Monthly Archives: June 2008
Word!
By Mark Silk — June 26, 2008
Fr. Pfleger sticks by the substance of his remarks from Tinity UCC’s pulpit, as opposed to the manner of delivery. Did Hillary Clinton feel entitled to the Democratic presidential nomination. It’s hard not to think so. Does this express a more general feeling among whites that we’re entitled to be at the front of the […]
Swing States Swinging Obama
By Mark Silk — June 26, 2008
Quinnipiac’s latest swing state poll shows Obama leading in Colorado (49-44), Michigan (57-36), Minnesota (54-37), and Wisconsin (52-39). On the religion front, white evangelicals show considerable consistency: CO: 65-29; MI: 60-31; MN: 55-38; and WI: 59-32. This is not good news for McCain, because it shows Obama attracting a greater proportion of the white evangelical […]
Caldwell v. Dobson
By Mark Silk — June 26, 2008
James Dobson seems to have done Obama a big favor by taking after him the way he did. This was not another Wright-centric assault but an attack on the only speech I can recall an American politician giving that at once lays out his own spiritual bona fides and seeks to be precise about how […]
Pew React on Google
By Mark Silk — June 26, 2008
Google News has asked for a comment from me on the Pew Forum’s U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, so for those of you who might be interested, it is here.
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 26, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service ACLU seeks end to noontime prayer at U.S. Naval Academy WASHINGTON (RNS) The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the U.S. Naval Academy to halt its practice of expecting midshipmen to stand for a prayer at their noon meals, saying it makes some of them uncomfortable. “We believe it is […]
Artist tries to teach the Bible by ripping it apart
By Tracy Gordon — June 26, 2008
Artist Berenice Rarig plays with anything at hand. Words. Bones. Coffee filters. But her husband’s 1863 family Bible? The Australia-based Presbyterian missionary came across the Bible one day as she was trying to figure out how to start a conversation about religion with professors and fellow students at Perth’s Curtin University of Technology. She held […]
Full Gospel Baptists mark rapid growth
By Tracy Gordon — June 26, 2008
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International marked nearly 15 years of rapid growth on Tuesday (June 24) by consecrating nine new bishops and celebrating its blend of black Baptist and Pentecostal theology.
New Orleans churches return favor and aid Midwest flood victims
By Tracy Gordon — June 26, 2008
NEW ORLEANS- A team of New Orleans Episcopal volunteers is headed to the Midwest to help flood victims in Quincy, Ill., a community that reached out to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
ACLU seeks end to noontime prayer at U.S. Naval Academy
By Tracy Gordon — June 26, 2008
WASHINGTON-The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the U.S. Naval Academy to halt its practice of expecting midshipmen to stand for a prayer at their noon meals, saying it makes some of them uncomfortable.
COMMENTARY: Converted man walking
By Cathleen Falsani — June 26, 2008
Some conversions take a lifetime. For the Rev. Carroll “Bud” Pickett, it took 95. Pickett, a Presbyterian minister, was the death house chaplain at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, where, from 1982 to 1995, he accompanied 95 inmates to their executions. He’s featured in a recent documentary, “At the Death House Door,” which tells […]
Artist tries to teach the Bible by ripping it apart
By Kristen Campbell — June 26, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service MERIDIANVILLE, Ala. _ Artist Berenice Rarig plays with anything at hand. Words. Bones. Coffee filters. But her husband’s 1863 family Bible? The Australia-based missionary came across the Bible one day as she was trying to figure out how to start a conversation with fellow students and professors at the Curtin […]
COMMENTARY: Converted man walking
By Cathleen Falsani — June 26, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Some conversions take a lifetime. For the Rev. Carroll “Bud” Pickett, it took 95 lives. Pickett, a Presbyterian minister, was the death house chaplain at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, where, from 1982 to 1995, he accompanied 95 inmates to their executions. “Even to this day, I don’t […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 25, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service Danish court rejects suit over Mohammed cartoons (RNS) An appeals court in Denmark has voided a lawsuit against the newspaper that was the first to print controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in 2005. The Western High Court in Aarhus said Thursday (June 19) that critics did not prove that […]
Mormon church president calls for backing of California ‘one man-one woman’ marriage ame
By Kevin Eckstrom — June 25, 2008
On the 39th anniversary of New York City’s Stonewall Riots, which arguably launched the gay rights movement, the LDS Church is asking California Mormons to support a proposed constitutional amendment that would recognize only marriages between a man and a woman.
The Russert Miracles
By Daniel Burke — June 25, 2008
Ok, so this is a little old, almost a week’s vintage actually, which is ancient by blog standards. But in case anyone of you hadn’t seen this, Newsweek has written about what some people are calling the “Russert miracles,” which includes rainbows, Bruce Springsteen, and politicians talking to each other. I think a unicorn may […]
