Randall Stephens Over at the Washington Post ‘s On Faith blog Anthony Stevens-Arroyo offers an interesting historical take on Catholicism and contemporary politics. For those faithful who are ready to pitch their tent with the Tea Party, he points to a 16th-century counter example: Jesuit priest Juan de Mariana (1536-1624). Stevens-Arroyo contrasts the radicalism of Mariana with Tea Party anti-statism
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Anthony Stevens-Arroyo on Catholics and the Tea Party
When the Feast of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Without warning there was a sound like a strong wind, gale force—no one could tell where it came from. It filled the whole building
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The Upper Room is becoming the Living Room
The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations cites the organizers’ call for protesters to bring their dogs — considered an insult to Muslims. A loosely organized protest planned this week over a proposed new mosque in Temecula whose organizers urged demonstrators to bring their dogs was sharply denounced by a Southern California Islamic organization Tuesday.
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Islamic group denounces planned Temecula mosque protest
According to the Anti-Defamation League, reports of anti-Semitic acts, ranging from taunts and threats to violence, in the state rose 20% for the second straight year. The Anti-Defamation League said Tuesday that it had tallied a sharp uptick in anti-Semitic incidents in California last year, many of them involving taunts, threats and insults by adolescents and teenagers.
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Report finds increase in anti-Semitic incidents in California
Isaiah – Orthodox Church of America icon Opening thought : The purpose of chemotherapy is to kill, but to kill in order to preserve life. If you have ever undergone chemotherapy, you might feel for a while like you are going to die or that you are under some kind of judgment, but the purpose of that chemo is to keep you alive. If left to grow, the cancerous areas will kill you
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Isaiah 24-25: Judgment saves!
Chelsea Clinton, raised Methodist, and Marc Mezvinsky, Jewish, will wed this weekend. Statistics show that 37 percent of Americans have a spouse of a different faith. Statistics also show that couples in interfaith marriages are “three times more likely to be divorced or separated than those who were in same-religion marriages.” Is interfaith marriage good for American society
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Should religions intermarry?
Google + Infoaxe : “- Sent using Google Toolbar” To Hang Or Not To Hang?* By Bal Patil* Opinion is divided in the world over the abolition of the death penalty. In some countries this extreme punishment has been done away with, in others it exists only in the statute book, while in many it is still imposed. The author highlights the pros and cons of this controversial subject.
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Paul Harvey Readers of my entries on this blog (those of you who are still awake, at any rate) will know of my previous career as a biology major (and thanks a lot, Physics 201, for making me see that perhaps History was a better way for me to go), and my literary love of Darwin’s Origin of the Species , which I’ve blogged about before. HNN this week is featuring a great set of responses and reflections on the Scopes Trial and the issue of the tortured discussion of evolution in public discourse. No other scientific “theory,” even those which would appear to pose major challenges to certain genres of biblical interpretation, invokes such passion and furor
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God Didn’t Make Me No Monkey Man: An Evolutionary Biologist and a Humanist Discuss How to Discuss the Scopes Trial at 85
Thursday's Connector: Tony Blair CNN (blog) The global film competition is an opportunity for young people to express their faith through film – whether it be Christianity, Hinduism or Islam.
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Thursday’s Connector: Tony Blair – CNN (blog)
Worship has sometimes been stripped of ritual rules and devices like incense, vestments and the liturgical calendar in order to focus on instruction for practicing faith in the workaday world. Of these two tendencies, many churches nowadays seek a balance within to their traditions and today’s needs.
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All religions have in common the value of worship