Religion

Happy 65th Birthday, Bishop Gene Robinson!

The Huffington Post | Kevin Burra | Posted 05.29.2012

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Today marks the sixty-fifth birthday of Bishop Vicky Gene Robinson, who, in 2003, became the first non-celibate openly gay Anglican bishop. Robinso...

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To the Harvard Law Class of 2012 and Overachieving Graduates Everywhere

Ron Davis | Posted 05.29.2012

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Ron Davis

Hard work can be satisfying and success feels good. But I urge you to pursue a harder goal than the many mountains you will certainly summit. Accomplishments matter, but are nothing without love, morality, family, belonging and intimacy.

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Hellish Imagery From The Middle Ages

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.29.2012

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While today the word "hell" is often used in situations involving long lines and a lack of caffeine, in the Middle Ages hell was darker, hotter and ha...

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Vatican: Vatican't! (Newsflash to Rome From Joan of Arc)

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 05.28.2012

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Carol Muske-Dukes

Would Joan of Arc have fought for the current Catholic crowd in Rome? How would they have "contained" her -- just as they seek to "contain" the good nuns? Would she have died for the Vatican Boys Club? Or would she have raised the banner of the Sisters?

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Who or What Is God?

Peter Baksa | Posted 05.26.2012

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Peter Baksa

What is the story you are telling yourself? How does this story keep you stuck, fearful, angry and arguing for more of the same?

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Of Rolexes and False Prophets

Matthew Bode | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Religion, Detroit, Detroit Crime, Crime Rate Detroit, Reverend Marvin Winans, Reverend Marvin Winans Robbery, Detroit Impact, Reverend Marvin Winans Detroit, Detroit News
Matthew Bode

A glaringly noticeable absence in Reverend Marvin Winans' public comments is recognition of the suffering of others, beyond his own person -- of the hundreds who have been victims of crime in Detroit this year alone

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What He Found On A 2,100-Mile Hike Along The Appalachian Trail

Debra Ollivier | Posted 05.24.2012

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Debra Ollivier

After his wife of 36 years died of breast cancer, Paul Stuzman, 57, spent 138 days hiking 2,176 miles along the Appalachian trail. He tells the story in Hiking Through: One Man's Journey to Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail.

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Religion Study Reveals Faithful's Conflicting Impulses

Posted 05.23.2012

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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/22/2012 07:14 PM EDT on LiveScience Believing in an involved, morally active God m...

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Do We See People in Persistent Vegetative States As More Dead Than Dead People?

Matthew Hutson | Posted 05.22.2012

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Matthew Hutson

What do we think of people in persistent vegetative states, who can breathe but can't think? Mentally, they are dead, but since we're very aware of the body still lying there, we can't as easily imagine them as active characters in our lives.

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Inclusive Jesus (and Others at Wild Goose) Now on the West Coast Too

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.22.2012

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Frank Schaeffer

I'm still hungry for the community faith can provide when its not busy judging others. I want to share that good news. And Wild Goose Festival is the place I've discovered that shares that vision.

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Zombies Fighting Over Who Is Right: A Nightmare On Main Street

William Grassie | Posted 05.22.2012

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William Grassie

Every religion, every ideology and every construct of self implies a perspective on what constitutes the good life, as well as some kind of critique of the bad. But what are we to do when our ideals are in conflict?

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The Ignorance That Drives Regional Divisiveness

William Rose | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Religion, The South, Mitt Romney, Homophobia, Rick Santorum, North Carolina Amendment One, Gay Marriage, North Carolina, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
William Rose

When we talk about all the hatred, fear, and ignorance in this country, I will never understand why people so quickly assume that the racism, homophobia, and brain-drain all comes from the South.

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Rev. Wright Redux: A Conversation Worth Having

Rev. Adam J. Copeland | Posted 05.21.2012

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Rev. Adam J. Copeland

As the political camps throw mud this week over a super PAC ad campaign that hasn't even run, close your eyes and dream for a moment about an America that rose to the occasion.

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Was Columbus a Secret Jew?

Charles Garcia | Posted 05.23.2012

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Charles Garcia

Everybody knows the story of Columbus, right? He was an Italian explorer from Genoa who set sail in 1492 to enrich the Spanish monarchs with gold and spices from the orient. Not quite.

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Vatican Decree Calls Attention To The Place Of Women Religious

Olga Bonfiglio | Posted 05.18.2012

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Olga Bonfiglio

While Pope John Paul II's relationship with American nuns appeared to rein in the more exuberant experiments and freedoms they embraced after Vatican II, Pope Benedict XVI's recent decree is drop-dead shocking.

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Comparing Political Extremism in Europe and America

Mugambi Jouet | Posted 05.17.2012

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Mugambi Jouet

People often ask whether America or Europe fare better or worse in terms of political extremism. Yet, in a race to the bottom, what matters most is the direction.

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DOMA Legislation Is Not Jim Crow

Rebecca Wanzo | Posted 05.11.2012

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Rebecca Wanzo

DOMA is not Jim Crow, but DOMA legislation is one of the principle moral and ethical issues of our time, and this is why it is important to name the specificity of this kind of harm.

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The Grace in Saying Good-Bye

Rev. Dr. Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder | Posted 05.11.2012

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Rev. Dr. Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder

This season of graduation reminds us that reexamining the past is necessary for us to begin afresh. Like the Sankofa bird, there is something productive about using the past to propel us forward.

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Gay Christian Money

Matthew Bode | Posted 05.11.2012

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Matthew Bode

Many in the LGBT community live in the closets of their own churches, supporting the very institution that would prefer that they did not even exist.

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Reframing the Argument on Gay Marriage

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 05.11.2012

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Jennifer Hamady

In North Carolina this week, we were distracted yet again by the 'marriage' issue from the real matter at hand: equality. Which we can achieve by demanding the legality of civil unions.

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I Can't Worry About Gay Marriage; I'm Too Focused on My Own

Graham Milne | Posted 05.11.2012

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Graham Milne

That, I think, is how one preserves the sacred institution of marriage -- by making our own an example of the best that it can be, not fretting fruitlessly over whether other people can or can't get married to the person they love.

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What Do Mike Nichols and Multi-faith TV Have in Common?

David Tereshchuk | Posted 05.11.2012

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David Tereshchuk

Two media talkathons grabbed me this week -- each very different, though their messages chimed together in an intriguing way.

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Hope and Hesitation in Obama's Sudden Conversion

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.10.2012

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Robert Scheer

Once again President Barack Obama has come tantalizingly close to being terrific. But his failure of courage on the gay marriage issue, in the end, undermined the point he hoped to make Wednesday.

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A Psalm of Baseball

Mark Thompson | Posted 05.09.2012

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Mark Thompson

For many, baseball is a religion, and its stadiums, especially mine in the Bronx, serve as cathedrals.

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A Call to Rewrite the Scripts in the Gender Drama

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 05.09.2012

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Warren J. Blumenfeld

While Rev. Harris describes "gender distinctions" as God-given, he betrays his own assertion by demanding that parents break their children early of any forms of gender transgression.

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