Gospel Secrets
Anthony Grafton : History
Two new books explore the longstanding scholarly debate over a secret and libertine Gospel of Mark.
Religion
Subsections:
2009
2008
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Episcopal Church Splits Over Gay Equality
Drew Haxby : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
The Episcopal Church's promotion of an openly gay clergyman has created a serious rift within the religious community, threatening the future of the denomination.
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Good God, Bad God
Richard Kim : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
If Rick Warren, Barack Obama and the gay community can find common ground, it'll be on civil, not religious, grounds. So let's separate church and state.
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Back Talk: Tim Reiterman
Christine Smallwood : Journalists & Journalism
A newsman who witnessed the carnage at Jonestown talks about the People's Temple, the power of images and the state of news.
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What's the Matter With Rick Warren?
Obama's choice to give the invocation at his inauguration is a slap at progressives and a bow to the religious right.
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India's Persecuted Christians
Members of India's poorest classes who converted to Christianity to escape the caste system now find themselves the targets of brutal persecution by Hindu nationalists.
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Religion Threatens '08 Presidential Race
Rev. Howard Moody : Separation of Church & State
We need a new national dialogue to untangle the triumphalist Christian story line that has wrapped itself around our political discourse.
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All Ye Unfaithful
Ronald Aronson : Presidential Election 2008
Pursuing religious voters, Republicans and Democrats overlook the importance of the constituency of nonbelievers.
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Preaching to the Choir
Sarah Posner : Presidential Election 2008
Led by Obama, Democrats are making a bid for evangelical voters. Lost cause or holy grail?
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Hello, God: About the Hurricane
OK, God, we know James Dobson asked his followers to pray for rain on Obama in Denver last week. But this storm in New Orleans isn't what anybody had in mind.
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Obama and King
Adele Oltman : Martin Luther King Jr.
As Obama accepts his party's presidential nomination on the forty-fifth anniversary of King's most famous speech, a historian looks beyond the obvious analogies.
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When Pastors Go Postal
The case against Victoria Osteen embodies the narcissism of those who preach the Gospel of prosperity.
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Flocking to Faith
Katha Pollitt : Presidential Election 2008
Obama's incredible faith-based initiative.
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Who's Afraid of Judy Maccabee?
Katha Pollitt : Judaism & Jews
Women increasingly are taking leadership roles in Jewish life--and that's a problem?
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Dorothy Day's Day
Colman McCarthy : Peace Activism
The movement she inspired--passionate, pacifist and siding with the scorned--is seventy-five and going strong.
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Preaching to the Choir
With little to lose and everything to gain, Obama has lifted high the cross. But are there invisible strings attached?
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Warriors for Zion--in California
Accusations by right-wing Zionists of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Irvine, are suspect at best.
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Are Evangelicals Going Green?
American News Project : Global Warming & Climate Change
How solidly Republican will Christian evangelicals be in 2008? Could concern about the planet be the issue that draws many believers into the Democratic camp?
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Beyond Belief
Can the wall between church and state balance the principles of neutrality and accomodation?
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Daniel Berrigan: Forty Years After Catonsville
Time and age have not blunted his fierce critique of American empire and his radical interpretation of the Gospels.
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McCain's Pastor: US Should Destroy Islam
Brave New Films & Mother Jones : John McCain
Since the media won't question McCain about his deeply bigoted pastor, it's up to you to call attention to this issue.
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Men of the Cloth
Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women
When it comes to keeping women pregnant and in their place, polygamous Mormons and the Pope have a lot in common.
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The Liberation of Reverend Wright
Eudora Smith : Presidential Election 2008
The media's portrayal of Obama's former pastor as racist reflects an ignorance about the black church and its rhetorical traditions.
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War of The Word
Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2008
Why the fuss over Obama's pastor when Bible-based damnations for bad behavior is made in both black and white churches?
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Hillary's Nasty Pastorate
Barbara Ehrenreich : Presidential Election 2008
When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, Hillary Clinton is a lot more vulnerable than Obama.
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