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Are Democrats more likely to be anti-Mormon?
"Between now and Election Day," writes Peter Beinart, "anti-Mormonism is going to be the Democratic Party’s constant temptation for one simple reason: there are votes in it." I'm not sure I'd call it the party's "constant temptation," but Beinart is certainly right that bigotry against Mormons remains a politically potent force in the U.S., and that the Democrats aren't above exploiting it.
But is Beinart right that the Democrats have a bigger religious bigotry problem here than the Republicans do?
At the Speed of Ten Machines, by Voice Box
Pinning down this Chicago-based group’s sound is difficult. But it’s easy to name resemblances: the progressive song structure and guitar work of Yes; the spoken-word interludes of Frank Zappa and Ken Nordine; the slithery funk of 1970s David Bowie.
This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark
Finally, Guy Clark has received a thorough tribute that lives up to his mastery and honors the way he does things: live, spontaneous, without studio trickery to supplant the energy that players create in the moment.
Investment, not divestment: How to help the Palestinians
Boycott and divestment aim to punish Israel. A more constructive strategy is needed.
GOP budget chief ducks questions on budget's Catholic roots
c. 2012 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Paul Ryan did not want to engage in a theological debate....
Listen to the most vulnerable, church alliance urges World Bank head
(ENInews)--The Geneva-based Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) on April 25 urged the World Bank, under newly-appointed president Jim Yong Kim, to include faith-based organizations in its decisions ...
Estonian silence
Last week, a friend handed me a novel off his shelf and said simply, “Read it.” I did, almost immediately, and I was captivated....
Small acts of courage
A Swiss bureaucrat saved hundreds from the Nazis. Yet even when picking up a cross means picking up a rubber stamp, many desert and flee.
Global Christian leaders denounce attack on Sudan Presbyterian Church
(ENInews)--Global Christian leaders are condemning the destruction on April 21 of the Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church Bible School in Khartoum, an incident that occurred amidst escalating hos...
'Angry Queers' damage Driscoll's Portland church
c. 2012 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore....
Feast of St. Mark (my favorite)
Near the top of my list of biblical thanksgivings is St.Mark’s gospel account....
The nonnegotiable vs. the unmentioned
It's no big shock that the Catholic bishops' religous freedom campaign is being crafted by others into far more partisan messages than anythin...
Wednesday digest
New today from the Century: Tom Long on small acts of courage, the Feast of St. Mark, more.
Jonathan Rundman, by Jonathan Rundman
The Minneapolis-based Rundman has built an unlikely career as a scruffy Lutheran rocker, tackling scripture and spirituality with finesse that transcends the vapid Christian rock scene....