Faith

When a Tombstone Reads 'Light of the World'

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Charity, Judaism LGBT Rights, Judaism, Lubavitcher Rebbe, Religious Right, Humanity, Good Deeds, Religious Humanism, The Inner Life, Faith, The Rebbe, Politics News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The Rebbe replaced religious judgment with an impassioned humanity. His message became a mantra: give charity, pray daily, offer hospitality, and love every stranger as oneself. He gave faith back its heart.

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Obama's Faith-Based Plan

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Faith Based Groups, President Bush, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Senator Obama, Obama Faith, Faith-Based Initiatives, Barack Obama Religion, Religion and Politics, Obama Religion, 2008 Election and Religion, Faith, Politics News
Jim Wallis

My relationship with the Bush White House ended after my public criticism of the path to war in Iraq. Yet I continued to support the idea and promise of the faith-based initiative.

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Faith Healing: From Jesus To Neurotransmitters

Deepak Chopra | Posted 06.10.2008 | Living

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Deepak Chopra

This was originally posted in the Washington Post's "On Faith" section in response to their question: "Do you believe that faith can effect your healt...

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New Book Asks: Where's God While We Suffer?

Sandy Goodman | Posted 06.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Religion, Jews, Jesus, Bible, Atheism, Faith, Agnostic, Christianity, God, Suffering, Job, Israelites, Ehrman, Prophets, Exodus, Huffpost Books, Living News
Sandy Goodman

Books by three atheists created a firestorm last year. Surprisingly, some of the harshest criticism came from other atheists, scientists and philosoph...

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Gore's Sacrifice Squandered

Dan Treul | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

Gore took a bullet for the party in 2000. The GOP cheated in FL and everyone knew it. But his sacrifice has been squandered by Clinton. Thanks to her, the GOP no longer has the market on voting fraud.

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Indoctrinate Your Children Before It's Too Late

Jenny Block | Posted 04.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Ignorance, Fear, Bible, Hate, Children, Race, Sexuality, Gender, Plastic Surgery, Religion, Education, Sex, Environment, Cosmetic Surgery, Love, Faith, Discourse, Family, Living News
Jenny Block

I think we should indoctrinate our children from the moment they are born. I think we should teach them that love is plentiful and that there are endless permutations that a family can take.

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Nice Jewish Girl Attends Jum'a Before Shabbat

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 04.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Islam, Jewish Culture, Religion, Muslim, Judaism, Faith, Jewish, Living News
Leora Tanenbaum

In an effort to improve Muslim-Jewish relations in NYC, the city's most prominent mosque and the flagship seminary of the Jewish Conservative movement have reached out to one another.

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Let Them Wear Scarves

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Religion, Turkey, Hijab, Symbolism, Headscarves, Head Scarf, Muslim, Faith, Head Scarves, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Can you explain to me why thoughtful people, including several renowned public intellectuals, oppose the right of women to choose to wear headscarves -- on campuses out of all places?

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Prosecuting Polygamy in El Dorado

Marci Hamilton | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polygamy, Abuse, Big Love, Cult, Mormons, Mormonism, Sexual Abuse, Patriarchy, Latter Day Saints, Texas Polygamists, Warren Jeffs, Warren Jeffs Compound, Religion, Polygamy Laws, Texas Religious Compound, Child Abuse, El Dorado, Religion and Politics, Girls Texas Compound, Faith, Warren Jeffs Abuse, Texas Compound, Politics News
Marci Hamilton

There is nothing so dangerous for a child as an insular, patriarchical religious organization and the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints is one of the scariest examples.

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A Gay Conservative Rabbi is Coming to a Synagogue Near You -- or Not

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living

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Leora Tanenbaum

Why are we instructed to embrace the ger, the stranger, yet we are told to distance ourselves from someone who loves Judaism and lives a Jewish life but happens to be gay?

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Catholic-Bashing

John Leo | Posted 03.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Religion, John Hagee, Catholicism, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright Barack Obama, Catholic, Obama Jeremiah Wright, McCain Catholics Hagee, McCain Hagee, John McCain Hagee, Jeremiah Wright, Faith, 2008 Election, Bigotry, Politics News
John Leo

The establishment in this country needs to do a bit more thinking about civility and transgression. It is not civil or honest to attack a religion by trying to degrade its symbols.

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Am I Raising 'Atheist Children'?

Nica Lalli | Posted 03.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Atheism and Kids, Religion, God, Atheism, Parenting Tips, Free Will, Atheism and Children, Atheists, Parenting, Faith, Parenting Advice, Living News
Nica Lalli

Good parenting has no religious affiliation. How can a parent foster an open and questioning mind in a child who is also told to follow a god -- without question?

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Rev. Wright's Not That Wrong

Dennis Perrin | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

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Dennis Perrin

Jeremiah Wright's supposedly inflammatory statements about 9/11 and the ongoing specter of racism are uncontroversial to those following the real world.

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Obama's Rejection Of Pastor Unfortunate

Denise Clapsaddle | Posted 03.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Religion, J. Philip Wogaman, Bob Dole, Cal Thomas, 2008 Election, Preaching, Trinity UCC Chicago, Foundry United Methodist Church, Mark Tooley, United Church of Christ, Faith, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Barack Obama Jeremiah Wright, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Obama Wright, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright Barack Obama, Home News
Denise Clapsaddle

As a pastor in the same denomination as Jeremiah Wright, I think it's too bad that political expediency demands Obama reject his pastor.

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What's Next for Mike Huckabee?

Jim Wallis | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

While Huckabee is a consistent social conservative, he is suspect by the party's economic conservatives who, of course, don't support spending any money on overcoming poverty.

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So What If Obama Were a Muslim?

Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Islam, Obama Muslim, Religion and Politics, Racism, Obama Muslim Smear, 2008 Election and Religion, Muslim, Race, Faith, 2008 Election, Politics News
Eve Tahmincioglu

The tone in the press makes it sound like Obama possibly being a Muslim would be on par with screwing around behind his wife's back, or being a pedophile.

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Denouncing the Hillary Haters

Jim Wallis | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

I can't count the number of times that reporters have asked me about Hillary's religion, just assuming she must be pandering.

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Evolving Evangelicals

David Horton | Posted 03.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Evolution, Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, Faith, Politics News
David Horton

We often try to give examples of evolution occurring right now, in order to answer the proposition from creationists that no one ever saw evolution ha...

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Defending the Facts on Obama's Faith

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

Like his politics or not, don't disparage Barack Obama's faith, his church, his minister, or his credibility as an eloquent Christian layman who feels a vocation in politics.

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Jesus and Deepak in Midtown

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living

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Alison Rose Levy

To Deepak Chopra, we have the potential to actualize Christ consciousness just as Jesus, Buddha, and other great beings did. But it's up to each of us to fulfill that potential.

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Born Again And Democratic? -- An Interview With George Barna

Zack Exley | Posted 02.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Christianity, Faith, Evangelicals, George Barna, Progressive Christianity, Progressive Christians, The Religious Right, Huffington Post Off the Bus, Religion and Politics, Off the Bus, 2008 Election, Home News
Zack Exley

Before jumping to any conclusions about evangelical Christian voters in 2008, one must understand some basic facts and definitions about this massive chunk of the population. For that, George Barna is the man to go to.

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America Needs an Agnostic in the White House

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fundamentalism, Religion, Atheism, Agnostic, Theism, Atheists, Faith, Agnosticism, Politics News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

An agnostic president would respect all views, take them into account and than propose the best solutions.

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Who Are Red Letter Christians?

Tony Campolo | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Scripture, Progressive Christians, Poverty, Evangelical Christians, Progressives, Red Letter Christians, Evangelicals, Religion, Progressive Evangelicals, Jim Wallis, Jesus Christ, Christmas, Jesus, Religious Right, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Faith, Spirituality, Politics News
Tony Campolo

We are trying to create a new movement that seeks to make faithfulness to Biblical Christianity an imperative for progressive politics.

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God's 15 Minutes

Val Brown | Posted 02.11.2008 | Living

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Val Brown

And when it all comes down to it, it's not what you believe, it's how you behave. I aspire to Good, not God. It's all you can do; the rest is a crap shoot.

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Well Done, Thou Good and Faithful Servants

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Economic Justice, 2008 Elections, Poverty, Faith, Politics News
Jim Wallis

John Edwards has championed the poor more than any white presidential candidate since Robert Kennedy did many decades ago.

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