Religion

Claremont Lincoln: The World's First Interreligious University

5-16-2011
On May 16, 2011, the Claremont School of Theology, located in Claremont, California, announced the receipt of a $50 million naming gift from Joan and David Lincoln that will establish the Claremont
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My Thoughts on Sojourners, Coalition Building, and LGBTQ Rights

Brian McLaren 5-13-2011
On my personal blog, I traced my journey on the issue of homosexuality and explored the cha
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President Obama and the Economic and Moral Imperatives of Immigration Reform

Valerie Elverton Dixon 5-12-2011
The world around us is teaming with meaning. Words are lush with meaning. One word can point to many different ideas, emotions, expectations.
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Commencing Hubris

Debra Dean Murphy 5-11-2011
I can appreciate how difficult it must be to craft a good commencement address. The need to avoid well-worn pieties while also offering something of the best-distilled wisdom of the ages.
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The Violence We Live By

Debra Dean Murphy 5-05-2011
"However much we try to distinguish between morally good and morally evil ways of killing, our attempts are beset with contradictions, and these contradictions remain a fragile part of our mode
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How Should We Respond to the Death of Osama bin Laden?

Jim Wallis 5-02-2011

This morning most Americans are feeling a sense of relief at the news that Osama bin Laden is dead.

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Where are the Women?

Vanessa Ortiz 4-29-2011
Well, the last time I checked, women were in the front lines of civil resistance struggles in http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/03/03/women-on-the-frontlines-in-ba..." target="_blank
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God Bless Donald Trump and the Birthers

Valerie Elverton Dixon 4-28-2011
There are times in our faith walk when we pray prayers out of simple obedience.
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Violence in the Name of Faith?

Brian McLaren 4-27-2011
I received a question from a reader recently that asked: You write a lot about the plight of the Palestinians.
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A Reflection on Easter: Beyond Chocolate and New Bedding to the True Gospel

Nadia Bolz-Weber 4-26-2011
I've often wondered what people in America think when they actually read the story of Jesus rising from the dead for the first time.
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Should Christians Celebrate Passover?

Duane Shank 4-21-2011

This evening I will lead a Passover Seder observance in my Christian community. We've done it for years and always find it inspiring to reflect on God's liberation from slavery. And it's the occasion for a delicious potluck feast.

This week I saw an article written last spring on Jews' concerns over Christians celebrating Passover. It seems that more Christian churches are using "Christianized" versions of the seder, reinterpreting the meal's symbols to reflect Christian beliefs. Said one rabbi, "They take our symbols, our holiday, our ritual and start investing them in Christian meaning."

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Oh Lord, Won't You Make Me Rich So I Can Pay More Taxes!

Valerie Elverton Dixon 4-18-2011
The gospel according to the movie True Grit (2010) is as follows: "You must pay for everything in this world one way or another.
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Libya, Just War, and Augustine

Phil Haslanger 4-11-2011
It was on the shores of North Africa that one of the greatest Christian thinkers tried to work out the relationship between Jesus' teachings about loving even enemies and the impending invasion by
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Burning Anger and Small-Minded Men

Debra Dean Murphy 4-06-2011
"It is not that we burn the Koran with some type of vindictive motive," Mr.
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The Church Called to Rebellion

Alex Awad 4-05-2011

People can take a certain amount of oppression. However, when it gets beyond their ability to tolerate, they rebel.

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Terry Jones: We Have Lost Our Brother

Valerie Elverton Dixon 4-04-2011
In a blog posted on God's Politics on September 14, 2010, I wrote that I rejoiced that Pastor Terry Jones had
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Faith That Creates Jobs

Rev. Darren Cushman Wood 4-01-2011
As the old saying goes, 'In God we trust -- all others pay cash.' As our economy shows promising signs of recovery, the cash is not translating into jobs.
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The Real March Madness

Debra Dean Murphy 3-30-2011

At the end of Roland Joffé's exquisite film, The Mission, a brief exchange between a Portuguese ambassador and a papal emissary sums up the tension between globalization (the movie's subject matter) and a worldvi

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A Duty to Love in a Time of War

Valerie Elverton Dixon 3-30-2011
When President Obama addressed the American people and the world on the military operations in Libya, he spoke of a responsibility to act.
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The Scandal and Beauty of Grace

Ken Fong 3-17-2011
Jesus came to us full of grace and truth (John 1).
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