Monday, June 30, 2014

Twitter Lights Up After Supremes' Hobby Lobby Decision: A Selection of Noteworthy Reactions

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The Twitterverse is, of course, alive with tweets since the Supremes' (entirely expected and still  abominable) Hobby Lobby deci...

The Vatican Document on the Pastoral Challenges of Family: Problematic Framing of Its "Communication" of "the Gospel of the Family"

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Suppose you are, God forbid, in a difficult spot with your spouse of many years, and you both agree to resort to couples counseling to ...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

Snippets from Last Week's News: Religion, Men, Women, Gay Folks, and Marriage

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A threading together of snippets from last week's news and news commentary (and I'll leave it to you to decide where the th...

More on Controversy about Baptizing Children of Same-Sex Couples: David Gibson and Bob Shine

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And speaking of definitions of family and insider-outsider lines that seek to make some families more significant, normative, meanin...

"Traditional" Family and the Bible: Snapshots from Recent Discussions of the Topic

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Matthew 12: 46-48 In her recent book, How the West Really Lost God , Mary Eberstadt argues that the decline of the traditional fami...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

Cooking to Save the Planet: Lentil Soup

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Lentils first came to my attention when I went to college in New Orleans and stayed to work there a number of years, returning afte...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Religion and the Struggle for Rights for Women and Gay Folks Today: Fred Clark on the Significance of the Backdrop — The Struggle for Rights of People of Color

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I've repeatedly noted here my frustration that many of those commenting on civil rights issues today, particularly within the aca...