - December 11

On the Emerging Obama Doctrine of Just Peace  -  Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite -  On Faith @ Washington Post - December 11

Kofi Annan on Climate Change and the Copenhagen Summit: Saving Ourselves from . . . Ourselves  -  Huffington Post  -  December 10

Survey: Americans Prefer to Mix and Match Religions  -  Associated Press  -  December 9

God in the Dock: Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch examines the concept of scepticism in Western Christianity  -  BBC Religion

Tell our World Leaders that we want Action on Climate Change!  Join Hopenhagen!!

Online Discussion: A Creche in the White House? - On Faith @ Washington Post - December 8

AIDS in South Africa: Women, the Church, and Global Indifference  -  Jeanne Carstensen  -  Religion Dispatches - December 1

Three Clergymen, Three Faiths, One Friendship  -  Laurie Goodstein  -  New York Times  -  November 23

Karen Armstrong on Our Infantile Gods (Video)  -  An Interview with Sally Quinn  -  On Faith @ Washington Post  -  November 23

How Will Religion Evolve? - John Tierney - New York Times - November 19

What Islamists and Islamaphobes Don't Want You to Know: Like the Bible, the Qur'an can provide ample fodder for those who want war as well as peace  -  Alex Kronemer  -  On Faith @ Washington Post  -  November 20

Two Wars & No Peace in Sight: The Role of Faith-Based Pacifism - Richard Ricketts  -  Religion Dispatches  -  November 17

A Christian Case for Same-Sex Marriage  -  John Bryson Chane  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  November 16

Why Fundamentalism Will Fail - Harvey Cox - Boston Globe - November 8

Online Discussion: Religion in the Military  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  November 11

Sex, the Body, the World: It's R. Crumb's Bible Now  -  Naomi Seidman  -  Religion Dispatches  -  November 10

The Gospel of Contradictions: An Interview with Mary Gordon  -  Nathan Schneider  -  Religion Dispatches  -  November 9

The Freelance Monotheism of Karen Armstrong  -  Speaking of Faith  -  November 5

Refugees Find a Home in Massachusetts  -  Elizabeth Roman  -  Religion News Service  -  November 6

The Religious Left: It's Alive!!  -  Candace Chellew-Hodge  -  Religion Dispatches  -  November 2

Religions Call For Climate Action  -  BBC News  -  October 30

Faith is a True Story  -  Mitch Albom  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  October 30

Smelling a Secular Funk: Debating the Power of Religion in the Public Sphere  -  Anthony Petro  -  Religion Dispatches  -  October 28

Kierkegaard on the Couch  -  Gordon Marino  -  Happy Days Blog  -  New York Times  -  October 28

Discussion: Can People Be Good Without God?  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  October 28

Elie Wiesel Confronts Job & Suffering  -  BU Today - October 26

Collision: Is Religion Absurd or Good for the World?  -  Christopher Hitchens & Pastor Douglas Wilson  -  Huffington Post  - October 20

End World Hunger? Sell the Vatican, says Silverman  -  Associated Press  -  October 15

Goodbye to Gideon?: New Digital Bible Could Hasten Decline of Bound Scriptures  -  Lisa Miller  -  Newsweek  -  October 15

The Gospel of Inclusion: A Black Pentecostal Bishop Embraces Universalism  -  Kimberly French  -  U U World  -  Fall 2009

Professors Concerned about Religious Illiteracy among Students: McGill Symposium Discusses Possible Consequences  -  Trip Yang  -  The McGill Tribune  -  October 14

Online Discussion - Swine Flu Vaccine: Option or Moral Duty?  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  October 14

Free Speech and Moral Accountability  -  Miroslav Volf  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  October 13

Biblical Sexuality: LGBTQ Lecture Series Explores What's Written, Not Written, and Misunderstood  -  Kimberly Cornuelle  -  BU Today - October 8

Editing the Bible  -  Mike Lux  -  Huffington Post  -  October 6

A Great Gulf Fixed: Implications of the Vanishing Religious Middle  -  Peter Laarman  -  Religion Dispatches  -  October 6

Christopher Smart's Extremely Spiritual Poem About His Cat  -  Robert Pinsky  -  Slate Magazine  -  October 6

U.S. in Afghanistan: If Religion is Part of the Problem There, How Can it be Part of the Solution?  -  Online Discussion  - Washington Post: On Faith  -  October 6

The Good Funeral: Recovering Christian Practices - Thomas Long  -  Christian Century  -  October 6

Michael Moore & Capitalist Immorality  -  Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  October 4

The Brain Processes Facts & Beliefs the Same Way  -  Lisa Miller  -  Newsweek  -  October 1

Politics as Religion in America  -  Neal Gabler  -  Los Angeles Times Op-Ed  -  October 2

Movie Review: A Serious Man - Calls to God: Always a Busy Signal - A.O. Scott  -  New York Times  -  October 2

Can Fasting Save the World? - Bruce Feiler  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  September 29

Online Discussion: Is Nuclear Disarmament a Moral Imperative?  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  September 29

An Exhaustive, Invigorating 'Case for God' - Susan Jane Gillman  -  NPR Book Review  -  September 28

A Jew in Church? No Big Deal: A Review of Benyamin Cohen's Book, 'My Jesus Year' - Benjamin Weiner  -  Religion Dispatches  - September 25 

Immigration Gets 'Churchy' - Susan Books Thistlethwaite  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  September 22

Online Discussion: Should Religious Charities Discriminate? - Washington Post: On Faith - September 23

For the World's Hungry, the Recession is Far from Over - Ishaan Tharoor  -  Time  -  September 21

Fear of a Black President - Jonathan Walton - Religion Dispatches  -  September 18

The Inner Landscape of Beauty: Exploring John O'Donohue's poetry  -  Speaking of Faith w/Krista Tippett  -  September 17

We Were Powerless: Addiction, the Will, and the Evangelical Roots of the Twelve Steps  -  John Blevins  -  Religion Dispatches  -  September 16

Rebuilding the Wall of Separation: A Progressive Discussion of Church & State  -  Linell Cady, Frederick Clarkson, & Bruce Ledewitz  -  Religion Dispatches  -  September 15

Online Discussion: State of Our Disunion (Why are we so angry and divided?)  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  September 15

A Whiter Shade of Faith: Saturday's Tax Protests and the Religion of Whiteness  - Peter Laarman  -  Religion Dispatches  -  September 13

Charles Darwin Film Too Controversial for Religious America  -  Anita Singh  -  London Telegraph  -  September 11

Harvard's Cox on Faith and the Future  -  Michael Paulson: Articles of Faith  -  Boston Globe  -  September 13

The Tel Aviv Party Stops Here  -  Naomi Klein  -  The Nation  -  September 9

Book Review: 'Why Are Jews Liberals?'  -  Leon Weiseltier  -  New York Times - September 8

Faith in the Post 9/11 World  -  Eboo Patel  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  September 11, 2009

Revisiting Hagar, the Woman Who Named God: An Interview with Charlotte Gordon  -  Religious Dispatches  -  September 3

The SIlence of Religious Voices in the Health Care Debates  -  Gordon D. Newby  -  Religion Dispatches  -  September 9

Online Discussion: Weapons in Worship  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  September 9

The Creation of Charles Darwin - Olivia Judson (Blog) - New York Times - September 8

Obama's Theologian: David Brooks and E.J. Dionne on Reinhold Neibuhr and the American Present  -  Speaking of Faith w/Krista Tippett

Taking Exception: A Genuine Effort for Peace  -  Jimmy Carter  -  Washington Post Op-Ed  -  September 8

New Dan Brown Novel Means Extra Scrutiny for Masons  -  S.J. Velasquez  -  Religion News Service  -  September 3

Faith is About Redemption: The Life of Ted Kennedy  -  Jim Wallis  -  Huffington Post  -  September 2

A Golden Rule for God's Green Earth - Clark Strand  -  Washington Post: On Faith - September 3

Online Discussion: Should Public Schools Teach Religion?  -  Washington Post: On Faith - September 2

Protestant Churches Shift Slowly Toward Gay Equality - Wendy Cadge & Laura Olson - Boston Globe Op-Ed - September 1

God Still Speaking to UCC - Geoffrey A. Black  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  August 29

Soul-Searching on Facebook: For Many Users, Religion Quesion is Not Easy to Answer  -  William Wan  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  August 30

The Self-Thinking Thought  -  Nathan Schneider  -  New York Times  -  August 23

Senator Edward M. Kennedy Dead at 77  -  Martin F. Nolan  -  Boston Globe - August 26

A Grand Bargain Over Evolution  -  Robert Wright  -  New York Times Op-Ed  -  August 22

Taking Women's Rights Seriously  -  Gordon Brown  -  Huffington Post -  August 23

Family Feud: Who Cares About the Arcane Battles of the Episcopal Church?  -  by Lisa Miller  -  Newsweek  -  August 19

Online Discussion: Is Health-Care Reform a Moral Imperative?  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  August 18th

The Book of Harry: How the Boy Wizard Won Over Religious Critics -- and the Deeper Meaning Theologians Now See in His Tale - Michael Paulson  -  Boston Globe  -  August 16

Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing' Still a Racial Rorschach at 20  -  Viveca Greene & Chris Tinson  -  The Nation  -  August 18

It's God's World, We Just Live In It - Sally Bingham  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  August 17

Interfaith Health Care Reform: Faith in Action - Katherine Marshall - Washington Post: On Faith - August 16

Health Care as a Civil Right: Obama Needs to Reframe the Debate  -  Jonathan Alter - Newsweek - August 15

American Psychological Association has Good News for Gay Christians: "Efforts to change someone's sexual orientation don't work."  -  Joel P. Engardio  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  August 14

(Un)wired for God: Why Religion May Not Be Innate - Sharon Begley - Newsweek - August 13

No Going Back to the Garden: Woodstock Nation Turns 40  -  Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  August 12

Must Science Declare a Holy War on Religion?  -  Chris Mooney & Sheril Kirshenbaum - Los Angeles Times Op-Ed  -  August 10

The Two State Solution Doesn't Solve Anything - Hussein Agha & Robert Malley - New York Times: Op-Ed - August 10

Is it a sin to listen to Rush?  -  Anthony Stevens-Arroyo  -  Washington Post: On Faith  -  August 11

Battle Over Homosexuality in the Episcopal Church is Over - John Shelby Spong - Washington Post: On Faith - August 6

Adoration with No End: 24-hour Eucharistic Ritual Returns to Boston - Michael Paulson - Boston Globe - August 10

NIH and Surgeon General Nominees Combine Faith, Biomedical Achievement - Adelle M. Banks - Christian Century - August 25

U.S. Delusions: An Army Man Changes His Mind - Wendy Murray - Christian Century - August 11

Truth Telling and Responsibility in Health Care  -  Jim Wallis  -  Huffington Post  -  August 7

Discussion: Openly Gay Clergy - Washington Post: On Faith  -  August 3

Ranting on the Right and Left - Brian D. McLaren - Washington Post: On Faith - July 25

On Deck: What happens to the Roman Catholic Church (and who comes next?) if anything happens to Pope Benedict?  -  Edward Pentin - Newsweek International - July 22

A Stranger in Mine Own House: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the Police in 'Post-Racial' America - Brandon M. Terry - Huffington Post - July 21

Discussion - Elders vs. Patriarchs: Who stands for women? - Washington Post: On Faith - July 21

Liberalism vs. Literalism - Chuck Freeman - Washington Post: On Faith - July 21

The End is Near: James Carroll looks at bogus apocalyptic predictions vs. the very real environmental crisis - James Carroll - Boston Globe Op-ed - July 20

Fighting the Good Fight of Faith - Russell Simmons - Huffington Post - July 20

Obama's Faithful Flock - Sarah Posner - The Nation - July 15

Harry Potter: Wizards and Racism - Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite - Washington Post: On Faith - July 15th

Discussion: Faith in the Law  -  Washington Post: On Faith - July 15

Despite Jewish Concerns, Obama Keeps Up Pressure on Israel  -  Tony Karon - Time - July 14

Episcopalians "Effectively End" Gay Bishop Ban: Reverend says gays and lesbians have "responded to God's call" - Associated Press - July 14

A Mixed Marriage: A Pastor and a Skeptic - Martin Copenhaver - Christian Century - July 14

Why the "New Atheists" are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy - Robert Wright - Huffington Post - July 13

The Audacity of the Pope - Op-Ed - Ross Douthat - New York Times - July 12

Civil Rights Groups Divided Over Gay Marriage - Jennifer Steinhauer - New York Times - July 10

At 200 years, Bible Society reenacts start  -  Michael Paulson  -  Boston Globe: Articles of Faith  -  July 6

Discussion: Should Schools Celebrate Muslim Holidays? - Washington Post: On Faith - June 29

Newsweek Releases List of 100 Best Books Ever (Includes RSV Bible, Lord of the Rings, & The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe)  -  Newsweek - June 29

Who Was King Herod?: The Holy Land's Visionary Builder - Tom Mueller - National Geographic 

Rediscovering Secular America - Katrina Vanden Heuvel - The Nation - July 3

Social Justice and the First Lady: Away from the cameras, Michelle Obama is reaching out to DC's poor and neglected - Eleanor Clift - Newsweek - July 3

Discussion: The Politics of Penance - Washington Post: On Faith - June 30

The Human Cost of Hatred - Victoria Barnett - Washington Post: On Faith - July 1

Health Care Fix: The Role of a Public Option - Gary Dorrien - Christian Century - July 14 edition

Book Review: Robert Wright's The Evolution of God - Paul Bloom - New York Times - June 24

U.S. Nuns Facing Vatican Scrutiny - Laurie Goodstein - New York Times - July 1

Episcopal Convention May Discuss Gay Priests - William Wan - Washington Post: On Faith - July 1

Unitarian Universalist Association elects Morales as New President  -  UUA News - June 27

Pastor Warren to address American Muslims - Islamic Society annual convention to hear from evangelical leader - Associated Press - July 1

How Quarreling Ayatullas Affect Iran's Crisis - Azadeh Moaveni - Time - June 26

Slavery Apology Should Lead to Penance Restitution - Gardner Calvin Taylor - Washington Post: On Faith - June 24

Watching The Lord of the Rings in Tehran - Anonymous - Time - June 25

Louisville's Bring Your Firearms to Church Day - Gary G. Stemle - Time - June 25

Discussion: The Burqa in America - Washington Post: On Faith - June 25

The Private Affair of Mark Sanford: Just Law and Religion - Michael Kessler - Washington Post: On Faith - June 24

In Nixon tapes, Billy Graham refers to "synagogue of Satan' - Cathy Lynn Grossman - USA Today - June 24

Church creates stir with gay exorcism video - Gay and youth advocates are demanding an investigation - Associated Press - June 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obama's Faith-Based Follies - Jacques Berlinerblau - Washington Post: On Faith - June 22

Discussion: Apologizing for Slavery - Washington Post: On Faith - June 22

Southern Baptists Praise Obama, then Condemn His Views, Policies - David Waters - Washington Post: On Faith - June 24

NAE Names New Lobbyist to Replace Richard Cizik - Jacqueline L. Simon - Washington Post: On Faith - June 24

Obama, Pope To Meet In Italy - Victoria L. Simpson - Huffington Post - June 24

Vatican’s Celestial Eye, Seeking Not Angels but Data - George Johnson - New York Times - June 22

Let There Be Universal Coverage: Pastors sell health reform to the faithful - Lisa Miller -Newsweek - June 24

Warren to Breakaway Episcopalians: Love All - Pastor doesn't specifically mention gay marriage - Associated Press - June 23

Two thirds of teenagers don't believe in God: Penguin Book Survey - Telegraph - June 22

Police Unleash Force On Rally in Tehran - Obama, in Boldest Terms Yet, Presses Iran to Halt Violence Against Own People - Thomas Erdbrink & William Branigan - Washington Post: On Faith - June 21

Theocracy and Its Discontents - Fareen Zakaria - Newsweek - June 20

Theocracies Are Doomed. Thank God. - John Meacham - Newsweek - June 20 

Could Khameini's Ominous Sermon Be A Turning Point? - Howard Chua-Eoan - Time - June 19

Book Review - A World Apart?: The White House and the Middle East - Bernard Avishai - The Nation - June 17

The Virginity Movement, Rebranded - Jessica Valenti - The Nation - June 17

Where Is My Martin Luther Queen? - Max Mutchnick - Huffington Post - June 18

Art Review - Scripture for the Eyes: How Dutch Printmakers Brought the Bible to Life and Spread some Propaganda - Ken Johnson - New York Times - June 18

Art Review - Pen & Parchment: Those Medieval Monks Could Draw - Roberta Smith - New York Times - June 18

Op-Ed: A Different Iranian Revolution - Shane M. - New York Times - June 18

ART REVIEW | 'MICHELANGELO’S FIRST PAINTING' - A Saint, Demons and a Leap of Imagination - Holland Cotter - New York Times - June 18

In New York, Sotomayor Put Focus on the Poor - Charlie Savage & Michael Powell - New York Times - June 19

Obama, the Catholic Vote and the Bishops: Faith Complex - Jacques Berlinerblau - Washington Post: On Faith - June 14 

Hispanic Leaders Link Census Boycott, Immigration Reform - Jacqueline L. Simon - Washington Post: On Faith - June 17 

Faith Diary: Dutch Controversy (Gay Teachers Need Not Apply . . .) - Robert Piggott - BBC News - June 17

Iran's Supreme Leader to Speak at Site of Crackdown - CNN - June 18

 

A refugee of evil Irish past - Kevin Cullen - Boston Globe - June 18

Clerics May Be Key to Outcome of Unrest: Iran's clergy appear to be split on last week's election - Neil MacFarquhar - New York Times - June 17 

The Sins of the Fathers: Raising Kids in a Same-Sex Union - Lisa Miller - Newsweek - June 11

Vatican: Conservative group’s ordinations illicit - Schismatic Society of St. Pius X still has no status within the Catholic church - Associated Press - June 17

PBS agrees to ban new religious TV shows - Compromise ends threat to stations that already broadcast church services - Paul Farhi - Washington Post - June 17

West of Eden - Believing in  Science and Religion - Peter M. J. Hess, Ph.D. - Washington Post: On Faith - June 16 

 Discussion: Will it be Theocracy or Democracy in Iran - Washington Post: On Faith - June 16

Gunmen kill priest, 2 seminarians in Mexico - Associated Press - June 15 

Orthodox Jews launch 'kosher' search engine - Allyn Fisher-Ilan - Reuters - June 15

Fissures emerge in Khamenei’s hold on power - Iran’s iron cleric unlikely to be at risk, but election furor causes him to blink - Neil MacFarquhar - New York Times - June 16

Maison Shalom - L. Gregory Jones - Christian Cenury - June 16

Breaking Glass Ceilings at Large Churches - John Dart - Christian Century - June 30

Book Review - Butler-Bass' A People's History of Christianity: The Other Side of the Story - reviewed by Robert Cornwall - Christian Century - June 16

Sikhs challenge US Army's ban on turbans, beards - Deepti Hajela - Associated Press - June 14 

Religious Group Still Pushing "Truth Commission" - Jacqueline L. Simon - Washington Post - June 12 

 

 

 

Cleansing the Hatred From Within - Russell Simmons & Rabbi Marc Schneier - Huffington Post - June 11

 

Rev. Wright On Obama: "Them Jews Aren't Going To Let Him Talk To Me" - Associated Press - June 11

Attacking Hunger at Its Roots - Hillary Clinton - Huffington Post - June 11 

Fair Faith-Based Partnerships: Just Law and Religion - Michael Kessler - Washington Post - June 12

The New Muslim-Catholic Coalition - Anthony Stevens-Arroyo - Washington Post - June 12 

Saguaro seminar stays with Obama - Daniel Burke - Washington Post - June 11

Discussion: Hate Crime at the Holocaust Museum - Washington Post: On Faith - June 10

Death at The Holocaust Museum and the Degradation of the American Dialogue - Michael Rowe - Huffington Post - June 11 

Lebanon’s Election - New York Times - June 10  

Holocaust Museum Shooting In Washington D.C. - Nafeesa Syeed - Associated Press - June 10 

What's there to "Get" about Marriage Equality? - Jennifer Brunner - Huffington Post - June 10 

EDITORIALThe Ban on Gays in the Military - New York Times - June 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charitable Giving Declines, a New Report Finds - Stephanie Strom - New York Times - June 9

Discussion: Excusing Church, Clergy from Gay Weddings - Washington Post: On Faith - June 10th 

Marriage Equality Is a Theological Necessity - Serene Jones & Brad Baxton - Huffington Post - June 9

The Exodus Obama Forgot to Mention - op ed - Andre Aciman - June 8

Face to Face, Faith to Faith - Tony Blair - Washington Post - June 8 

 Mourning a Scourge of the Comfortable - Dana Milbank - Washington Post - June 7 

 

Israel's Jesus Trail

A Spiritual Journey and Then Some - Howard Schneider - Washington Post - June 7

 

Gay rights activist calls for march on Washington - Jennifer Dobner - Associated Press - June 7

 

The Bible's Vindication of Obama's Middle East Strategy - Robert Wright - Huffington Post - June 8

Christian Martyr Movement Leader Blesses Gingrich & Huckabee - Bruce Wilson - Huffington Post - June 7

Guns, Gays and Abortion (The Conversation) - By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS - New York 
Times - June 3 

The Road Home - by T.C. Boyle - New York Times Book Review - June 5 - In his final collection of new fiction, John Updike relives the matter of a lifetime and grapples with the effects of aging, disease and death.

THE WOLVERTON BIBLE - The New Yorker - June 5th  -  R. Crumb, whose illustrated book of Genesis is excerpted in the Summer Fiction Issue (subscribers can read it online), is not the first artist to tackle biblical illumination . . . . . .

Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell' - Pentagon policy forbids gays, lesbians from serving openly in the military - Associated Press - June 8

As Obama Knows, Religious Conflict Is Rarely About Religion - Robert Wright -Washington Post - June 5

Faith-Based Panel's Mission Includes Poverty, Climate Change, Abortion - Washington Post - June 4 

 Preacher Don’t Publish

Have the days of Christian media come and gone? - Newsweek - Lisa Miller - June 4

 Pastor asks members to bring guns to church Says it's a good way for his Ky. flock to celebrate Independence Day - Associated Press - June 4

Obama Cairo Speech Transcript - White House Press Office - June 4

N.H. ties gay-marriage knot

Revised bill assures religious protections - Boston Globe - June 4

Arab Students Respond to Obama

By THE NEW YORK TIMES - June 4 

Obama Calls for New Beginning With World's Muslims - Washington Post - June 4

Hopes high for Obama's Islam speech - BBC - June 2

Church-based Hate (Book Review) - David P. Gushee - Christian Century - June 2

Will the Fight Over Gay Marriage Be the End of Right vs. Left Thinking? - Arianna Huffington - Huffington Post - June 1

Wisdom in a Cleric’s Garb; Why Not a Lab Coat Too? - Essay on Angels & Demons - New York Times - June 1

Cheney's Support for Gay Marriage - Washington Post - June 2

Slaying Raises Fears on Both Sides of Abortion Debate - Washington Post - June 2

Dr. Tiller's Murder is an Attack on America - Brad Hirschfield - Washington Post - June 1

In President Obama, American Muslims Find New Ally - Washington Post - Tuesday, June 2

Holy Twitter! They're tweeting from the pews 

Some like to share Sunday sermons; others tweet all week to do outreach

by Diane Mapes - msnbc.com

 

Shooting puts abortion foes on defensive 

Some leaders worry backlash from doctor's slaying will silence debate

Associated Press - Monday - June 1, 2009 

The Global Food Crisis: The End of Plenty - A Special Report - National Geographic - June, 2009

Arab Christians: The Forgotten Faithful - National Geographic - June 2009

How many in mainline? Categories vary in surveys - Christian Century - June 16, 2009

Common ground elusive in abortion debate  -  Christian Century - June 16, 2009

'Father Oprah' says church is about forgiveness

Rev. Alberto Cutié receives standing ovation at Episcopal church

Associated Press - May 31, 2009

 

Robots with fins, tails demonstrate evolution

These swimming, shimmying 'bots are not the hulking droids of years past

by Michael Hill - Associated Press - May 29

 

Episcopal Church ousts 61 clergy in dispute

Pastors aligned with ex-bishop who broke with church over homosexuality 

Associated Press - May 22, 2009 

Jesus killed Mohammed: The Crusade for a Christian Military - by Jeff Sharlet - Harpers Magazine - May 2009 Issue

Suspect Is Identified in Killing of Abortion Doctor - New York Times - June 1, 2009

Christian Fundamentalist Terrorism - Huffington Post - May 31st, 2009 

Theatre: HELL’S KITCHEN - Roberto Benigni in "Dante's InFerno" - The New Yorker - June 1, 2009

Religion news coverage is suffering, says journalism professor - Christian Century - June 16, 2009

Seeds of doubt: Ikon's Peter Rollins - Christian Century - June 2, 2009

White House Faith Office to Expand - New York Times - February 5, 2009