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August 3rd, 2007
Memories of my brother and a Quaker girlhood
The Quaker meetinghouse I attended as a child had four rooms. The large, boxy room in the middle was for worship and held rows of padded black folding ...
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August 2nd, 2007
Our search for order in the darkness
A friend of mine just left her husband. She told me that she had been unhappy in the marriage for a long time but couldn't find a way ...
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August 1st, 2007
The former New York Times reporter and author of the new book, If They Only Listened to Us: What Women Voters Want Politicians to Hear, talks about politics, abortion, and what women say in private about our political leaders
Melinda Henneberger, a former reporter for The New York Times and a former contributing editor for Newsweek magazine, spent 18 months talking to 234 women in 12 states—both "red" and "blue"—about ...
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July 31st, 2007
Does Springfield Get Religion?
In a recent print "interview" with USA Today, Homer Simpson explains his theology this way: "Every time I see my sweet girl Lisa, I believe in God. Every time ...
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July 30th, 2007
At the base of the Taos mountains,
a fragmented tree, victim
of a lightning strike. As I ...
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July 27th, 2007
The book that will make me rich and famous.
Yesterday I was stalked by Jane Austen. Every corner I turned at my local bookstore, there she was—her name emblazoned across titles in the New Fiction and New Non-Fiction ...
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July 26th, 2007
The former Missouri Senator (and ordained Episcopal priest) discusses how "moral values" have polarized America
When Missouri Republican John Danforth began his political career in 1968, he was already an ordained Episcopal priest. He was elected to the ...
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July 25th, 2007
Why recent reports of the death of God are greatly exaggerated
Sam Harris's The End of Faith (2004) has spawned a viral strain of books viscerally denigrating religion. Everything from Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion (2006) and Daniel Dennett's Breaking ...
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July 19th, 2007
A Response to Reverend Storm
There has been considerable dismay, especially among Protestants, regarding the document issued on July 10th by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). Rev. Astrid Joy ...
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July 18th, 2007
One Paulist's journey from park ranger to priest to immigration-rights activist
Park Ranger and Pastor are not career paths that would seem to overlap much, but it was Paulist Father Gilbert Martinez's work at the Grand Canyon ...
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July 16th, 2007
An Anglican Priest on what effect the Vatican's recent statement will have on practical ecumenism
An Anglican Priest on what effect the Vatican's recent statement will have on practical ecumenism It seemed fitting that I was scheduled to share a meal with a Roman ...
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July 9th, 2007
How different faith traditions help get couples ready for the days after the big day
From rings to registries and videographers to wedding planners, getting married is an estimated $161 billion industry in the U.S. But preparing for lifelong commitment often seems to fall ...
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July 3rd, 2007
Hot off the campaign trail, the Kansas senator discusses faith, evolution and running for president
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Senator Sam Brownback is the Senior U.S. Senator from the state of Kansas. He is a devout Catholic and also a candidate for president of the ...
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June 27th, 2007
Most of us can identify certain teachers or mentors who have had
a profound impact on our lives. The same can be said for particular books that have shaped our view ...
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June 22nd, 2007
New York artists use a church as their gallery
When Michelangelo and Da Vinci were working the Catholic Church embraced contemporary art as a form of prayer. These days the institutional church is more likely to condemn contemporary ...
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June 20th, 2007
Christopher Hitchens' new book is unhelpful to unbelievers
One of Western civilization's worst follies involves men in robes—women too—chanting and gesticulating like they're trying to lure the Great Kong—only what they're up to is even more bizarre: ...
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June 14th, 2007
God Machine or Tech Temptation?
June 29th marks the feast day dedicated to the founders of the church of Rome: Saints Peter and Paul. The observance is an ancient one, but this year ...
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June 13th, 2007
A recent trip to Turkey reveals some surprises about Islam and politics
Current events in a country bridging Europe and Asia are offering an important object lesson about the Muslim world: it is not monolithic, and there are significant forces for ...
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June 12th, 2007
Surviving your Catholic Wedding
Pop quiz: May a Catholic couple get married on the beach? May the bride boogie down the aisle to a modern tune?
Bemused? Things are changing fast in the ...
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June 5th, 2007
The former rock journalist talks about her conversion and The Thrill of the Chaste
BustedHalo: Dawn, you and I have known each other for a long time. I knew you mainly as a rock and roll journalist, who did liner notes for lots of cd ...
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