Current Events
US Army ready if the downturn gets out of hand (NY Post)
In a report published Nov. 4 - just in time for the holiday season - the War College's…
Human Life
LITERATURE – “The War Prayer” by Mark Twain
The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of…
Current Events
Choice of Warren for inaugural magnifies role of U.S. ‘civic religion’ (DC Examiner)
". . . the selection of Warren is the selection of a man in a faith tradition more…
Asides
Benjamin Franklin on Conscience
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” – Benjamin Franklin “How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his…
Current Events
Catholic leader sought Mormon help on Prop 8 (Salt Lake Tribune)
It's the first time the archbishop has commented on how churches organized to help push through the initiative,…
Religion
How secular newsrooms handle stories with a religious component (Wall Street Journal)
In "Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion" -- a collection of essays that he edited with Lela…
Current Events
A World Enslaved – There are now more slaves on the planet than at any time in human history (Foreign Policy)
Most people imagine that slavery died in the 19th century. Since 1817, more than a dozen international conventions…
Church and State
New Religions: A Small Sect Makes it to the Supreme Court
By Monte Sahlin - The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted an appeal from a religion that you probably…
Current Events
BREAKING – More Cooperation Planned between the United Nations and World Religions
By Jonathan Gallagher, Ph.D. - New York, NY, USA… [December 16, 2008] Representatives from the United Nations and…
Current Events
Methodists and Wahhabis (Middle East Online)
Saudi Arabia and the United States are the Odd Couple of the twenty-first century. One a monarchy, the…