E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigDec 23, 2006
A New Testament scholar and ordained Baptist minister's new book suggests that African Americans' interpretation of Scripture best captures the authenic meaning of the Bible. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 22, 2006
God forbid that the first Muslim congressman, Keith Ellison, should be allowed to put his hand on a Quran when he's sworn in without the likes of Virginia's Rep Virgil Goode (above) summoning his xenophobic nonsense: " if American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration, there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Quran". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 20, 2006
AlterNet's Jonathan Jones probes Hollywood's post-"Passion" fetish for Christian-oriented films and challenges the assumption that religious movies will rake in the cash by pandering to an attention-starved audience. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigDec 12, 2006
A military watchdog group is accusing senior officers of coercing soldiers and airmen into adopting evangelical Christianity -- as demonstrated in a promotional video the senior officers appeared in. "We apparently have a radicalized, evangelical Christian Pentagon within the rest of the Pentagon," says the head of the watchdog group.
Read about it here and here
Watch the video here Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 11, 2006
Tax dollars are going toward an unlawful program of religious indoctrination in prisons, according to Iowa federal Judge Robert W. Pratt, who now finds himself fighting a battle against entrenched forces from evangelical ministries, prison corporations and the Bush administration. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 7, 2006
A panel of Conservative rabbis has approved a relatively gay-friendly interpretation of Jewish law, paving the way for ordinations of gays and same-sex commitment ceremonies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 6, 2006
Stephen Colbert mocks the Christian Coalition's rejection of Joel Hunter (last week's Truthdigger of the Week) as its president. Hunter wanted to expand the group's agenda to address the AIDS epidemic and poverty -- issues the Christian conservatives thought would cause people to confuse them with liberals, or perhaps Jesus. Watch it Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigDec 6, 2006
Sen. Barack Obama's standing ovation at Pastor Rick Warren's church demonstrates why the Illinois senator is one of the hottest commodities in 2008 presidential politics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 3, 2006
This week Truthdig salutes the Rev. Joel Hunter, who recently resigned as president of the Christian Coalition because the group was unwilling to accept his agenda on global warming, poverty and AIDS. While we don't endorse Hunter's stand on choice and gay marriage, we admire the consistency of his pro-life position. As the pastor himself says, "unless we are caring as much for the vulnerable outside the womb as inside the womb, we're not carrying out the full message of Jesus." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 1, 2006
Australia's John Safran goes door-to-door in Salt Lake City, trying to convert Mormons to atheism. Hysterical. (There are lots more Safran vs. religion videos in the YouTube "related" column.)
In the scene above, an old man hits Safran with a rake. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 30, 2006
Check out this great debate on Jewcy.com between Truthdig contributor Sam Harris and nationally syndicated radio host Dennis Prager, in which the two men square off via e-mail on questions of atheism and faith in America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 24, 2006
The Florida pastor tapped to lead the Christian Coalition has resigned because he was not able to get the organization to focus on anything aside from abortion and gay marriage.
He wanted to focus on things like poverty and the environment, "issues that Jesus would want us to care about," the pastor said. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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