New issue of Religion in the News
http://caribou.cc.trincoll.edu/depts_csrpl/RINVol15No1/contents_vol15n1.htm The cover story of the new issue of Religion in the News pictures Pope Francis roaring into town on a Harley. And why not,...
View ArticleThe Virginia GOP’s shrinking white evangelical base
If you want to know why Republican Ken Cuccinelli lost the governorship of the Old Dominion yesterday, look no further than white evangelicals. Four years ago, when Republican Bob McDonnell won, they...
View ArticleHow the prayer case will go
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View ArticleBishops beyond shame
Yo, Catholic bishops meeting today in Baltimore! As you may not have heard, last Friday the Bergen County (N.J.) prosecutor announced a pretty amazing agreement with a priest charged with violating...
View ArticleHow is same-sex marriage different from miscegenation?
Last Friday, the owners of an Albuquerque photography business petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision of the New Mexico Supreme Court that says they can’t refuse to do business with...
View ArticleSo what if George W. Bush wants to convert the Jews?
I haven’t seen any reports on what the former president said last night at the big annual fundraiser thrown by the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute in Irving, Texas, but I figure that as an evangelical...
View ArticlePew on Jew
An Ultra-Orthodox (haredi) family in Brooklyn Satmar community, Brooklyn, New York To say that the Pew Research Center’s survey of U.S. Jews has had an impact on its subject population is an...
View ArticleThe Miracle of the Turkey
The plaster edition Menurkey photo courtesy www.menurkey.com. This image is available for Web publication. For questions, contact Sally Morrow. Every 70,000 years or so, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving...
View ArticleAncient woman priest? Not exactly.
Fresco from the Catacombs of St. Priscilla Fair use I confess I was pretty excited to read on Huffpost that the Vatican had cleaned up some third-century catacomb frescos and unveiled a female figure...
View ArticleJFK v. Hobby Lobby
John F. Kennedy addressing the Houston ministers Youtube Amid the outpouring of remembrance and assessment marking the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, there has been a notable lack...
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