http://www.realclearreligion.org/ en Copyright 2008 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:58:41 -0400 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:40:21 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 ]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/06/18/rolling_billboards_for_sacred_rain.htmlhttp://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/06/18/rolling_billboards_for_sacred_rain.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/06/18/rolling_billboards_for_sacred_rain.html 100254811 AM Update Jeffrey Weiss, RealClearReligion Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:52:17 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 June 29 is the feast day of one of the Church’s most famous converts — St. Paul — who went from being the Christians’ greatest foe to a pillar of the nascent Church. Every Catholic has a family member or friend who is far from the Church, and it is often difficult to know what the right thing is to say or do to lead them in the right direction. ]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/18/bring_on_the_converts_254815.htmlhttp://www.ncregister.com/site/article/converts-come-to-the-church-like-st.-paul/http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/converts-come-to-the-church-like-st.-paul/ 100254815 AM Update Jim Graves, National Catholic Register Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:01:10 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 Thirty missionaries from the Truth in Love Ministry are in Utah this week, knocking on doors to "talk positively about Christianity" with Mormons."This is our first day out on the street, and it's going really good," said Pastor Mark Cares, president of the nondenominational group based in Nampa, Idaho, that has members across the country. "People were very nice and kind as they listen to our message. Some won't agree, but 95 percent of the time they are very courteous. We have been getting into a lot of conversations."]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/18/evangelizing_mormons_254807.htmlhttp://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56473067-78/love-lds-door-cares.html.csphttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56473067-78/love-lds-door-cares.html.csp 100254807 AM Update Peggy Fletcher Stack, Salt Lake Tribune Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:53:07 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 When Jews choose to become Jewish leaders, their actions leave the realm of private decisions rendered for their personal benefit and become public decisions that carry deep symbolic and practical significance for us all.Of course, not everyone agrees. Rabbi Ellen Lippmann recently described in these pages her experience as an intermarried rabbi, arguing that Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion should admit intermarried rabbinical students freely. Lippmann argued that not only is it discriminatory to make any distinction between the in-married and intermarried, but it...]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/18/jews_should_only_marry_jews_254806.htmlhttp://forward.com/articles/178646/why-a-rabbi-should-not-marry-outside-the-faith/?p=allhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://forward.com/articles/178646/why-a-rabbi-should-not-marry-outside-the-faith/?p=all 200254806 AM Update Harold Berman, Jewish Daily Forward Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:16:36 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 With the school year at a close and kids across the country out and about, we're reminded just how many children live in the U.S. -- over 100 million. While America certainly has many children, our annual population growth rate is less than 1 percent. This figure is astonishing when we look at countries like Niger and Malawi, with population growth rates of 3.5 percent and 3.0 percent respectively. Economics certainly has a role to play in this difference, but how significant is religion's role in increasing world population?Many of the countries that are listed as having the...]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/18/stop_having_babies_or_we039ll_all_die_254802.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/roy-speckhardt/dont-be-fruitful-and-mult_b_3443172.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roy-speckhardt/dont-be-fruitful-and-mult_b_3443172.html 100254802 AM Update Roy Speckhardt, Huffington Post Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:58:24 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 Senior Roman Catholic and Lutheran officials announced on Monday they would mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 as a shared event rather than highlight the clash that split Western Christianity.The Vatican and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) presented a report in Geneva admitting both were guilty of harming Christian unity in the past and describing a growing consensus between the two churches in recent decades.]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/18/500_years_later_catholics_amp_lutherans_together_254805.htmlhttp://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/17/us-vatican-lutheran-reformation-idUKBRE95G0LP20130617http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/17/us-vatican-lutheran-reformation-idUKBRE95G0LP20130617 100254805 AM Update Heneghan, Reuters Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:23:06 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 Entertainer Barbra Streisand waded into one of Israel's touchiest issues Monday on the first major stop of her tour of the country — Jewish religious practices that separate men and women.Speaking at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Monday, where she received an honorary doctorate, she took aim at cases of ultra-Orthodox Jews targeting women, even as she warmly praised the country.]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/18/barbra_streisand_vs_orthodox_people_254803.htmlhttp://bigstory.ap.org/article/israel-streisand-slams-treatment-womenhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/israel-streisand-slams-treatment-women 100254803 AM Update Max Rosenthal, Associated Press Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:14:44 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 At last week’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, messengers from SBC churches around the country voted on and approved a resolution concerning the recent change in membership policy by the Boy Scouts of America, which says that “no youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone.”*It is no secret that the SBC has long believed that homosexuality is in violation of God’s intentions for human sexuality and that it is a deplorable sin and affront to...]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/18/don039t_worry_gays_baptists_still_love_you_254801.htmlhttp://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/dont-worry-gay-scouts-southern-baptists-still-love-you-2013-06-17/http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/dont-worry-gay-scouts-southern-baptists-still-love-you-2013-06-17/ 100254801 AM Update Thomas Whitley, AB Press Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:47:24 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 The burden on Muslim intellectuals today is heavy indeed. There ought to be no question that Islam inspired one of the most humanistic, tolerant and intellectually rich civilizations, but it would be a serious error to rely on any historical inevitabilities - just because Muslims achieved moral greatness once does not necessarily mean that they will do so again. From a Muslim perspective, it is arrogant to assume that regardless of the efforts and behaviour of Muslims, God is somehow obligated to save Muslims from the follies of their own deeds.Classical jurists used to repeat that...]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/18/out_of_islam039s_dark_days_254814.htmlhttp://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/06/17/3783568.htmhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/06/17/3783568.htm 100254814 AM Update Khaled Abou El Fadl, Religion & Ethics Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:41:09 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 The Evangelical Presbyterian Church is set to have the record number for their 33rd General Assembly, which will be held at Cherry Hills Community Church in Colorado.Dana Cadman, director of communications and information services with the growing conservative Presbyterian denomination, told The Christian Post that 1,180 people, more than 620 of whom are voting commissioners, will be attending.]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/18/evangelical_presbyterians_to_break_records_254800.htmlhttp://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelical-presbyterian-churchs-general-assembly-to-have-record-attendance-98151/http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelical-presbyterian-churchs-general-assembly-to-have-record-attendance-98151/ 100254800 AM Update Mike Gryboski, CP Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:06:13 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 For theological and religious types, Huffington Post Religion (HuffPo) happens to be one of the more predominant avenues toward becoming involved in the online religious discussion. They typically feature big-name scholars and established bloggers, many of whom can be thought-provoking and helpful. But no one cares about that. The real traffic goes to another type of religion piece.As I've read and followed their posts over the past few years, I've noticed a few tried and true themes and threads for writers interested in dominating the Christianity conversation traffic-wise. So...]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/18/how_to_write_a_pop_piece_for_huff_post_254798.htmlhttp://www.patheos.com/blogs/christandpopculture/2013/06/how-to-write-a-hugely-popular-piece-for-huffington-post-religion/http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christandpopculture/2013/06/how-to-write-a-hugely-popular-piece-for-huffington-post-religion/ 100254798 AM Update Derek Rishmawy, Patheos Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:40:47 -0400 06/18/2013/00/00/00 Stanislav Zvolensky, the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Slovak capital here, was thrilled when he was invited to Brussels three years ago to discuss the fight against poverty with the insistently secular bureaucracy of the European Union.“They let me in wearing my cross,” the archbishop recalled.]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/18/europe_without_the_cross_254804.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/world/europe/a-more-secular-europe-divided-by-the-cross.html?pagewanted=allhttp://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/world/europe/a-more-secular-europe-divided-by-the-cross.xml?pagewanted=all 100254804 AM Update Andrew Higgins, New York Times Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:06:34 -0400 06/17/2013/00/00/00 ]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/06/17/rand_pauls_war_on_just_war.htmlhttp://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/06/17/rand_pauls_war_on_just_war.htmlhttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/06/17/rand_pauls_war_on_just_war.html 100254780 AM Update Nicholas Hahn, RealClearReligion Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:47:20 -0400 06/17/2013/00/00/00 The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has urged monks not to use cellphones to access the Internet in order to avoid temptation."Now the Internet appears to be a great temptation," Patriarch Kirill said during a trip to the Zograf monastery in Greece, according to a transcript of his remarks posted on the church's website.]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/17/patriarch_kirill_stay_off_the_internets_254784.htmlhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/08/us-russia-church-idUSBRE95707H20130608http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/08/us-russia-church-idUSBRE95707H20130608 100254784 AM Update Megan Davies, Reuters Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:21:51 -0400 06/17/2013/00/00/00 By now we know that Pope Francis enjoys talking without a script. His fondness for extemporaneous comments makes him an interesting subject for journalists. But it worries quite a few Catholics, who fear that an ill-chosen phrase from the Pontiff could cause troubles for the Church. Indeed some people would have us believe the troubles have already begun.I understand the concerns about off-the-cuff papal remarks. Remarks by the Holy Father could easily be misunderstood, for several reasons:]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/17/don039t_worry_the_pope_knows_what_he039s_doing_254776.htmlhttp://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?id=985http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otn.cfm?id=985 100254776 AM Update Phil Lawler, CC Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:01:53 -0400 06/17/2013/00/00/00 Shantel Collins and Yahaira Monzon were chatting before the start of class when their conversation was interrupted by the sound of a bell.“Ladies, ladies,” said Starr Ravenhawk, one of their instructors, “the deities demand your respect.”]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/17/witches_without_broomsticks_254779.htmlhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/witches-by-mallozzi/ 100254779 AM Update Vincent Mallozzi, New York Times Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:09:07 -0400 06/17/2013/00/00/00 After the Southern Baptist Convention came out against allowing gay Boy Scouts, another denomination announces they will welcome all scouts with open arms.The United Methodist Church said any troops who lose their Southern Baptist sponsorship can find a new home with them.]]>http://www.realclearreligion.org/2013/06/17/methodists_to_baptists_we039ll_take_your_scouts_254786.htmlhttp://www.wate.com/story/22586828/united-methodist-church-welcomes-scouts-displaced-by-southern-baptistshttp://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://www.wate.com/story/22586828/united-methodist-church-welcomes-scouts-displaced-by-southern-baptists 100254786 AM Update Jill McNeal, WATE