by Baptist Times Staff | Dec 16, 2011 | News
The birth of Jesus was a political event “through and through” – and our celebration of Christmas should be a time when we confront the systems and structures that keep people in poverty and oppression. Instead, the political themes of the Gospels’...
by Josef Kuhn | Dec 15, 2011 | News
WASHINGTON (RNS) How would you feel about taking a razor blade to a Bible? Thomas Jefferson, apparently, didn’t have any qualms about it. In his retirement, the nation’s third president carried out a project he had contemplated for years: he literally cut and pasted...
by Josef Kuhn | Dec 15, 2011 | News
(RNS) The death of Osama bin Laden and the reactions it produced among people of faith was rated the No. 1 religion news story of 2011 by the nation’s leading religion journalists. The Religion Newswriters Association (RNA) polls its members annually to compile a list...
by Omar Sacirbey | Dec 15, 2011 | News
(RNS) The cast and producers of “All-American Muslim,” a reality-TV show that has been a lightning rod for controversy, said Wednesday (Dec. 14) they are helping change negative perceptions of Muslims, and rejected criticisms that the show is propaganda that...
by David Gibson | Dec 14, 2011 | News
(RNS) Even by the depressed metrics of Southern California’s real estate market, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange negotiated a pretty sweet deal when it purchased the iconic Crystal Cathedral, the longtime pulpit of the Rev. Robert H. Schuller and backdrop to his...
by Shandra Martinez | Dec 14, 2011 | News
(RNS) Don’t let the strains of “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” over the store’s audio system fool you. Barnes & Noble is “against” Christmas. So says the conservative Christian group, American Family Association, in its message to supporters in its annual...
