So, who is the better Christian in the White House race?
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Hey Times: Is the pope Catholic?
I have been surprised, quite frankly, that the annual “Respect Life” emphasis in Catholic churches has not received more coverage in the mainstream press this year.
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Homo doctus in se semper divitias habet
I wasn’t able to take very much Latin in junior high school, but I’m pretty sure that it was the most important subject I studied. It helped immeasurably with learning other foreign languages, English grammar and vocabulary in general. When our children are ready, we’ll be sending them* to a school where Latin is a major component.
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Another debate without much religion
The big issue in tonight’s debate was the economy yet again (with foreign policy as the side dish). The closest the candidates came to discussing issues of morality or faith was both candidates’ criticism of Wall Street for corporate excess and greed and McCain’s frequent calls for faith in the American people.
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Visiting a generic Christian campus
While I am on a post-denominational roll here, let me — with a bit of a tired smirk — point GetReligion readers toward the following Associated Press report out of Nashville, focusing on an interesting angle linked to the presidential debate tonight. Here’s the top of the story:
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Why are they reading the Bible?
So there are literally hundreds of stories out there about Pope Benedict XVI launching a marathon Bible reading this week. And the vast majority have the Who (The Pope), the What (marathon Bible reading session), the Where (the Vatican) and the When (right now). This Agence France-Presse story is representative. This Telegraph story was a bit better, but just touched on it.
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Exiting the thriving evangelical pews?
If you’ve been following our coverage of the debates about Gov. Sarah Palin and her faith, you know that many people do not know what label to stick on her. Is she a “fundamentalist”? Is she a “Pentecostal” Christian? A “charismatic”? An off-the-rack, nondenominational, evangelical Protestant?
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Feeling less pain?
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The president and the Supreme Conscience
Three major American newspapers published articles in the last two days on the significance of the president’s power to appoint Supreme Court justices and how that significance is impacting, or not impacting, the current presidential election. The underlying issue these articles attempt to highlight is the power the Supreme Court has in shaping the lives of Americans and how people often forget that when they consider for whom they will vote.
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