Monthly Archives: July 2008
Spiritual Alzheimer’s?
By Daniel Burke — July 25, 2008
Cardinal Ivan Dias, the Vatican’s point man for evangelization, told Anglican bishops at the Lambeth Conference on Tuesday not to be so focused on the present as to forget Christians’ apostolic heritage and traditions. Actually, he put it a bit more pointedly: “When we live myopically in the fleeting present, oblivious of our past heritage […]
Anti-Catholicism dead?
By Daniel Burke — July 24, 2008
That’s the question posed by a panel of Catholic intellectuals. Read the NYT’s coverage here.
NEXT WEEK’S COLUMNISTS
By RNS Blog Editor — July 24, 2008
10 minutes with … Michael Dowd
By RNS Blog Editor — July 24, 2008
Third candidates
By Mark Silk — July 24, 2008
Not that this has anything to do with religion, but I couldn’t help being struck a few days ago by the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showing that whereas Obama led McCain 47-41 in a head-to-head, when Ralph Nader (5) and Bob Barr (2) were added in, Obama went up one point and McCain went down […]
Nothing like a visit
By Mark Silk — July 24, 2008
Israelis now favor Obama over McCain. Will there be any blowback on American Jews?
Evangelicals by Region
By Mark Silk — July 24, 2008
The latest Quinnipiac poll on the presidential race in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin suggests that there may be a regional aspect to the evangelical vote worth keeping an eye on. In Colorado, evangelicals are backing McCain over Obama by a whopping 78 percent to 16 percent. That’s substantially better than the 74-24 margin by […]
Hagee’s Semitism
By Mark Silk — July 24, 2008
In a brief screed inspired by Joe Lieberman’s appearance at Tuesday’s Christians United for Israel banquet, Joe Klein assails Lieberman for allying himself with someone–Pastor John Hagee–who bases his support for Israel on an End Times scenario that postulates the damnation of all Jews who don’t acknowledge Jesus as their Lord and Savior: Hagee’s flagrant […]
Barack at the Wall
By Mark Silk — July 24, 2008
From a chat with reporters on the plane to Germany: Q. Do you want to tell us what your prayer was? BO. Uh, no. Update: The Israeli paper Maariv got hold of the prayer and published it. Bad journalistic form. Nice prayer.
Stephen Mansfield
By Tracy Gordon — July 24, 2008
The biggest crisis in Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign came when he was forced to distance himself from his longtime Chicago pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, when Wright’s fiery rhetoric became too hot to handle. All of which prompted the question: What does Obama really believe? Veteran author Stephen Mansfield set out to find out, […]
Heisman winner declines spot in Playboy lineup
By Tracy Gordon — July 24, 2008
One year after winning college football’s highest honor, University of Florida star Tim Tebow was pulled from consideration for Playboy’s pre-season All-American team because the magazine conflicts with his Christian beliefs, a school official confirmed.
Hagee vows never to endorse another candidate
By Tracy Gordon — July 24, 2008
WASHINGTON-Speaking to more than 3,000 followers gathered here, Texas megachurch pastor John Hagee said the “vicious national media firestorm” over his inflammatory remarks about Jews and Catholics has not weakened his vocal support for Israel.
EEOC issues new workplace manual on religion
By Tracy Gordon — July 24, 2008
WASHINGTON -Citing changing demographics and a steady increase in complaints from people of faith, a federal agency on Tuesday (July 22) released an updated compliance manual on religious discrimination in the workplace.
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 24, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service Hagee vows never to endorse another candidate WASHINGTON (RNS) Speaking to more than 3,000 followers gathered here, Texas megachurch pastor John Hagee said the “vicious national media firestorm” over his inflammatory remarks about Jews and Catholics has not weakened his vocal support for Israel. “We’re stronger than we’ve ever been,” […]
COMMENTARY: Prayer, (un)answered and otherwise
By Cathleen Falsani — July 24, 2008
“Do your prayers get answered?” That was the first line of a note waiting for me one recent morning when I logged on to my e-mail account. It was a response from a friend who had told me, a day earlier, how he was anxious about an impending, crucial business meeting. I told my friend […]
