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“I Have a Dream”: The 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Famous Speech 27 Aug 2013 | 09:57 pm
(Getty/Robert W. Kelley) Fifty years ago this week, on August 28, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous “I Have a Dream Speech” on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He spoke t...
Remembering Robert Bellah 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
(Andreas Guther/Flickr) Where do we come from and go to? What are we here for? No one wrestled and played more deeply with these questions than did Robert Bellah, or more broadly embraced the mystery...
The New Jim Crow: Churches Respond to Mass Incarceration 13 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty) A t 5 p.m. on a Sunday in April, the air crisp and cool, community members began congregating in an open plaza outside the public library in Princeton, New Jersey. In the center...
Bill Cain: A Jesuit Playwright Explores War and Redemption 6 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
(Jenny Graham) In April 2010, Father Robert Ver Eecke welcomed fellow Jesuit priest and playwright Bill Cain to a public forum at Boston College (BC). Modeled on the famed “Inside the Actor’s Studio”...
An Evangelical Scientist’s Notes on Climate Change and Faith 30 Jul 2013 | 10:29 pm
(AP/Charlie Riedel) Ahaze covers Colorado roads as a fire burns through thousands of acres of dead and dying trees. The fires raging through portions of the Central states reflect not only current dr...
Kentucky: A Priest Takes on the Coal Industry 23 Jul 2013 | 11:00 pm
(Flickr/Ilovemountains.org) “Both beauty and destruction call us to prayer.”— Father John Rausch Pine Mountain, a ridge that runs for more than 100 miles and includes some of the highest elevations ...
More than Faith: For Trayvon Martin, a Promise to Act 17 Jul 2013 | 08:00 pm
(Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel) The sorrowful story of Trayvon Martin’s deadly encounter with the excitable George Zimmerman has mesmerized the nation anew with Zimmerman’s recent acquittal. Those who s...
The Critic Within: On Father Andrew Greeley (1928-2013) 16 Jul 2013 | 09:04 pm
(AP Photo/Courtesy the University of Chicago) Father Andrew Greeley, who died in May at the age of 85, used to joke that he would be remembered as the Catholic priest who wrote sexy novels. As it hap...
The Economic Vision of Pope Francis, a Pontiff for the Poor 9 Jul 2013 | 10:12 pm
(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) When Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement, most evaluations of his pontificate prominently featured the adjective “conservative.” Yet, this same pope, as well as his ...
What Marriage Equality Isn’t 1 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
(Getty/The Washington Post) The Supreme Court’s recent decisions concerning same-sex marriage have been heavily touted as victories for the LGBT community. The material benefits that accompany marria...
