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Category Archives: Religion
December 14, 2011
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To Err Is Human, But the Church Can Forgive
It’s a bad day for any tsar when he loses the support of the Russian Orthodox Church, a faith which historically has been kept on a short leash by generations of Russian rulers. But that is the problem Prime Minister … Continue reading
December 13, 2011
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Nadarkhani’s Doom
Iran is not a good place for anybody except a few mullahs and their thuggish cronies these days, but it is a particularly bad place to be a Christian. Via Meadia wrote in August about the plight of Pastor Yusef Nadarkhani, … Continue reading
December 11, 2011
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Oldest Black Church Building In US Reopens After Repairs
The oldest purpose built house of African American Christian worship in the United States is the African Meeting House on Beacon Hill in Boston. Built by African American craftsmen in the early 19th century, the three story building opened for … Continue reading
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Christians Are Still Having Sex
Like everyone who checks Instapundit on a regular basis, I come across all kinds of interesting news; yesterday Glenn offered a link to this National Review Online post by David French where one learns that young unmarried evangelicals are behaving very much like other unmarried young people. 80 percent of them are sexually active, compared to 88 percent of their peers.
One should note that this is a fairly crude statistic; “sexually active” can cover a lot of ground in terms of the number of partners, frequency and degree of emotional commitment. The differences between evangelical youth and their peers are likely to become a little more significant as the questions become more specific. Nevertheless, the statistics are striking.
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December 5, 2011
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Egypt’s Elections: No Surprises, No Certainties
Journalists who spent the last six months in Tahrir Square and talking to privileged, young western-educated Egyptians may have been surprised by the Islamist sweep in last week’s Egyptian elections, but few others were. The Muslim Brotherhood has been around … Continue reading
December 2, 2011
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The Devil You Know: Syrian Christians Support Assad
Christians have not had a good time in the modern Middle East. Sadly, that doesn’t seem likely to change as Butcher Assad’s hold on Syria slowly slips. While Via Meadia is no fan of Iran-enabling tyrants who kill thousands of … Continue reading
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Beyond Cheating on Long Island
As more information emerges about the SAT-cheating scandal on Long Island, it has become clear that this isn’t a story about kids. Parents and school officials have gone off the rails. As the NYT reports, parents did nothing as their … Continue reading
November 29, 2011
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Orson Scott Card Comments On Democracy And Mormon Faith
Responding to Via Meadia‘s recent essay on Yale professor Harold Bloom’s attack on Mitt Romney, well-known sci-fi author Orson Scott Card had this to say: The Mormon Church has repeatedly made statements that directly contradict Orson Pratt’s statement about laws, … Continue reading
November 28, 2011
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NYT Slimes Romney
Here at Via Meadia, we have written extensively about how reports of impending American theocracy have been greatly exaggerated. Indeed, put into historical perspective, the religious forces acting upon American politics today are far gentler than those of generations past. But it appears that the New York Times remains unconvinced, as evidenced by a recent spate of alarmist editorials about the faith of Mitt Romney.
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Going My Way?
It might be a small change, but it affects a lot of people. Almost ten years after the Vatican issued a directive to make an English language missal which was more in tune with the original Latin, some Catholics are … Continue reading
November 27, 2011
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Faith Matters Sunday: The Jewish Discovery of Jesus
Years ago I had some friends in a klezmer band in New Orleans; one of the members of the band was an African American musician whose church was so taken with the music that they wanted to produce a klezmer gospel album. This unfortunately never happened, but something almost as remarkable has just been published by Oxford University Press: The Jewish Annotated New Testament. Under the editorship of Vanderbilt professor Amy-Jill Levine and Brandeis professor Marc Zvi Brettler, this edition of the Christian scriptures features commentary and annotation from prominent Jewish scholars who have analyzed the text and the concepts in it based on their own knowledge of Jewish history and thought. The New York Times has the story.
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November 24, 2011
ESSAY
America Has Yet More To Be Thankful For
Throughout our history, Americans have benefited from the extraordinary riches and resources of the wealthy land in which we live. Compared to any other country on earth, Americans enjoy more fertile farmland, better internal communications by water, rich and diverse mineral resources, a more favorable climate, a more favorable position in the world’s commerce, and friendlier neighbors: our home truly flows with milk and honey.
On this Thanksgiving Day we should reflect in gratitude for the abundance that shaped us as a people and still flows for us today, and see how yet again we are poised to enjoy new blessings in the time ahead.
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November 4, 2011
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Apocalypse Watch: Ireland Closes Vatican Embassy, UK To Allow Catholic Royals
The very Catholic Republic of Ireland—also known as the Island of Saints and Scholars, where abortion remains illegal and more than 30% of the people go to mass more than once a week—has decided to close its embassy to the … Continue reading
November 1, 2011
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The Americanization of Islam Is Marching On
Thus far, the Arab Spring has been a disappointment for those who expected that the Arab world would immediately embrace western-style democracy and the secular rule of law. In another way, however, Arab culture seems to be following a decidedly … Continue reading
October 31, 2011
ESSAY
Did the Koran Make Them Do It on 9/11?
No, says Philip Jenkins, one of the world’s most serious and best respected students of Christian history. Jenkins has chronicled as few others the story of Middle Eastern persecution and suppression of Christianity; his analysis of the relationship of modern … Continue reading
