Doctrine and Teachings

U.S. Anglican Church launches, will ban female, gay bishops

Hundreds of formerly Episcopal parishes are meeting this week to unify as a new national church: the Anglican Church in North America.

Bible texts misused in Rumsfeld reports, religious leaders say

"What is at issue is the possibility that the highest levels of the executive branch took biblical texts out of their proper context to cast the mission of the U.S.  read more »

Prom date costs student graduation date

An Ohio senior is suspended today from the fundamentalist Baptist school he has attended since kindergarten for attending a public school prom.  read more »

Mormons and the cross

It's no accident that Mormon steeples, temples and necks are free of Christian crosses.LDS leaders long have said the cross, so ubiquitous among traditional Christians, symbolizes Jesus' death, while  read more »

Hard choices for modern nuns

For these women, the “Jesus narrative is not the only or the most important narrative. ...  read more »

Survey: Support for terror suspect torture differs among the faithful

The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey.

Study delves into why Americans change religions

Americans are fickle consumers of religion, with about half changing religious affiliations at least once in their lives as they drift away from childhood traditions or stop believing in the teachings  read more »

Risking heresy to serve as priests

Robed in floor-length white linen and purple stoles, two Roman Catholic women will kneel this afternoon in a spare Roxborough sanctuary, in a liturgy both ancient and audacious.Their bishop will lay h  read more »

Islam, Virgins and Grapes

Muslim fundamentalists damage Islam far more than any number of Danish cartoonists ever could, for it’s inevitably the extremists who capture the world’s attention.  read more »

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