Tag Archives: Christians and Christianity

The New York Times 3:15 pm on August 7, 2022
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Ron Sider Was a Model for Christians Committed to Justice

His 1978 book, “Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger,” helped me through a crisis of faith.

#bible, #christianity-today-magazine, #christians-and-christianity, #internal-sub-only-nl, #sider-ronald-j-1939-2022

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 3, 2022
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The Bad Faith of the New Religious Right

Esau McCaulley and Katherine Stewart on how the G.O.P. weaponized Christianity — and where we go from here.

#audio-neutral-informative, #christians-and-christianity, #conservatism-us-politics, #katherine-stewart, #mccaulley-esau, #nationalism-theory-and-philosophy, #religion-and-belief, #theocracy, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 5:38 am on July 31, 2022
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Why Catholicism Remains Strong in Canada

Even as Catholicism wanes in many Western countries, in Canada, it is holding steady as the largest religious denomination.

#alberta-canada, #canada, #christians-and-christianity, #edmonton-alberta, #francis, #immigration-and-emigration, #indigenous-people, #priests, #roman-catholic-church

The New York Times 3:15 pm on July 10, 2022
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An Ode to Bookstores and Promiscuous Reading

I believe in bookstores in part because I believe in pluralism.

#book-trade-and-publishing, #books-and-literature, #christians-and-christianity, #internal-sub-only-nl, #poetry-and-poets

The New York Times 3:15 pm on July 3, 2022
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The Culture War That More Christians Should Be Fighting

If we don’t talk about economic justice, we are advancing an emaciated view of Christian political engagement.

#christians-and-christianity, #income-inequality, #internal-sub-only-nl, #philanthropy, #poverty

The New York Times 10:05 pm on July 1, 2022
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Abortion Abolitionists Want to Punish Women for Abortion

Abortion “abolitionists” are the outer edge of the anti-abortion movement. They’re looking to gain followers after the decision to overturn Roe, unsettling mainstream anti-abortion groups.

#abortion, #americans-united-for-life, #christians-and-christianity, #dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization-supreme-court-decision, #national-right-to-life-committee, #pew-research-center, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #southern-baptist-convention, #tempe-ariz

The New York Times 6:00 pm on June 24, 2022
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The End of Roe, From a Pro-Lifer’s Perspective

What the overturning of Roe v. Wade means to abortion opponents like me.

#abortion, #christians-and-christianity, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 23, 2022
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How We Came to Believe in Guns

God and guns have become strangely intertwined.

#christians-and-christianity, #daniel-defense-llc, #firearms, #gun-control, #mass-shootings, #national-rifle-assn, #newtown-conn-shooting-2012, #school-shootings-and-armed-attacks, #sutherland-springs-tex-shooting-2017, #tulsa-okla-shooting-june-1-2022, #uvalde-tex-shooting-may-24-2022

The New York Times 3:15 pm on June 19, 2022
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After the Southern Baptist Report on Sexual Abuse, How Can Churches Do Better?

“We often have a very twisted understanding of authority and unity, and it is wielded in a way that keeps whistle-blowers silent.”

#baptist-churches, #christians-and-christianity, #denhollander-rachael, #internal-sub-only-nl, #religion-and-belief, #roman-catholic-church, #sex-crimes, #southern-baptist-convention

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 16, 2022
Tags: Christians and Christianity, , Parental rights, Parental Rights Foundation, , , , Will Estrada   

Will Estrada and the Long Roots of Parental Rights

The story behind the parental rights movement and how it seemingly came out of nowhere.

#christians-and-christianity, #conservatism-us-politics, #parental-rights, #parental-rights-foundation, #parenting, #politics-and-government, #united-states-politics-and-government, #will-estrada

The New York Times 9:01 am on June 12, 2022
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A Restored Painting Recalls the Colosseum’s Christian Past

The restoration of a wall painting depicting an idealized Jerusalem is a reminder that the Roman monument, known best for gladiatorial combat, was a sacred Christian space for centuries.

#christians-and-christianity, #colosseum-rome, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #restoration-and-renovation, #roman-catholic-church, #rome-italy

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 10, 2022
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What Does It Mean When Greg Abbott Calls the Uvalde Gunman ‘Evil’?

Christian theology teaches that societies — not just individuals — bear responsibility for evil.

#abbott-gregory-w-1957, #christians-and-christianity, #firearms, #gun-control, #mass-shootings, #national-rifle-assn, #religion-and-belief, #uvalde-tex-shooting-may-24-2022

The New York Times 9:25 pm on June 5, 2022
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Dozens Feared Dead in Church Attack in Nigeria

Gunmen fired on Catholics celebrating Mass in a usually peaceful part of the country. There was no claim of responsibility and the motive was unclear.

#christians-and-christianity, #deaths-fatalities, #kidnapping-and-hostages, #nigeria

The New York Times 1:25 am on June 2, 2022
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Republicans Are Now the Party of the Nonreligious Right

Secularization has supercharged the culture wars and expanded the Republican tent.

#christians-and-christianity, #conservatism-us-politics, #politics-and-government, #religion-and-belief

The New York Times 3:15 pm on May 29, 2022
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Uvalde Needs Our Prayers After the Robb Elementary School Shooting

“In prayer, I find the answers I need or the strength I need.”

#christians-and-christianity, #cruz-ted, #grief-emotion, #gun-control, #internal-sub-only-nl, #ministers-protestant, #uvalde-tex-shooting-may-24-2022

The New York Times 11:00 pm on May 26, 2022
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The Southern Baptist Moral Meltdown

The church leaders who made themselves blind, and then cruel. 

#baptist-churches, #child-abuse-and-neglect, #christians-and-christianity, #dehumanization, #ethics-personal, #patterson-paige, #sex-crimes, #southern-baptist-convention, #united-states, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 20, 2022
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When a Pro-Life Doctor Performs an Abortion

If God does not want us to perform abortions, why did he put me in a situation where I would have to do one?

#abortion, #christians-and-christianity, #doctors, #pregnancy-and-childbirth, #south-sudan

The New York Times 11:00 pm on May 19, 2022
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How Democrats Can Win the Morality Wars

First, they have to understand the deep philosophical differences underlying these conflicts.

#christians-and-christianity, #conservatism-us-politics, #democratic-party, #discrimination, #ethics-personal, #freedom-of-religion, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality, #law-and-legislation, #liberalism-us-politics, #midterm-elections-2022, #philosophy, #rauch-jonathan-1960, #republican-party, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 18, 2022
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Trump Has Uncorked a ‘Toxic Blend of Extremist Orientations’

The MAGA formula was “a white Christian nationalist strategy from the beginning.”

#christians-and-christianity, #conspiracy-theories, #fringe-groups-and-movements, #immigration-and-emigration, #nationalism-theory-and-philosophy, #presidential-election-of-2020, #race-and-ethnicity, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government, #whites

The New York Times 2:04 pm on May 9, 2022
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If Roe Is Overturned, Where Should the Pro-Life Movement Go Next?

“Now is not the time to brag or gloat or celebrate. Now is the time to get to work.”

#abortion, #affordable-housing, #birth-control-and-family-planning, #child-care, #christians-and-christianity, #family-leaves, #internal-sub-only-nl, #poverty, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 7:00 pm on May 7, 2022
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How Roe Warped the Republic

Why Roe v. Wade may be overturned by the very forces of polarization it unleashed.

#abortion, #barrett-amy-coney, #christians-and-christianity, #conservatism-us-politics, #democracy-theory-and-philosophy, #democratic-party, #ginsburg-ruth-bader, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #republican-party, #roe-v-wade-supreme-court-decision, #roman-catholic-church, #state-legislatures, #supreme-court-us, #trump-donald-j, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government, #washington-dc, #womens-rights

The New York Times 9:21 am on May 3, 2022
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Israel Plans Zip Line for Ancient Jerusalem

A Jewish settler group is promoting projects that opponents say will change the delicate historic, religious and political balance in highly symbolic areas around Jerusalem’s Old City.

#cable-cars-and-trams, #christians-and-christianity, #east-jerusalem, #israel, #jerusalem-israel, #jews-and-judaism, #muslims-and-islam, #palestinians, #religion-and-belief, #temple-mount-jerusalem

The New York Times 9:56 pm on April 24, 2022
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A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church Leaders

Some evangelical pastors are hosting events dedicated to Trump’s election falsehoods and promoting the cause to their congregations.

#christians-and-christianity, #colorado, #colorado-springs-colo, #evangelical-movement, #flynn-michael-t, #graham-franklin, #jeffress-robert, #ministers-protestant, #peters-tina, #presidential-election-of-2020, #project-democracy, #samaritans-purse, #storming-of-the-us-capitol-jan-2021, #tarrio-enrique, #white-paula-1966

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 22, 2022
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How We Stopped Believing That People Can Change

When we see others as the sum of their past beliefs and actions, nothing added, subtracted or transformed, forgiveness and redemption become impossible.

#apologies, #cancel-culture, #christians-and-christianity, #jews-and-judaism, #prisons-and-prisoners

The New York Times 3:15 pm on April 17, 2022
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Why Jesus’ Resurrection on Easter Really Happened, and Why It Matters

How two poems inspire my Easter prayers.

#books-and-literature, #christians-and-christianity, #easter-and-holy-week, #hopkins-gerard-manley, #internal-sub-only-nl, #jesus-christ, #poetry-and-poets, #updike-john

The New York Times 10:23 am on April 17, 2022
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Rare Overlap of Holy Days Shows Jerusalem’s Promise and Problems

In its Old City, a Christian, a Jew and a Muslim marked Easter, Passover and Ramadan. To some, it’s a “symphony.” To others, a reminder of division.

#al-aqsa-mosque-jerusalem, #christians-and-christianity, #easter-and-holy-week, #israel, #jerusalem-israel, #jesus-christ, #jews-and-judaism, #mohammed-the-prophet-of-islam, #moses-prophet, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #muslims-and-islam, #passover, #ramadan, #temple-mount-jerusalem, #terrorism

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 15, 2022
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What Good Friday and Easter Say About Black Suffering

Jesus’s story does not end with his crucifixion. Similarly, racist violence will not have the final word.

#black-people, #christians-and-christianity, #crosses-and-crucifixes, #easter-and-holy-week, #funerals-and-memorials, #jesus-christ

The New York Times 3:15 pm on April 10, 2022
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Timothy Keller on Hope Amidst Terminal Cancer

“I look at Easter and I say, ‘Because of this, I can face anything.’”

#bible, #christians-and-christianity, #easter-and-holy-week, #internal-sub-only-nl, #jesus-christ, #keller-timothy-j-1950, #pancreatic-cancer, #prayers-and-prayer-books

The New York Times 7:00 pm on April 9, 2022
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Why Liberalism Needs Nationalism and Religion

The Ukraine War could inspire a reassessment of what liberalism should seek to be.

#christians-and-christianity, #france, #fukuyama-francis, #hungary, #le-pen-marine, #liberalism-us-politics, #macron-emmanuel-1977, #nationalism-theory-and-philosophy, #orban-viktor, #putin-vladimir-v, #religion-and-belief, #ukraine, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 3:42 pm on April 6, 2022
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The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right

Rituals of Christian worship have become embedded in conservative rallies, as praise music and prayer blend with political anger over vaccines and the 2020 election.

#christians-and-christianity, #conservatism-us-politics, #evangelical-movement, #places-of-worship, #presidential-election-of-2020, #religion-and-belief, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 9:00 am on March 30, 2022
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Yes, There Is a Clash of Civilizations

What Samuel Huntington foresaw about the current world order.

#caldwell-christopher, #china, #christians-and-christianity, #cold-war-era, #democracy-theory-and-philosophy, #europe, #fukuyama-francis, #huntington-samuel-p, #india, #middle-east, #muslims-and-islam, #politics-and-government, #putin-vladimir-v, #roy-olivier, #russia, #russian-invasion-of-ukraine-2022, #united-states, #united-states-international-relations, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 8:21 am on March 11, 2022
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As Ireland’s Church Retreats, the Cult of a Female Saint Thrives

The cult of Saint Brigid, with its emphasis on nature and healing, and its shift away from the patriarchal faith of traditional Catholicism in Ireland, is attracting people from around the world.

#christians-and-christianity, #church-of-ireland, #ireland, #kildare-ireland, #nuns, #pagans-and-paganism, #roman-catholic-church, #saint-brigid, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 7, 2022
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The Nun Reshaping the Role of Women Inside the Vatican

Sister Nathalie Becquart will play a prominent role at the Synod of Bishops next year as Pope Francis tries to encourage new voices in the hierarchy.

#becquart-nathalie, #christians-and-christianity, #france, #francis, #nuns, #priests, #roman-catholic-church, #women-and-girls, #women-and-leadership-2022

The New York Times 4:15 pm on March 6, 2022
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For Lent, Consider That We’re All Sinners

A realistic understanding of sin makes forgiveness and grace possible.

#christians-and-christianity, #internal-sub-only-nl, #prayers-and-prayer-books, #religion-and-belief

The New York Times 4:15 pm on February 27, 2022
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Ash Wednesday and the Hope It Offers

The pandemic has challenged any expectation that we can control our lives and be rescued from loss.

#cemeteries, #christians-and-christianity, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #death-and-dying, #internal-sub-only-nl, #prayers-and-prayer-books

The New York Times 6:07 pm on February 26, 2022
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Ukraine’s Fight Feels Close to Home for These Americans

The Russian invasion deeply affects Ukrainians in the United States, but it also resonates with a 100-year-old Holocaust survivor in Texas and a Taiwanese American family in Georgia.

#campbell-university, #christians-and-christianity, #colleyville-tex, #congregation-beth-israel-colleyville-tex, #jehovahs-witnesses, #putin-vladimir-v, #religion-and-belief, #russia, #russian-invasion-of-ukraine-2022, #russian-samovar, #taiwanese-americans, #ukraine, #ukrainian-americans, #united-states

The New York Times 4:30 pm on February 19, 2022
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Divisions Among U.S. Evangelicals

Readers discuss how racial and sexual issues and Donald Trump have led to strife and whether and how evangelism should be saved.

#christians-and-christianity, #evangelical-movement, #keller-timothy-j-1950, #presbyterian-church, #trump-donald-j

The New York Times 4:00 pm on February 19, 2022
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Putting ‘Jesus’ on Your Bus Isn’t Faith

Kandiss Taylor takes us to a new low with her campaign wheels.

#christians-and-christianity, #elections-governors, #georgia, #internal-sub-only-nl, #slogans-and-mottoes, #taylor-kandiss-1980

The New York Times 5:00 am on February 18, 2022
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‘How Much of My Story Am I Supposed to Share?’

When a former stripper marries a future minister, she goes silent about her past — for a while.

#christians-and-christianity, #love-emotion, #strip-clubs-and-strippers

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 17, 2022
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Patrick Gelsinger is Intel’s True Believer

Patrick Gelsinger is back running a company he first joined at 18. The chip maker was a Silicon Valley titan that lost its luster. As the world craves chips, can Intel make its comeback?

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #christians-and-christianity, #computer-chips, #computers-and-the-internet, #factories-and-manufacturing, #gelsinger-patrick, #intel-corporation, #politics-and-government, #religion-and-belief, #shortages, #silicon-valley-calif, #smartphones, #supply-chain, #united-states-international-relations, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 4, 2022
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Can These Evangelicals Save Their Movement?

Heartbroken by the path their church has taken, they seek a renewal.

#baptist-churches, #christians-and-christianity, #denhollander-rachael, #evangelical-movement, #french-david-a, #moore-beth-1957, #sex-crimes, #southern-baptist-convention, #united-states

The New York Times 4:57 pm on February 1, 2022
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In Congo, Floating Pastors Follow Mobile Flocks Along Busy River

To find the faithful, preachers in some areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo hold church where the crowds are, on boats traveling the country’s water highway.

#christians-and-christianity, #congo-river, #congo-democratic-republic-of-congo-kinshasa, #maritime-accidents-and-safety, #mbandaka-congo-democratic-republic-of, #ministers-protestant, #pentecostal-churches, #rivers

The New York Times 7:19 pm on January 25, 2022
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Piecing Together God’s Body, From Head to Toe

In “God: An Anatomy,” Francesca Stavrakopoulou attempts to understand divinity as our ancestors did, as having a corporeal presence.

#books-and-literature, #christians-and-christianity, #god-an-anatomy-book, #jesus-christ, #jews-and-judaism, #stavrakopoulou-francesca

The New York Times 10:45 am on January 23, 2022
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‘Now There Is No One’: The Lament of One of the Last Christians in a Syrian City

Michel Butros al-Jisri is among the few Christians left from a once-vibrant community in Idlib on the brink of disappearing. The city, in the only territory in Syria still controlled by rebels, is ruled by Islamists.

#christians-and-christianity, #christmas, #idlib-syria, #muslims-and-islam, #politics-and-government, #refugees-and-displaced-persons, #syria, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 8:00 pm on January 17, 2022
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Mothers, Absent and Present

Not all mothers have the luxury of being “absent,” a reader writes. Also: A lawsuit against 16 elite schools; the heart of Christianity; jobs in manufacturing. 

#admissions-standards, #christians-and-christianity, #colleges-and-universities, #factories-and-manufacturing, #financial-aid-education, #labor-and-jobs, #parenting, #single-mothers, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 4:00 pm on January 2, 2022
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10 New Year’s Resolutions That Are Good for the Soul

There is hope in the idea that we can change, as individuals and as a society.

#christians-and-christianity, #internal-sub-only-nl, #jesus-christ, #king-martin-luther-jr, #new-year, #prayers-and-prayer-books

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 29, 2021
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Is the West Becoming Pagan Again?

The successor to Christian civilization may resemble the present-day iconoclasm known as woken.

#christians-and-christianity, #pagans-and-paganism, #religion-and-belief

The New York Times 4:15 pm on December 26, 2021
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How Christmas Changed Everything

The story of Jesus represented “a wholly new way of being human.”

#christians-and-christianity, #christmas, #crosses-and-crucifixes, #grayling-a-c, #internal-sub-only-nl, #jesus-christ

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 23, 2021
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Why Jesus Never Stopped Asking Questions

Jesus liked to turn the tables on his interlocutors, especially those who were in the business of asking questions themselves.

#bible, #christians-and-christianity, #jesus-christ, #philosophy, #religion-and-belief

The New York Times 10:43 am on December 22, 2021
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India’s Christians Attacked Under Anti-Conversion Laws

“They want to remove us from society,” a Christian farmer said of Hindu extremists. Rising attacks on Christians are part of a broader shift in India, in which minorities feel less safe.

#bharatiya-janata-party, #chhattisgarh-india, #christians-and-christianity, #freedom-of-religion, #india, #law-and-legislation, #madhya-pradesh-india, #minorities, #nationalism-theory-and-philosophy, #politics-and-government, #rashtriya-swayamsevak-sangh-india, #religion-and-belief