AltWeeklies Wire
America's Favorite Preachernew
Joel Osteen’s smile is as big as Texas, and so is his following.
Jackson Free Press |
CJ Rhodes |
12-28-2012 |
Religion
'Where I Am, You May Not Harm'new
Joan Chittister's voice fairly resonates with passion. Her broad smile belies a fierce intelligence and a barely disguised rage at injustice of any sort, especially over systemic injustices of poverty and the state of the world's women and children.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronn |
05-14-2012 |
Religion
Imam in the Middlenew
The Gulen Movement generates a lot of money—and some say political influence—through businesses that include media holdings. Yet, the man who inspired all this academic and entrepreneurial fervor is not exactly what you'd call a newsmaker.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
12-01-2011 |
Religion
A Blue Christmas?new
Can evangelicals be pried away from the Republican Party?
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
12-21-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Making Jesus Realnew
We talk with "radical" Christian Bishop Joseph Spong.
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie A. Collier |
10-19-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
In God He Trustsnew
Progressive evangelical Jim Wallis says the religious left and middle are rising against the right. "[T]he privatizing of faith is the great evangelical heresy of our day. Again, God is personal and never private. Let’s talk about a public God who cares about the world."
Jackson Free Press |
John Sawyer |
03-24-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
The Rise of the Religious Leftnew
There is a group of religious folks -- rarely mentioned by major media outlets -- in Mississippi and across the nation. Tired of having their God's name used to support political ideas they don't like, they’re now ready to mobilize and speak up.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
12-09-2004 |
Religion
Tags: religion
