In the article “Religious Differences Between Married and Celibate Clergy: Does Celibacy Make a Difference?” in Sociology of Religion (1998), Don Swenson attempts to make an empirical argument against some of the reasons advanced by the Church for clerical celibacy. While the experiment itself is poorly constructed to the point of being ludicrous, the idea
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Empirical Comparison of Celibate and Married Clergy
When it comes to religion, Ned Flanders generally steals all the thunder for references to faith and The Simpsons . L’Osservatore Romano , the Vatican’s daily newspaper, shook things up for a day, offering some quality fodder for religion blogs by declaring Homer Simpson as Catholic.
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Stop the presses! A Catholic Homer
Some time soon England will ordain women as bishops. It is just a matter of time, and time is as always of the essence, because in England time without the decision to ordain women as Bishops is time wasted
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The The Sky Will Not Fall and Women Will be Bishops in The Church of England
Attorneys for Warren Jeffs, former leader of the polygamous FLDS Church, are seeking to quash an extradition warrant signed by Utah Governor Gary Herbert that would turn Jeffs over to Texas state authorities for trial on sexual assault and bigamy charges there. The move comes after the Utah Supreme Court overturned Jeffs’ Utah conviction on charges of being an accomplice to rape because of improper jury instructions. (See prior posting ).
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Warren Jeffs Fights Extradition To Texas
The Glendale-based pancake house is suing International House of Prayer, alleging the church is violating its trademark. IHOP says its first ad campaign using that term was launched in 1973. Glendale-based IHOP has served up a federal lawsuit against a church with ministries in Pasadena and elsewhere, alleging International House of Prayer is violating its trademark.
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IHOP sues church that calls itself IHOP
Turns out positive thinking alone is not enough: Crystal Cathedral, the megachurch birthplace of the televangelist show “Hour of Power,” filed for bankruptcy Monday in Southern California after struggling to emerge from debt that exceeds $43 million. Hundreds of creditors could be owed between $50 million and $100 million, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Santa Ana on Monday.
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Crystal Cathedral megachurch, home of “Hour of Power,” files for bankruptcy in California
News hailing from the Orange County Weekly and Reuters reports what we only knew was just a fleeting moment away: the nation’s first megachurch, the Crystal Cathedral, has filed Chapter 11.
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It’s official: Robert Schuller’s ministry has lost its ‘power’ and files bankruptcy
Attorneys for Utah polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs are asking a court to delay his extradition to Texas, where he faces charges including aggravated sexual assault of a child, until Utah authorities decide whether to retry him.
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Defense asks court to delay cult leader Warren Jeffs’ extradition to Texas
Paul Harvey My blog contributors John Fea, Gerardo Marti, and Michael Utzinger joined me last weekend at a really wonderful event, the 20th anniversary conference and celebration of the Lilly Fellows Program at Valparaiso University .
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Christianity and Scholarship in the Public Square, the Guild, and the Church
Atheism is becoming the new religion, evangelicals warned. Evangelicals heard the call today to be guardians of the truth in the face of widespread indifference to religion and the “denial” of Scripture within parts of the church
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American Atheists | Atheism Is Becoming The New Religion …