Monthly Archives: November 2007
He Still Loves Israel
By Daniel Burke — November 30, 2007
Michelle Boorstein at the Post has a fascinating article on Theodor Herzl’s (aka the founder of Zionism) grandson being exhumed from his grave in Washington to be buried near his relatives in Israel. Stephen Theodore Norman was the only of Herzl’s descendant to embrace Zionism, Boorstein writes. “It wasn’t sort of an obvious thing. Herzl […]
Report: Obama is a Jihadist Vegetarian
By Daniel Burke — November 30, 2007
Just kidding. WaPo cartoonist Tom Toles has a great take on the recent Obama-is-a-Muslim-in-disguise shenanigans.
If It Wasn’t For Bad Luck…
By Daniel Burke — November 30, 2007
…you know how the song goes. Rodney King, yes, that Rodney King, was hit by a shotgun blast while riding his bike in San Bernardino.
Oral Robertson University?
By Kevin Eckstrom — November 30, 2007
Speaking of Pat Robertson, the Virginian Pilot has this little nugget about Pat’s offer to explore possible ties with the troubled Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, which remains in turmoil after ORU President Richard Roberts was forced out (Roberts said God told him to quit) under a cloud of allegations of lavish spending, improper sexual […]
Religious Liberty for All?
By Kevin Eckstrom — November 30, 2007
The case of the Regent University law student who pasted an, um, unflattering photo of Regent founder Pat Robertson on his Facebook page now heads to court. Money quote, from Adam Key, the center at the center of it all: “I went there because I wanted an environment conducive to learning that had a respect […]
O Mane Pad My Bills…
By Daniel Burke — November 30, 2007
The PA state senate opened their session with a Buddhist prayer Tuesday night. No word in this article about what the prayer actually said, or even what school of Buddhism the pray-er follows (they call him Sensei, so I assume he’s Zen). Notwithstanding that, the reporter immediately moves on to the flap about prayer in […]
Presby Pastor Throws Hat in Ring
By Daniel Burke — November 30, 2007
Presbyterian News Service has word that the Rev. Bill Teng will stand for position of moderator of the PCUSA at the denomination’s assembly in San Jose, Calif., next June. I may be wrong but this is the first official announcement I’ve heard from any candidate. Teng, who was born in Hong Kong and now pastors […]
Mourning Hyde
By Daniel Burke — November 30, 2007
Religious leaders from Cardinal George of Chicago to James Dobson of Colorado Springs are mourning former Rep. Henry Hyde today. I hadn’t realized Hyde was author of the “Mexico City policy,” which basically prohibits U.S. foreign aid from going to programs that offer abortion. George says: “His concern reached from those not yet born to […]
Huckabee Surge
By Mark Silk — November 30, 2007
I agree with David Brody assessment that Huckabee hit the Bible question out of the park. Money quote: The part of Huckabee’s answer that probably resonated with Evangelicals is when he said, “There are parts of it I don’t fully comprehend and understand, because the Bible is a revelation of an infinite God, and no […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 30, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Pope offers `working meeting’ with Muslims VATICAN CITY (RNS) In response to a letter from Muslim leaders seeking better relations with the Christian world, Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday (Nov. 29) invited those leaders to the Vatican for a “working meeting” on inter-religious dialogue. Writing on behalf of the pope, […]
Books trace real and imagined history of Christmas
By Cecile Holmes — November 30, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The origins of the first Christmas are complicated. Establishing their historical authenticity is probably impossible, but then, that’s not the real point of Christmas, according to the authors of three new books on the holiday. In “The First Christmas,” leading scholars Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan explore […]
Some churches conflicted over Kwanzaa
By Adelle M. Banks — November 30, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Come each December, high atop the choir loft of St. Luke Community United Methodist Church in Dallas sit the traditional three purple and one pink Advent candles for several Sundays. But as the month comes to a close, another candelabra appears when the Kwanzaa kinara _ with its seven […]
Barcelona nativity scenes feature an unusual visitor
By Margaret Bernstein — November 30, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service BARCELONA, Spain _ The Virgin Mary. The three kings. A few wayward sheep. These are the figures one expects to find in a traditional Christmas nativity scene. But a smartly dressed peasant squatting behind a rock with his rear-end exposed? Not so much. And yet statuettes of “El Caganer,” or […]
COMMENTARY: The truth, available to all with eyes to see
By Dick Staub — November 30, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Last week, a truth-loving friend sent what he found to be inflammatory comments uttered by the documentary filmmaker Werner Herzog. Herzog was speaking at the American Film Fest 2007 on the subject “Is the filmmaker’s responsibility to the subject to capture objective truth, or realize his own artistic vision?” […]
GOP Debaters Answer Biblical Question
By Adelle M. Banks — November 29, 2007
A question of biblical proportions came up during Wednesday’s CNN/YouTube Republican presidential debate. A Dallas man held up a Bible to the camera during his videotaped query and asked if the candidates believed every word of it. Here’s how the candidates, responded, according to a transcript in two parts from CNN Politics.com: Anderson Cooper of […]
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