More minority teachers needed at theology schools

Minority teachers are underrepresented at theological schools and need more financial help and encouragement to become faculty, according to a prominent group of scholars dedicated to improving religious education.

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Pelosi gets unwanted lesson in Catholic theology

Politics can be treacherous. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walked on even riskier ground in a recent TV interview when she attempted a theological defense of her support for abortion rights.

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Analysis of the Israel–Palestine conflict tends to focus on politics and history. But other forces are at work, related to beliefs and feelings deeply embedded in Judeo-Christian tradition.

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Share your endorsement for acclaimed writer and theologian, Barbara Brown Taylor author of An Altar in the World and Leaving Church. Submit your thoughts for a chance to win a copy of Altar in the World and more.

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We learn liberalism from liberals, but do we ever get the chance to learn conservatism from conservatives? This column is one in a series of essays intent on clarifying what it really means to be a "conservative."

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Open letter to Osama Bin Laden

Open letter to Osama Bin Laden

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Supersite for the many facets of faith

For someone who wants the many facets of faith -- even gossip -- the Virtual Religion Index is a fascinating read. It's low graphics, and some of the material could have come from the pre-Web Internet. But a lot of it is worth a lot.

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The Creation Museum opened in 2007 outside Petersburg to raucous laughter from actual scientists. According to AiG's calculations, the ark was 510 feet long, 51 feet high and 85 feet wide.

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A Few Choice Words for our Creationist/Intelligent Designist Friends

1. Wisdom Teeth 2. Appendix 3. Coccyx (Tailbone, for the home-schooled) 4. Body hair

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The initiative will "bring home the message that it's possible that these two things can co-exist," said Kenneth Reynhout, the co-director of the Science for Ministry Institute at Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Theology is returning to the intellectual scene, says John Milbank, professor of religion, politics and ethics at the University of Nottingham. "That's why people like Richard Dawkins are so frightened, and why we're getting a more militant atheism."

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HUMAN FAITH WITHOUT CASTE

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A great collection of suggested Lutheran readings

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I Was, But Am No Longer a Christian because . . .

Whenever I write an article dealing with Christianity a good percentage of the commenters say they are not Christian and proceed to say why. Many of them say they were Christian at one time, but are no longer. A number of reasons are given, dealing with

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In the opening sentence of the last chapter of his new book, "Reason, Faith and Revolution," the British critic Terry Eagleton asks, "Why are the most unlikely people, including myself, suddenly talking about God?" His answer, elaborated in prose that is alternately witt …

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Theological-Religious Material Moving to Theos Logos

Friends:

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"Harvard Islamic chaplain Taha Abdul-Basser '96 has recently come under fire for controversial statements in which he allegedly endorsed death as a punishment for Islamic apostates.

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Cornbread's 4-11 Crumbs: off the table

I know, I know. I have heard your unspoken complaints that I have not fed you in over a month. I have been busy feeding myself, selfish creature that I am. Fearing that if I shared my food with you, you would claim food poison and sue me, or sally me, or june me.

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The Texas anti-Darwin stalwarts ...might want to beware of what they wish for.

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he widow of a pastor killed in mid-sermon urged mourners to reject hate and to take comfort in their faith at his funeral Friday, in the church where he was gunned down five days earlier. "On Sunday, my husband didn't die. He simply got a promotion," Cindy Winters said.

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Empirical Theology

The Intelligent Design (ID) movement is seriously stalled at the moment, primarily (in my opinion) because it is concerned with the wrong question. ID science is currently, for the most part, solely transfixed on debating origins with natural evolutionists.

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NY Times columnist Stanley Fish blogs about two Christian ideals: solvency and bankruptcy.

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Saturday means breakfast with a group of guys in a less-than-average Mexican food café. Jordan is looking for a family tombstone to go in the middle of a family plot. "Not too big, and not too small." You are my link to your dad, I told Jordan.

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Twenty two percent of the United States voted for Obama in the general election. John McCain drew a little under Obama's tally so that means that 78 percent of the nation either voted for McCain or did not vote at all.

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Despite a heated dispute over wording, a committee of the state's top school board approved a policy Tuesday to help teachers comply with a new state law aimed at changing the way evolution is taught in public schools.

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Theological Prospections III: Transcendence

This is the third in a series of articles focusing on my theological journey. Since retiring three months ago I have had time to revisit some of the books and concepts I first ran into back in seminaray in the 1970s. You are invited to share your views, pro or con.

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