Religious Leaders

Love More! Do Justice! Tell the Truth!

Sheril Antonio | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Religious Books, Religion and Politics, Religious Leaders, Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, Gods Gays and Guns, Books News
Sheril Antonio

April 14 in Sag Harbor, New York I heard Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, read from his latest work, Gods, Gays, and Guns. His energy, sincerity and youthful articulate anger mixed with optimism filled the small space.

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Where Are The Pro-LGBT Religious Voices In Mainstream Media?

Ross Murray | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Religion and Sexuality, Religion, Lgbt, Lesbian, Christianity, Gay, Religious Leaders, Media and Religion, Religion News
Ross Murray

With all this support among religious people, why don't Americans get to hear LGBT-affirming messages from some of them? They are crowded out by the same extreme voices over and over again.

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Who Speaks For Religion?

Thomas David DuBois | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Hindu Priests, Catholic Leaders, Religious Studies, Buddhist Leaders, Christian Leaders, Religious Academics, Religious Authority, Religious Leaders, Religion News
Thomas David DuBois

There is no shortage of important questions about religion. Lots of people will weigh in on these questions--but who should we actually believe?

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At American Academy of Religion Conference, Dharmic Religions Have A Bigger Place

Philip Goldberg | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Hinduism, Religion, Buddhism, Religious Leaders, Sikhism, American Academy of Religion, Academic Study of Dharmic Religions, Study of Dharmic Religions, Religion News
Philip Goldberg

Dharma Academy of North America scholars attempt to view the Indic religions on their own traditional terms, not just through the methods and categories of Western scholarship. It is now the largest additional symposium at AAR.

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HuffPost Religion Round-Up: August 14-21

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Scripture, Gay and Lesbian, The Bible, Church Attendance, Religion Round Up, Religious Leaders, Women Religious Leaders, Orthodox Jews, Religion News
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

World Youth Day, Crown Heights, Ramadan Reflections, Women Religious Leaders, Orthodox Gays And Lesbians Marrying Each Other, and Kiddie Preachers.. It has been a busy week on HuffPost Religion.

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God Is Watching

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Moral Issues, Faith Leaders, Book of Proverbs, God Is Watching Campaign, Religious Communit, Deficit, Gop Budget Cuts, Deficit Cuts, God Is Watching, Budget Cuts, Political Religious Leaders, Religious Leaders, Politics News
Jim Wallis

When it comes to the bitter and ultra-partisan battles over the budget, the deficit, and the fast-approaching deadline for America to avoid defaulting on its financial commitments, the whole nation and even the world is watching. But God is watching too.

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Lucia Graves

Republican Lawmaker Goes Silent On 'Hatred Of God' Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Negotiations, God, Liberal Ideology, Todd Akin, Liberalism, Senator Claire McCaskill, Elections 2012, Religious Leaders, Church and State, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In pitching his Senate bid before a St. Louis County audience, Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) glossed over the controversy that has plagued him ...

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The War Must Not Go On!

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.23.2011

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Jim Wallis

The president has announced that after an initial drawdown in Afghanistan, the remaining troops will be withdrawn "at a steady pace" going into 2014. But that's not good enough. President Obama had an opportunity to pivot his policy on the war and he didn't take it.

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Religious Leaders Join Call For Baseball Tobacco Ban

Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Chewing Tobacco, Baseball, Mlb, Major League Baseball, Clergy, Faith United Against Tobacco, Smokeless Tobacco, Tobacco, Religious Leaders, Baseball Players, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) Religious leaders are hoping to hit a home run in a campaign to get Major League Baseball players t...

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First Lady Asks Religious Leaders For Help With Military Families

Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Religion, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama Military Families, Religious Leaders, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady, Military Families, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) First lady Michelle Obama has asked religious leaders to join her initiative to assist m...

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Statements From Muslim, Jewish And Christian Denominations

Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Islam, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Vatican Statement on Osama Bin Laden, Christian Response to Bin Laden's Death, Judaism, Rick Warren, Muslims, Christianity, Bin Laden, Religious Groups, Vatican, Religious Leaders, Bin Laden Dead, Osama Bin Laden, Religion News

Many religious groups have issued statements in the wake of President Obama's announcement late Sunday night that Osama bin Laden had been killed. We ...

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These Libyan Religious Scholars Are My Friends Whether Or Not They Want To Be

Peter Ochs, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslim Scholars, Judaism, Libya, Islam, Libyan Religious Scholars, Religious Leaders, Israel, Religious Tolerance, Network of Free Ulema, Religion News
Peter Ochs, Ph.D.

They are friends because they pray to the God whom Moses served and to whom Rabbi Akiva prayed. They suffer in great numbers, they suffer unjustly.

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Conservative Faith Coalition Urges Congress To Defend DOMA

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Marriage, House, Catholics, Religion, House of Representatives, Defending DOMA, John Boehner, Obama, Doma, Religious Leaders, Constitution, Evangelicals, Sikhs, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner said on Friday (March 4) that he and fellow lawmakers will defend t...

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An Open Letter To Religious Leaders In Support Of Collective Bargaining Rights

Rev. Colin Bossen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Martin Luther King Jr, Labor Unions, Collective Bargaining Rights, Clergy, Religious Leaders, Workers Rights, Wisconsin Protests, Religion News
Rev. Colin Bossen

If we religious leaders are to continue to have moral authority in our communities we must speak up in support of public employees' right to collective bargaining.

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Obama's Faith-Based Advisers: Round Two

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Katherine Jefferts Schori, Mark Hanson, White House, Church Leaders, Obama Advisors, Barack Obama, White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Religious Leaders, Obama Religious Groups, Religion News

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON -- President Obama has named top U.S. church leaders to an advisory council on faith-based progra...

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Values at Davos

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Moral Leadership, Mohammed Yunus, Economic Crisis, Religious Leaders, Interfaith Cooperation, World Economic Forum, Grameen Bank, Faith Community, Davos 2011, Economic and Moral Recovery, Young Global Leaders, Values and the Market, Religion News
Jim Wallis

That Davos would turn to faith community leaders for help is good news to me, but the headline in yesterday's International Herald Tribune indicated we still have a long way to go.

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Non-Confrontational Clergy: When Inactions Speak Louder Than Words

Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pope John Paul, Leadership, Papal Infallibility, Religious Leaders, Responsibility of Religious Leaders, Clerical Responsibility, Papal Silence, Pope Benedict, Papal Inaction, Jewish Divorce, Role of Clergy, Religion News
Shira Hirschman Weiss

If one chooses not to get involved, the consequences could be damning. The opposite argument is that involvement can make people angry. A religious leader has a lot to be stressed out about.

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Navigating The Turbulent Waters of Religion And Women's Rights: An Interview With Thoraya Obaid

Katherine Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Unfpa, Saudi Arabia, Reproductive Health, Muslim, Religious Leaders, Cairo Program of Action, United Nations, Thoraya Obaid, Religion News
Katherine Marshall

Thoraya Obaid, a proud Muslim and Saudi Arabian citizen, just completed ten years as Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

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President Obama Should Have Fought This One

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Obama has again bent to the economic philosophy that rewards the casino gamblers on Wall Street and leaves the majority of the country standing outside the casino with a tin cup -- hoping that the gamblers are at least big tippers.

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It Takes A Movement: The Next Steps

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Neither the left nor the right has the answers to our most pressing problems, though each will continue to say that it does. So we have to focus on the spiritual and moral values that bring us together.

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Seven Steps to Civility This Election Season

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

This week, a group of more than 130 former legislators, both Republicans and Democrats, released a letter urging for civility and encouraging candidates, once elected, to focus on cooperation to face our country's greatest challenges.

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Beck, Nazis and Civil Dialogue

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Progressive Christians, Social Justice, Jim Wallis, Jim Wallis Glenn Beck, Civil Dialogue, President Obama, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Christian Leaders, Religious Leaders, Civil Discourse, Church and State, Media News
Jim Wallis

For Beck to accuse all the preachers or religious leaders who have advised Obama on any issue of being like the Nazi corruption of the church, and on a course that "ends in mass death," is the worst kind of civil poison.

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What Is the Truth About Leadership? (Part 2 of 2)

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Exceptional Leaders, Bright, The Truth About Leadership, Inspirational, Capable, Strengths, Jim Kouzes, The Leadership Challenge, Barry Posner, Marshall Goldsmith, Leadership, Baby Boomers, Religious Leaders, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Teachers, Healthy Living News
Marshall Goldsmith

Leadership is not about who you are or where you come from. It's about what you do.

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Who Are Your Spiritual Teachers?

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judaism, Religious Leaders, Spiritual Leaders, 50 Influential Rabbis, Spiritual Teachers, Newsweek 50 Influential Rabbis, Religious Teachers, Influential Rabbis, Newsweek Rabbi List, Spirituality, Religion News
Brad Hirschfield

Let me suggest that you now go out and make your own list of 50 spiritual teachers who you think are worthy of recognition. As you construct your own list, pay attention not only to who is on the list, but also why you put them there.

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Health Care and Bipartisanship in the Balance

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mid Term Elections, Health Care Bill, Capitol Hill, President, Leadership, Insurance Companies, Debate, President Obama, Partisanship, Elections, Economy, Compromise, Immigrants, Business, Senate Bill, Legislation, Republican, Immigrant, Justice, Health Care, Private Insurance, System, Opposition, Public Option, Politics, Congressional Leadership, Democrat, Congress, Health, Election, Religious Leaders, Bipartisan, Migrants, Political Reality, Democrats, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Consumers, Special Interests, Bipartisanship, Bipartisan Solutions, Health Care System, Partisan, Religion, Politics News
Jim Wallis

President Obama, this is your moment for political courage, vision, leadership, and faith. We urge you to take heart and move meaningful health care reform forward.

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