The study tallied the revenues of churches as well as religious hospitals, schools, charities, books, music and more. Source: Study: Religion contributes more to the U.S. economy than Facebook, Google and Apple combined – The Washington Post
Is faith being used to justify discrimination? Are new cultural norms crowding out conservatives? The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights can’t decide. Source: The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 2016 Report on Religious Liberty – The Atlantic
The tree planted by streams of living water will always bear the fruit of reconciliation. Source: A Personal Theology of Race and Reconciliation
I find myself being charmed by the brash and often oafish inappropriateness of some men. Source: I’m a feminist who’s attracted to ‘manly men’ – The Washington Post
While the story of scripture and the story of America are not always in conflict, they are not the same story. Source: The Stories Our Churches Tell – Christ and Pop Culture
Sen. Tim Kaine’s Catholic bishop in Richmond, Va., has an answer for the Democratic vice presidential pick’s prediction that the Vatican will change its opposition to same sex marriage: Never. In a statement provided to Secrets, Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo said, Marriage is the only institution uniting one man and one woman with each other […]
The NCAA is boycotting North Carolina in the name of trans rights. How will it reconcile its stance with women’s rights and its own divisions by sex? Source: NCAA’s North Carolina Boycott Is Hypocritical Political Posturing
Progressive Christian blogger Benjamin Corey suggests that recreational marijuana use should be legalized because Jesus created it. Source: ‘Jesus Created Marijuana’: Should It Be Legal? – Juicy Ecumenism
Last year the journal Current Biology published a study claiming religion makes kids stingy. While parents in religious homes said their children were angels, researchers decided the opposite was true. The study looked at more than a thousand children from several different countries. Most were either Muslim, Christian, … Continue Reading → Source: No, growing […]
When was the last time any of us read of a war being over? The War in Afghanistan? The Culture War(s)? The War on Poverty? For all we know, factions may still be seething over issues, such as they were, in the Thirty Years’ War or (we’ll raise you 70) the Hundred Years’ War. Source: […]
