Monthly Archives: November 2014
Southern Baptists running away from immigration reform
By Mark Silk — November 25, 2014
Lest it put them crossways with the GOP.
Women: Just 1% of the Bible
By Jana Riess — November 25, 2014
Women's words account for just over 1% of the Bible, but author Lindsay Hardin Freeman is determined to tell their stories. "These woman are real, dynamic, challenging, and fallible," she says. "God’s love for them, and us, is as strong as the world’s foundations."
What C.S. Lewis thought about space exploration and aliens
By Jonathan Merritt — November 25, 2014
The iconic Christian author addressed the space exploration and aliens at least twice. What he believed may surprise some of his faithful fans.
This is what 4,000 dancing rabbis looks like at New York’s largest sit-down dinner
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 25, 2014
(RNS) More than 4,000 Chabad rabbis representing 80 countries gathered on Sunday in Brooklyn for what was described as New York City's largest sit-down dinner.
Are #Christian hashtags rallying the faithful or just luring trolls?
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 25, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Everyone on Twitter is learning that a hashtag cuts both ways -- it can be hijacked or lampooned by detractors, and it's a key way that online activists are pushing back against opposing messages or what some might even call hate speech.
Note to Netanyahu: Don’t make American Jewish life harder (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 25, 2014
(RNS) As much as I worry about the effect of the nationality bill on the Jewish state, I worry more about the effect that this will have on the Jewish street.
Can a nation so wounded by its divisions survive? (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — November 25, 2014
(RNS) We must ask who we are. Not what advertisers say we are, but who we actually are.
Ferguson pastors urge peace after grand jury doesn’t indict
By Lilly Fowler — November 25, 2014
ST. LOUIS (RNS) The Rev. C. Jessel Strong, president of the St. Louis Metropolitan Clergy Coalition, took the pulpit: “We’re here because we’re sick and tired. Why does it seem all of our children are shot by the police?”
No indictment * Erdogan’s girls * Israel’s Jewishness : Tuesday’s Roundup
By Lauren Markoe — November 25, 2014
Faith in the justice system takes a hit. Turkey's president says women are not equal to men. And could Israel be more Jewish?
Pope Francis urges Europeans to reject ‘throwaway culture’
By Josephine McKenna — November 25, 2014
STRASBOURG, France (RNS) Europe seems “somewhat elderly and haggard” and feels “less and less a protagonist” in the world, Pope Francis warned the European Parliament.
Beer at Thanksgiving? Why the Pilgrims would love it!
By Tobin Grant — November 25, 2014
Without beer, there would be no Plymouth Rock and maybe even no Thanksgiving
Christians should be first to mourn Ferguson decision
By Laura Turner — November 24, 2014
Darren Wilson's freedom was expected by almost every black person in America, and celebrated by many Christians. That is wrong.
The fight to show that Black lives matter, in Ferguson and beyond, needs atheist allies
By Chris Stedman — November 24, 2014
I know not all atheists identify as secular humanists, but for those that do—for the nonbelieving individuals and groups who, like me, contend for secular rights and ethical reasoning conducive to the wellbeing of all humans—I need you.
Sorry, Mr. President. You’re wrong on Exodus and immigration (COMMENTARY)
By Mark Coppenger — November 24, 2014
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) Whenever politicians try to cite the Bible to support their specific policies, Americans should be nervous.
Can Jews and Muslims get along? 60 imams and rabbis meet in Washington to try
By Lauren Markoe — November 24, 2014
(RNS) Sixty imams and rabbis want to get on with the hard work of repairing the rift between Muslims and Jews.
