Daniel Burke
Daniel Burke worked for Religion News Service from 2006-2013. He now co-edits CNN's Belief Blog.
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Controversial Anglican Bishop On “State of Church”
By Daniel Burke — December 4, 2007
News from my inbox this a.m.: Missionary Bishop Martyn Minns, who was installed by Archbishop Peter Akinola of the Anglican Church of Nigeria to minister to disaffected conservatives in Northern Virginia and beyond, will give a “state of the church” address this Thursday. Minns is the sort-of head of the conservative splinter group Convocation of […]
Romney’s No JFK
By Daniel Burke — December 4, 2007
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, perhaps trying to tamp down what has become feverish speculation about his upcoming speech on religion, said yesterday in New Hampshire that “I’m not going to be giving a JFK speech.” After seeing his support slip in Iowa, particularly among Christian conservatives, a crucial caucus constituency, Romney agreed to make […]
The 12 Days of Kitschmas
By Daniel Burke — December 3, 2007
HmmmâÂ?¦should I go for the St. Sebastian pincushion or the hip-flask Bible? Too many choices ….Head on over to ShipofFools.com to see their holiday offerings. (caveat browser: not for the easily offended)
Sudan frees British Teacher
By Daniel Burke — December 3, 2007
Via AP and Reuters: KHARTOUM: The British teacher jailed in Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Mohammed was released last night only hours after receiving a pardon from President Omar al–Bashir. Gillian Gibbons – sentenced on Thursday to 15 days in jail for insulting Islam – was released into the care […]
Methodists Going to Hell
By Daniel Burke — December 3, 2007
When United Methodists gather for their 2008 General Conference in Fort Worth, they’ll be sitting on a part of town once known as Hell’s Half Acre, where dusty cowboys wet their whistles in saloons and ahem, met with ladies of the night in brothels. Then they hit the Chisholm trail. Think some journalists may have […]
Catholic League Slams Bishops on Golden Compass
By Daniel Burke — December 3, 2007
Apparently, not even the Catholic bishops are orthodox (or censorious) enough for the N.Y.-based Catholic League. The Catholic bishops’ reviewer says the Church in the film is “very much fictionalized.” The Catholic league says its not quite fictionalized enough. “Philip Pullman’s books do not portray a ‘very fictionalized church,’ one that is ‘a stand-in for […]
No More Nukes, Religious Leaders Say
By Daniel Burke — December 3, 2007
The Episcopalians, Quakers, Methodists, Lutherans, inter alia, are asking Sen. Byron Dorgan, chairman of a senate committee on energy, to eliminate funding for new nuclear warheads on the upcoming appropriations bill. Read the letter here.
“Spe Salvi” Online
By Daniel Burke — December 3, 2007
For those of you looking to find Pope Benedict’s new encyclical on Christian hope online, here it is.
Romney to Make Faith Speech
By Daniel Burke — December 3, 2007
As many of you may have heard, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will make a speech about his faith (a la JFK 1960) Thursday in College Station, Texas. Wonder if all this has to do with Mike Huckabee’s surging Iowa poll numbers, especially among Christian conservatives. Kevin Madden, Romney’s press person says: “Governor Romney has […]
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.
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 […]
