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Jonathan Talat Phillips: Top 10 Books of the New Edge

2012-05-29T16:31:08Z

Spiritual counterculture are harder to define, hosting a multidimensional mix of spiritual awakening, new media activism, visionary art, punk attitude, permaculture principles, Burning Man aesthetic and Occupy ideologies.

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Lisa Hickman: How A Dream Taught Me To Pray In Circles

2012-05-23T08:00:53Z

Ezekiel spoke the difficult truth to a community in exile: perpetual sin left them spinning their wheels, going nowhere. His vision of a wheel within a wheel provided a new mechanism not only for prayer, but also for hope itself.

Read more: Viola Davis, Ezekiel, Dreams, The Circle Maker, Prayer, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Religious Books, Christianity, Mark Batterson, Prayer and Meditation, Religion News

Brad Hirschfield: My Neighbor's Faith: The Rabbi And The Christian Cab Driver

2012-05-20T08:00:03Z

As soon as I was in the cab, I noticed that pretty much every surface of the car's interior was covered with a JESUS LOVES YOU sticker. This wasn't just a cab, it was a rolling cathedral! Part of me thought I should just jump out of the car.

Read more: Inter-Religious Dialogue, Religious Books, Christianity, Interfaith Dialogue, My Neighbor's Faith, Interfaith, Judaism, Religion News

Benjamin Taylor: WATCH: A Miracle In Naples

2012-05-18T13:42:52Z

This takes place years ago: Heeding warnings I've heard about gifted pickpockets, I put my passport in my sock and wade into the teeming streets.

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Michael Gilmour: Judging THE Book By Its Cover

2012-05-09T12:43:44Z

The paratextual content in modern Bibles goes far beyond basic features, of course, and there appears to be no limit to the marketing creativity of publishers who continuously repackage the Scriptures.

Read more: Biblical Interpretation, Bible, Literary Criticism, Book Publishing, Books, Left Behind, Red Letter Christians, Bible Translation, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Religious Books, Christianity, Religion News

John Burke: I Followed The Path

2012-04-26T15:18:29Z

I probably should have known that my job in publishing was not going to last. But we don't always see what is right before our eyes. Luckily, I had some help along the way, in a form that I don't think my employers could have expected.

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Karl Giberson, Ph.D: Some Ado About Nothing

2012-04-24T15:25:34Z

The theological agenda is such discussions is clear: There must be an eternal being to account for the appearance of temporary things like our universe.

Read more: Wonder of the Universe, Lawrence Krauss, Nothing, Quantum, Inflation, Hawking, Giberson, Religious Books, Religion and Science, Religion News

Krista Tippett: Remembering God: Christian Wiman And The New American Religiosity

2012-04-24T12:55:30Z

The emerging religiosity is genuinely new. Its aspiration is to be serious and open, devout and hospitable to difference.

Read more: Religious Books, On Being, Jaroslav Pelikan, Christian Wiman, Krista Tippett, American Religion, Godfrey Diekmann, Prayer, Creeds, Religion News

Greg Garrett: Christ Isn't Missing From 'The Voice' -- Just The Biblical Jargon

2012-04-24T11:38:55Z

Let's be clear about this one thing. Don't object to Jesus being de-centered or otherwise missing from this translation. Jesus is still Lord in "The Voice" -- he's just had his name changed so that today's readers will know who he is.

Read more: David Capes, The Voice, Scripture Commentary, Religious Books, Scripture Study, Christianity, Jesus Christ, New Testament, Bible Translation, Religion News

Clay Farris Naff: Free God Now! Old Time Religion Vs The Mainstream

2012-04-23T11:41:30Z

A fresh wind is blowing through church steeples and minarets. It's got the archbishops, pastors, rabbis and imams of Old Time Religion in a reactionary rage. And no wonder.

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Unconventional Bible Translation Focuses On Dialogue, Does Not Use Name 'Jesus Christ'

2012-04-18T19:05:49Z

By Bob Smietana
USA Today

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) The name Jesus Christ doesn't appear in "The Voice," a new translation of the Bible.

Nor do wo...

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Sheril Antonio: Love More! Do Justice! Tell the Truth!

2012-04-18T16:09:04Z

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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Patty Kogutek: A Change Of Habit: 7 Secrets To Guilt-Free Living

2012-04-18T16:20:28Z

Secret #1: Don't let religion get in the way of your relationship with God.

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Why Ross Douthat Thinks We're 'A Nation Of Heretics'

2012-04-18T07:13:42Z

By Daniel Burke
Religion News Service

(RNS) New York Times columnist Ross Douthat doesn't mince words in his new book "Bad Religion: How We Became...

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Greg Carey: Don't Fear This Book: Crossan On Parables And Gospels

2012-04-16T16:57:06Z

Is Jesus inconsistent, or does Matthew have an agenda? Crossan, like most interpreters, says that Matthew 23 reflects not Jesus' own teaching but a conflict that emerged decades after Jesus' career.

Read more: Parables, Greg Carey, The Bible, Jesus Parables, Jesus, Gospels, John Dominic Crossan, Religious Books, Religion News

25 Facts You Should Know (But Probably Don't) About Christianity

2012-04-15T07:17:40Z

Statement by George Courtauld, author of 'The Pocket Book of What, When and Who on Earth.'

A few years ago I was horrified to discover how very lit...

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Brian D. McLaren: Speaking Out Is Complicated (And So Is Staying Silent)

2012-04-14T06:40:30Z

What do you do when you aren't comfortable being outspoken, aren't comfortable being silent and aren't comfortable being uncomfortably in between? For me, that's meant a foray into comic short fiction

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Paul Wilkes: Confession: Is Dr. Freud At War With Religious Beliefs?

2012-04-10T11:07:00Z

Confession seeks another truth -- the truth of our inherent worth and goodness, our basic purity of soul.

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Paul Wilkes: What Is Confession And Why Is It Good For You?

2012-04-10T10:31:27Z

Confession strips away the veil that we often cast over our actions, realigning our souls with what is best and truest in our natures.

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The Surprising, Enormous Influence Of The I Ching

2012-04-09T07:13:25Z

The following is an excerpt from 'The I Ching: A Biography' by Richard J. Smith.

What makes a classic? First, the work must focus on matters of gre...

Read more: Chinese Religion, Taoism, Religion in China, Religious Books, I Ching, Yijing, Chines Tradition, China, China Religion, Religion News

Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr.: No Kosher Jesus

2012-04-04T07:23:04Z

He isn't merely a perfect icon to admire but an example to follow in how to fully engage one's capacity for relationship with God.

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Bart Ehrman's New Portrayal Of Jesus Is Surprisingly Sympathetic

2012-04-03T14:17:18Z

By Yonat Shimron
Religion News Service

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) For years, nonbelievers rejoiced at the publication of a new book by New Testament ...

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John Dominic Crossan: Why Did Jesus Go To Jerusalem? A Holy Week Reflection

2012-03-31T20:11:50Z

Did Jesus go to Jerusalem to get himself killed? If he did, why, in the tinder-box atmosphere at Passover, did it take him so many days to get his wish?

Read more: Easter, New Testament, Palm Sunday, Scripture Commentary, Jesus Christ, Holy Week, Scripture Study, Christianity, Religious Books, Passover, Religion News

Paul O'Donnell: When Christians Go To College - A Review Of 'Blue Like Jazz'

2012-03-30T16:36:39Z

"Blue Like Jazz" suggests that conservatives have nothing to fear from college. After a baptism of beer, lesbian-chic and sophomoric pranks, the evangelical hero discovers who he is.

Read more: Blue Like Jazz, Christian Books, Video, Evangelical Christians, Kickstarter, Steve Taylor, Rick Santorum, Christianity, Donald Miller, Academia, Barack Obama, Religion News

Rev. Peter M. Wallace: A Conversation With Diana Butler Bass On 'Christianity After Religion'

2012-03-28T11:00:04Z

Diana delves into the roots of the crisis that churches of all kinds are facing, causes ranging from 9/11 and religious violence to the abuse scandals in the Catholic Church.

Read more: Christianity, Church, Diana Butler Bass, Great Awakening, Christianity After Religion, Religious Books, Video, Religion News