AltWeeklies Wire
Utah's Legislature Doesn't Have Time for Polygamistsnew
Utah has been blind and mute regarding polygamy since the LDS Church formally forbade the practice in favor of statehood in the 1890s, because despite what evils may lurk in the hearts of the polygamist collective, the majority of Utahans remain sympathetic to polygamists.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
John Saltas |
04-17-2008 |
Religion
Sojourn Church: Conservative Christianity Paraded as Hip Youth Culturenew
In its purest form, Sojourn is a Southern Baptist church. Pastors counsel a strict adherence to scripture, which means abortion is murder, men are the natural-order leaders and homosexuality is a sin from which gays need to be converted and redeemed. That doesn't usually go with pearloid buttons and horn-rimmed glasses.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
04-11-2008 |
Religion
'Crossing the Waters' Offers a Peek into the Afro-Cuban Religionnew
The book's charismatic protagonist is Santiago Castaneda Vera, a spiritual practitioner who "works" the spirits of the dead and whose sacred oricha is Yemaya, the mother of the waters.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
04-10-2008 |
Nonfiction
Rev. Wright Tarnished Obama's Image as America's Anointed Savoirnew
The Obama campaign and the press may want to put the Reverend Jermemiah Wright back in the bottle, but that's hard to do if you're running as a messiah.
Boston Phoenix |
Steven Stark |
04-10-2008 |
Commentary
'Battlestar Galactica' Goes for the Godnew
As the series gears up for its conclusion, it's becoming more contemplative, agonizing over how there can be faith without tests of that faith, and thus how real prophets can exist without fake ones -- how humans, tortured beasts that we are, can have certainty in anything without uncertainty about most everything else.
San Antonio Current |
Luke Baumgarten |
04-09-2008 |
TV
Rev. Michael Dowd on Evolutionnew
This reverend claims to have solved the debate between creation and evolution. Somebody give the man a fish.
Willamette Week |
John Minervini |
04-09-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Emerging Church Movement Brings Postmodern Christian Dialogue to Baltimorenew
Three years ago, the words "emerging church" would likely elicit a blank stare. Now, mention the movement and people might start talking about Shane Claiborne, author of Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals, emerging-church guru Brian McLaren's "Everything Must Change" conference, or Scot McKnight's Jesus Creed blog.
Baltimore City Paper |
Diane Reynolds |
04-08-2008 |
Religion
Anonymous Takes On Scientologynew
Project Chanology pits an anarchic, leaderless group of mostly young and tech-savvy activists organized through online forums and chat rooms against a religion formed in the 1950s whose adherents believe a science-fiction writer laid down the course to world salvation.
Baltimore City Paper |
Chris Landers |
04-08-2008 |
Religion
Young, Asian American, and Christiannew
UC Berkeley is home to some of the brightest young minds in the country -- and many of them are increasingly drawn to evangelical Christianity.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
04-03-2008 |
Religion
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Summit Ministries Spreads the Word -- and Some Worrynew
Changing or safeguarding young minds is more Summit's business, and today things are humming.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
04-01-2008 |
Religion
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Priestin' Ain't Easynew
For a couple of Delray padres, the high life allegedly got in the way of their priestly duties.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Amy Guthrie |
03-25-2008 |
Religion
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Inside Essex Alliancenew
Vermont's largest house of worship is searching for souls -- and space.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-21-2008 |
Religion
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Meet the Real Jewsnew
According to the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ, everything you've been taught is a lie. The real Jews are black.
Washington City Paper |
Angela Valdez |
03-20-2008 |
Religion
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GLBT Issues Still Divide Moderate Southern Baptistsnew
"There seems to me to be a real incongruency between what they were preaching and what they were practicing," Rev. Nancy Petty said. "No one was asking them to endorse gays and lesbians. All that we were asking was to have a place at the table."
Tags: religion
Opposing Scientologynew
Protesters gather outside the new Philly HQ.
Philadelphia Weekly |
St. John Barned-Smith |
03-17-2008 |
Religion
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