Religious leaders say on Easter that faith and politics are inseparable
Influential pastor Rick Warren defended the place of religion in politics during a television interview that aired Sunday morning, arguing that “faith is simply a world view.” Warren made his statements only a few weeks after a Pew Research Center survey showed 38 percent of Americans -- an all-time high -- believe political leaders spend too much time talking about religion. A majority, 54 ...
Paths of the Spirit: On moving beyond horse and buggy religion
"You can't live with a horse-and-buggy religion in the space age." So my old co-worker, Fr. Pat Underwood, chaplain of the Episcopal Church at Yale, would say. If your faith does not advance intellectually with the rest of your education, you will not stick around.
Faith in the footlights: Religion gets a curtain call on Broadway
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Can it be? Has Broadway found religion? According to one recent article, a bumper crop of faith-themed shows, like "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Godspell," "Book of Mormon" and "Sister Act," has transformed Broadway into a "highway to heaven."
Media will make Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith a major campaign issue, Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador predicts
Representative Raul Labrador of Idaho predicted Sunday that the press would make Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith a major issue in the Republican front-runner’s expected general election contest with President Obama. Romney’s religion was on the table Easter Sunday during religion-themed political talk shows, including NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Labrador, also a Mormon, was responding to Utah Senator ...
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