freethought (atheist, humanist, agnostic)
COMMENTARY: Gay marriage ruling signals divorce of law and morality
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail at 71421.1551(at)compuserve.com.) UNDATED _ Few were surprised that a Hawaii […]
COMMENTARY: ‘Tis the season of spiritual transformation
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail at 71421.1551(at)compuserve.com.) UNDATED _ This is the season of transformation, […]
COMMENTARY: No matter who occupies the Oval Office, God’s on his throne
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail at 71421.1551(at)compuserve.com.) UNDATED _ Our national obsession with competitiveness manifests […]
COMMENTARY: Dunce caps for the candidates when talk turns to religion
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail at 71421.1551(at)compuserve.com.) (UNDATED) Well, it’s clear that neither President Clinton […]
COMMENTARY: Bias against religion remains with us
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) (UNDATED) Maybe it’s just me, but in these nervous and restless times, it seems […]
COMMENTARY: Saving souls on the subway a moving experience
By Dale Hanson Bourke — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Dale Hanson Bourke is the author of”Turn Toward the Wind”and publisher of Religion News Service.) UNDATED _ The Metro train roared by the assembled morning commuters, screeching to a stop as we inched our way toward the edge of the platform. A door opened directly in front of me and […]
COMMENTARY: Conflicting visions of humankind keep Ireland divided
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) OXFORD, England _ A fundamental religious, moral, and political question in the West has […]
TOP STORY: TRANSLATING GENESIS: Stephen Mitchell: Glimpsing Genesis through a Zen lens
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service BERKELEY, Calif. _ Having made his reputation as a translator of sacred texts, Stephen Mitchell usually has no trouble expressing himself. But as he recounts the inception of an upcoming Bill Moyers series on the Book of Genesis _ in which Mitchell participates _ there’s a moment when he gets […]
COMMENTARY: Advice from the `real world’ for a bishop-to-be
By Tom Ehrich — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest, author and former Wall Street Journal reporter living in Winston-Salem, N.C. Contact Ehrich via e-mail at journey(at)interpath.com.) (UNDATED) A friend is a candidate for bishop in the Episcopal Church. He asked for my thoughts. Because I care for him, I told him the truth, […]
COMMENTARY: The fight against crime should start with moral training
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1970
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail: 71421,1551 at compuserve.com.) (RNS)-The bad news is that the forces […]
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