Faith and Religion
Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack
Christianophobia (via The Christian Science Monitor) Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack, by Rupert Shortt, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 328 pp. In the introduction to his focused yet far-ranging Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack, Rupert Shortt points out that “[o]ne reason why Western audiences hear so little about religious oppression… More...
Is the New Pope Latino? The Debate Continues
Is the new Pope Latino? That unanswered question continues to fuel the debate around Pope Francis’ ethnicity, since his election weeks ago. (Note: Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the former More...
Everything You Need to Know About Popes and Conclaves
Everything you need to know about popes and conclaves (via NJ.com) Cardinals arrive for the Congregation at Paolo VI Hall at the Vatican. EPA/MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI “In the church,” Chicago Cardinal Francis More...
In Video and Letter to Clergy, Rev. Otis Moss, III Speaks Up About Marriage Equality
The Reverend Otis Moss, III is the Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois. The same church where the Obama’s worshiped before becoming the First Family of the United States. In a More...
What Would Jesus Do? The Black Church and Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage
Reverend/Professor/Television and Radio Host Michael Eric Dyson offers commentary and moderates a conversation about the Black church and its response to President Obama’s support of Gay marriage. Some African-American More...
Churches Brace for Eviction from Public Schools
Photo: Korea Daily The news that from this Sunday, religious institutions will be excluded from renting schools for worship has set off a flurry of protest and organizing by the affected congregations. A list of More...
Caught on Tape: Eddie Long of New Birth Crowned “King.” We Can’t Make This Up.
For those of you who did not see the much talked about Eddie Long crowned ‘king’ video, Worldstarhiphop.com shared it on its website. Youtube had the video as well, but pulled it. UPDATE since the January More...
Muslim Community on Edge?
(Via VOICES NY) Pakistani Muslim writer Omar Akhtar embarks on a journey through Muslim Brooklyn and finds paranoia, fear, and outrage. Akhtar says his journey was prompted by recent reports of secret NYPD infiltration More...
