23 September 2004 Daily Links
“‘If one’” — that’d be a gay person — “‘ever looks at me’” — and that would be Jimmy Swaggart — “‘like that, I’m going to kill him and tell Continue Reading →
a review of religion and media
“‘If one’” — that’d be a gay person — “‘ever looks at me’” — and that would be Jimmy Swaggart — “‘like that, I’m going to kill him and tell Continue Reading →
From the Kerry war room, on the uses and abuses of scriptural metaphor. Melanie Hunter of CNSNews reports the story of a Reuters editor, Todd Eastham, who sent a critical email response to a press release Continue Reading →
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, expressed frustration with “the rawness of the anger” which characterized the divisions in the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican communion, which has split Continue Reading →
The Pope says “No” to cosmic energy and tragic spiritual vacuums. South Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party — a long-time adversary of the African National Congress party, which assumed power after Continue Reading →
Erik Hanson: “Once, when I was eight, I knelt down at my bed alongside my mother, admitted I was a sinner, and asked Jesus Christ into my heart. Once, when Continue Reading →
Erik Hanson: “Once, when I was eight, I knelt down at my bed alongside my mother, admitted I was a sinner, and asked Jesus Christ into my heart. Once, when Continue Reading →
A report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis found a correspondence between national prosperity and religion — more specifically, belief in hell — Reuters reports. “‘A belief in hell tends Continue Reading →
“As my father describes it, encountering his daughter en route to self-asphyxiation was enough to startle him to his senses. The next day, he moved out of the apartment and Continue Reading →
Barry Goldwater biographer Rick Perlstein attends a Bush campaign party to meet those who see W. as a great man; nay, a god: “I ask Tom what role he sees in America for Continue Reading →
Barry Goldwater biographer Rick Perlstein attends a Bush campaign party to meet those who see W. as a great man; nay, a god: “I ask Tom what role he sees in America for Continue Reading →