Missing the Sacred: Why This Atheist Came Back to Faith
Source: Huffington Post By Mette Ivie Harrison Mormon in progress, mother of 5, author of ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ and ‘His Right Hand,’ Princeton PhD, All-American triathlete As I sat in church […]
5 Reasons Why I Hate Religious Christianity
Source: Huffington Post By Tyler Speegle Husband, dad, serious coffee drinker, and inspirational blogger – TylerSpeegle.com I have a confession to make. To some it may sound shocking, especially considering I […]
Is This the End of the Religious Right?
Source: The New York Times By SARAH POSNER FOR more than three decades, conservative white evangelicals have been a dominant force within the Republican Party, shaping presidential primary contests and […]
50 Faith Leaders Condemn Racism of Trump
Christianity, Examined Source: Huffington Post By Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith; Writer, author, musician, pastor, preacher and social justice advocate. Over 50 faith leaders from across the country, representing various denominations, added their signatures to a statement entitled “Called to Resist Bigotry – A Statement of Faithful Obedience.” These faith leaders addressed […]
Pakistan honours Christian politician in new postage stamp
Source: AsiaNews Dewan Bahadur S P Singha is on new 10-rupee stamp. He opted for Pakistan in a critical vote in the Punjab legislature at the time of partition. Christians […]
Scholars discuss means of broadening goodwill
Source: Cochrane Times By David Feil With the growing fear and need for positive change in the world, six religious experts came to the Ranchehouse on Apr. 19 to take […]
Daniel J. Berrigan, Defiant Priest Who Preached Pacifism, Dies at 94Daniel J. Berrigan, Defiant Priest Who Preached Pacifism, Dies at 94
Source: The New York Times By DANIEL LEWIS APRIL 30, 2016 The Rev. Daniel J. Berrigan, a Jesuit priest and poet whose defiant protests helped shape the tactics of opposition […]
A closer look at Jehovah’s Witnesses living in the U.S.
Source: Pew Research Center BY MICHAEL LIPKA The death of superstar musician Prince has prompted many reflections on his life – including his religious faith. Prince, who was raised as a Seventh-day Adventist, became a Jehovah’s Witness as an adult and attended services in his home state of Minnesota. Jehovah’s […]
Indian police, Hindu hardliners halt church wedding
Source: Yahoo News New Delhi (AFP) – A group of hardline Hindu activists and police stormed a church in central India and stopped a wedding midway after accusing the pastor […]
Did Jesus Predict Muhammad? A Biblical Portal Between Christianity and Islam
Huff Post: by Ian Mevorack – Theologian, minister, ethicist, and activist; co-founder of Common Street Spiritual Center (www.commonstreet.org). Part 1: The time has come for Christians and Muslims to make peace between our communities. Christians and Muslims already make up more than half of the global population, and these numbers […]
Why Are So Many Christians Obsessed With Predicting the Rapture?
Source: Pacific Standard By Laura Ortberg Turner The world did not come to an end on September 6, 1994. Nor on May 21, 2011, or October 21 of that same […]
Did Jesus Predict Muhammad? A Biblical Portal Between Christianity and Islam
Source: The Huffington Post By Ian Mevorach; Theologian, minister, ethicist, and activist; co-founder of Common Street Spiritual Center The time has come for Christians and Muslims to make peace between our […]
Delivering on the Promises of Paris: Why the World’s Muslims Are Demanding Climate Action Now
Source: Huffington Post By Naser Haghamed CEO of Islamic Relief Worldwide, an independent humanitarian and development organisation with a presence in over 40 countries worldwide. The global Muslim community – made up of around 1.6 billion followers from world leaders to academics, from teachers and healthcare workers to business people and […]
How old is the Bible?
Harry Farley Junior Staff Writer – 19 April 2016 Recent analysis of pottery fragments by researchers at Tel Aviv University caused a spate of headlines along the lines of “The Bible is much older than we thought.” The researchers claim the discovery that inscriptions, dated to around 600 BCE, were […]
Muslims converting to Christianity on the rise in Vienna
So far this year, roughly half of converts to Christianity in Vienna have been Muslim, according to reports About half of the 83 adults to have been approved for baptism […]
Thou shalt not: Tennessee governor vetoes bill to make Bible state book
Source: Religion News Service NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – The governor of Tennessee vetoed legislation on Thursday that would have made the Christian Bible the state’s official book, saying it would […]
With migrant mission to Greece, pope cements Orthodox ties
Source: Crux By Nicole Winfield Associated Press April 14, 2016 VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, […]
Is God dead? At 50
Source: Time BY Lily Rothman DON HAMILTON REMEMBERS THE DAY WELL. THIS WAS BACK IN 1966. HE WAS 12 WHEN A CLASSMATE ASKED HIM THE QUESTION: “DOES YOUR FATHER THINK […]
Vatican Recognizing Divorce, 1400 Years after Islam Did
Epigraph: One of the 114 chapters of the Quran is named divorce; it is number 65. Pope Francis Pushes Church to be More Open to the Divorced Source: Time By […]