Most Popular Baby Names Have Biblical Origins
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012 in Politics & Religion
The list of the country’s most popular baby names for 2011, released Tuesday by the Social Security Administration, revealed that for new parents, God is in.
Among the top 10 names for baby boys, four are biblical. For girls, variations on biblical …
Tunisian Court Case Exposes Rift Over Free Speech in New Democracy
Posted Wednesday, May 2, 2012 in Politics & Religion
Outside the courthouse, 16 armed police officers screen all comers, including hundreds of lawyers in flowing black robes. Beyond a wall of barbed wire, a throng of bearded young men angrily shout slogans. The scene sends a clear message: Could be trou…
After Vatican’s Rebuke of Nuns, Time to Hear Mary’s Voice
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Politics & Religion
Imagine the fury of the men of Galilee, when a young, unmarried girl showed up in their village pregnant. They must have talked about punishments. Stoning — a legitimate penalty, condoned by Deuteronomy — would have been appropriate, though the mo…
After Vatican’s Rebuke of Nuns, Time to Hear Mary’s Voice
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Politics & Religion
Imagine the fury of the men of Galilee when a young, unmarried girl showed up in their village pregnant. They must have talked about punishments. Stoning — a legitimate penalty, condoned by Deuteronomy — would have been appropriate, although the m…
After Vatican’s Rebuke of Nuns, Time to Hear Mary’s Voice
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Politics & Religion
Imagine the fury of the men of Galilee when a young, unmarried girl showed up in their village pregnant. They must have talked about punishments. Stoning — a legitimate penalty, condoned by Deuteronomy — would have been appropriate, although the m…
American Nuns Stunned By Vatican Accusation of ‘radical Feminism,’ Crackdown
Posted Friday, April 20, 2012 in Politics & Religion
American nuns struggled to respond Friday to a Vatican crackdown on what it calls “radical feminism” among the women and their purported failure to sufficiently condemn such issues as abortion and same-sex marriage.
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Law Allows Creationism to Be Taught in Tenn. Public Schools
Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2012 in Politics & Religion
A bill that allows Tennessee public school teachers to teach alternatives to mainstream scientific theories such as evolution will become law this month after the governor refused to sign or veto the measure, The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss r…
Santorum Exits; Cites Campaign ‘miracle’
Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2012 in Politics & Religion
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a speech in which he thanked God for the “miracle” of his unlikely rise.
“Good Friday was a Passion play for us with daught…
Passover Retreats Are Designed to Tempt the Busy Modern Jewish Family
Posted Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Politics & Religion
Suffering is a key theme in the biblical story of Passover, and for Orthodox Jews the concept can endure during the eight-day holiday, when kosher rules mandate scrubbing, boiling and schlepping to exile every crumb of anything breadlike. Every pot, p…
Reason Rally, Religious Freedom Rally Converge This Weekend
Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2012 in Politics & Religion
In two separate events this weekend, Washington, D.C. will see a flood of protesters who say their beliefs and values are under attack in America: religious conservatives on Friday and then
secularists and atheists the next day.
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