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Canadian imams declare fatwa against ‘honor killings’
Muslim clerics in Canada issued a fatwa against so-called honor
killings a week after three members of an Afghan family in Montreal were
convicted of the murders of four relatives....
Foreground and background
I have found this year's Republican primaries fascinating,
particularly the shifting fortunes of the candidates. While Mitt Romney has
been more or less the frontrunner of his ambivalent party, the rest of the
field has been one crazy jumble of surges and falls from grace. It's political
spectacle at its most interesting, if not necessarily its best.
Of mothers and fathers
When
I became a stay-at-home father several years ago, I slowly realized
that all the theology I had studied in seminary, if I were honest,
didn’t connect with my new reality of diapers, spit-up and frozen breast
milk.
Monday digest
New today from the Century: the editors on the contraception mandate, a stay-at-home dad on male privilege, more.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
The primary reason to immerse yourself in the jagged world of We Need to Talk About Kevin
is the towering lead performance by Tilda Swinton, an actress of
continuing spontaneity who traveled a circuitous route through
experimental and art cinema before embarking on a second career in the
mainstream.
An elephant in the room? How meeting agendas get hijacked: How meeting agendas get hijacked
In many cases, shouting "Elephant in the room!" is an attempt to avoid other,
lesser, lurking creatures.
Argentine Methodists send hopes for peace to British counterparts
February 3 (ENInews)--Amid renewed tensions over the Falkland Islands, the Argentinean Methodist Church has sent a letter to the Methodist Church of Great Britain, expressing its desire for their g...
Ecumenical group affirms relationship with Vatican
One of the world's most recent ecumenical entities, the Global
Christian Forum, has met in Rome with Vatican officials, affirming the...
Gail Collins on Romney, sentence by excruciating sentence
I don't have much to add about Mitt Romney's assertion
that he doesn't need to worry about the very poor on account of the
safety net he aims to dismantle and the Democrats he aims to unseat.
Except that you really should read Gail Collins.
Another year, another "prayer breakfast"
My problem with the National Prayer Breakfast isn't simply a secularist one, i.e.
government officials should avoid any event with a smack of
sectarianism. What I object to is the political exploitation of the
importance of prayer in American life.
Breakaway Presbyterians launch new church body
Conservative Presbyterians have formed an alternative to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), which they say is too consumed by internal conflicts and bureaucracy to nurture healthy congregations...
Stem cell results labeled meager, immoral
A Southern Baptist seminary president has termed findings that embryonic stem cell treatments might have improved the vision of two blind patients "downright ominous."...
The good sheepdog
I am cherished, and called by the Shepherd to serve the flock. But I can save no one.
The morning communion rush
When John Wesley sent missionaries to America, he said
simply, "Offer them Christ." That's what the Chicago Temple sees itself doing,
no questions asked.
Updating my religion
The secular world is full of holes. We have secularized badly....
Former aide says Southern Baptists had clout in Bush White House
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) – Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention
wielded significant influence on the White House during the presidency...