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August 2011

August 08, 2011

Fundamental Breivik truths

As journalists began digging into the who, what, when, where, why and how of Anders...

August 01, 2011

God, Barbies and girlie girls

It's a question that can cause tension and tears in a circle of home-school moms...

July 2011

July 25, 2011

From Denver to the Main Line

Call it the "Rocky Mountain Time Zone syndrome." Journalists in the region know that it's...

July 18, 2011

Harry Potter wars forever?

The Harry Potter culture warriors have surged into action one last time, adding their familiar...

July 05, 2011

Evangelicals vs. ‘secularists’ (2011)

When evangelical leaders look at the United States of America, they do not see a...

June 2011

June 27, 2011

NYC’s dangerous churches (in schools)

Once a month, Village Church volunteers offer their neighborhood a gift -- free babysitting. This...

June 20, 2011

Parents, circumcision and the law

At first, it seems strange for Christians to jump into the firestorm surrounding the Nov....

June 13, 2011

Orthodox bridge to evangelical world

As point man for Russian Orthodox relations with other faith groups, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev is...

June 06, 2011

Oprah’s liberal prosperity gospel

There was only one way the Oprah Winfrey Show could end after 25 years, 4,561...

May 2011

May 30, 2011

Boehner, Dolan, Catholic heretics?

The 122nd annual commencement address at Catholic University of America was old school from start...

May 23, 2011

Few celebrating Osama’s demise

In the hours after Osama bin Laden's death, cyber-scribes unleashed a Twitter storm of biblical...

May 16, 2011

Define fundamentalist, please

Few hot-button, "fighting words" are tossed around with wilder abandon in journalism today than the...

May 09, 2011

Polish visions behind Vatican rites

To grasp the full symbolism of the Vatican rites in which a million or more...

April 2011

April 25, 2011

Cohabitation, Confession, Communion

For generations, people in pews knew what to call it when folks "shacked up" before...

April 18, 2011

Dylan does his Dylan thing in China

The drama that unfolded in Beijing began when police evicted the unregistered Shouwang "house church"...

April 11, 2011

Future nuns, priests face big questions

Once a month, female students pack the cozy chapel at the Holy Spirit Friary that...

April 04, 2011

Dershowitz visits Oslo (sort of)

Ask Orthodox Jews in Norway where one can find a fresh shoulder of kosher beef...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

God hates almost everyone, saith Phelps

The true believers from Westboro Baptist Church carried their usual battery of offensive signs on...

March 21, 2011

Churches late to Facebook party?

A mere three years ago, Diana Davis published a hands-on book for church leaders entitled...

March 14, 2011

Shahbaz Bhatti, modern martyr

In the early days of Christianity, martyrs often gave their final testimonies of faith to...

March 07, 2011

Angels and Damon (and free will)

When searching for big ideas, a Hollywood screenwriter can't dig any deeper than "The Epic...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

Getting iConfession wrong

For generations, Catholics carried these simple leaflets inside their handbags or wallets, short texts topped...

February 21, 2011

Maher says Obama’s faith is fake

The last thing the White House needed was another TV preacher questioning the sincerity of...

February 14, 2011

College campus holy wars

Anyone who explores academic hallways on American campuses will find lots of cartoons posted on...

February 07, 2011

Super Bowl holy wars — 2011

The ill-fated "Feed Your Flock" ad is, without a doubt, the most famous 30 seconds...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

Shriver and God’s big family

If someone truly wants to understand R. Sargent Shriver, all they need to do is...

January 24, 2011

Praying with (or to?) John Paul II

Sister Marie Simon-Pierre was a soft-spoken nurse in the south of France when her life...

January 17, 2011

Yes, Catholics need more priests

As a regular part of his ministry, Archbishop Edwin O'Brien of Baltimore says Masses on...

January 10, 2011

Thumbs down for Obama faith, again

For those keeping score, let it be noted that the White House transcript from the...

January 03, 2011

Baptists face Christmas, present and future

This is the time of year when many pastors sit in their offices muttering, "It...