Faith: Christian
“I see the future going in this direction, that more and more people will realize how important interreligious dialogue is.” More
The Republican victories this week were also a victory for the Christian right, says this history professor. More
President Obama hosted a November 1 White House meeting with about 20 US Christian leaders affiliated with the National Council of Churches and its global humanitarian agency, Church World Service.
MoreSteve Krueger, national director of Catholic Democrats, describes Democratic religious outreach this year as “a work in progress.” More
The gospel of Jesus Christ is not a prosperity gospel, according to megachurch leader David Platt. It is “a homeless and wounded gospel” about “adversity, persecution, struggles, poverty, and helping one another out.” More
View a gallery of photographs from the Tea Party’s September 12 demonstration on the National Mall. More
Two religious conservatives offer their views on political involvement, Glenn Beck, evangelical Christianity, and more. More
“There is some new energy for religious conservatives that’s growing out of the Tea Party,” says George Mason University political scientist Mark Rozell, who calls the relationship between the two groups “mutually reinforcing, even though they are not necessarily all the same people.” More
If you are a patient who is poor, says this doctor-nun, “sometimes in this society your are taught not to care about yourself…You are denigrated and told you are not an important person.” More
Photography, according to Abbot Barnabas Senecal of St. Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, Kansas, is an exercise in monastic mindfulness, and he says his pictures reflect “being aware of the presence of God with you and in the world.” More