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RABBI LAWRENCE TROSTER (GreenFaith): To be bar-mitzvahed is to come of age in the Jewish tradition. For women, it’s bat mitzvah. Many years ago, the rabbis had to create, what you might say, a legal definition of what it meant … More
KATE SEELYE: Here at al Azhar, one of the Muslim world’s oldest and most respected centers of learning and worship, Muslims come to study and pray and to ask how to live a devout life in the modern world. They … More
KIM LAWTON, anchor: One of President Obama’s early moves when he took office six months ago was to establish an unprecedented new council of religious and secular leaders to advise him on faith-related social policy. Evangelical megachurch pastor Joel Hunter … More
Read more of Kim Lawton’s February 12, 2009 interview with Joel Hunter in Lakewood, Florida. Joel Hunter Q: Tell me about Northland Church. Obviously, it’s grown so quickly. It’s so large. What need do you think the church is meeting? … More
Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview about Joel Hunter with veteran religion writer Mark Pinsky of Orlando, Florida. Mark Pinsky Q: Let’s start with Northland. To what do you attribute its huge growth? A: I attribute it truly to Joel … More
REVIEW ESSAY The Real Paul by Allen Dwight Callahan It has been a big year for the Apostle Paul. According to the Roman Catholic Church, 2009 is his year—or more exactly the liturgical year from June 28, 2008 to June … More
REVIEW ESSAY The Things of This World by David E. Anderson For many poets, believers and nonbelievers alike, it is possible to talk about the religious imagination they bring to apprehending reality and describing the world. Theologically, Christianity provides a … More
KIM LAWTON, anchor: A tense national debate about racial profiling has continued since Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., was arrested in his Cambridge home for disorderly conduct. Gates, who is African-American, was arrested by Sergeant James Crowley, a … More
Read more of Lucky Severson’s interview about interracial churches with Michael Emerson, Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor of Sociology and director of the Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life at Rice University and the author of PEOPLE … More
KIM LAWTON, anchor: Interfaith marriage has become commonplace in this country. But, for a long time, when it came to the wedding ceremony, many couples felt they had to pick just one religious tradition, the bride’s or the groom’s — … More
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