(Excerpt) Prophets and Patriots: Faith in Democracy Across the Political Divide
An excerpt from Prophets and Patriots: Faith in Democracy Across the Political Divide by Ruth Braunstein. With an introduction by the author. Continue Reading →
Tag: interfaith
The Patient Body: Doctors and Religious Sensitivity
“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine. This month: Religious sensitivity training that masks, rather than fixes, problems in our healthcare system. Continue Reading →
Same God, Different Freedoms?
Ryan T. Woods reports on the case of Dr. Larycia Hawkins and the fraught
entanglement of religious freedom and academic freedom at a Wheaton College. Continue Reading →
In the News: Elvis, Thoreau, Oprah, and more!
A round-up of the week’s religion news. Continue Reading →
A Generation in Play: Israel, Palestine and the New Evangelicals
Maurice Chammah investigates ruptures in the traditionally steadfast American Evangelical support for Israel. Continue Reading →
In the News: Wicca, Climate Change, Gaza and Much More
A round-up of recent religion and media stories in the news. Continue Reading →
The H-Word
Interfaith offense was given this week in Virginia’s gubernatorial race, after Republican nominee, Jerry W. Kilgore, launched a new ad-campaign attacking Democrat candidate Timothy M. Kaine’s opposition to the death Continue Reading →
Open Letter to Gonzales
225 Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh leaders, organized by Church Folks for a Better America, have written an open letter to Alberto Gonzales to condemn the use of torture under any Continue Reading →
A Pigroast in Cordoba
A short report in last week’s Financial Times (subscriber only; click on #42 here to sign up for a free trial) describes one of the most divisive issues in the Spanish Muslim community right Continue Reading →