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Religion and Faith

Belief without facts

Facts are often in dispute these days. From the conspiracy over where the President was born to alternative theories about 9/11, there remains polarization over matters in which the evidence seems unequivocal. Why do many people remain unconvinced by facts?

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Vote on same-sex marriage less certain after appearance by anti-gay pastor

Vote on same-sex marriage less certain after appearance by anti-gay pastor

A freshman GOP legislator apologized Friday for inviting a pastor who has frequently spoken out against homosexuality to deliver a prayer -- an appearance legislators of both parties denounced.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Internet plays a role in End of Days talk

Tomorrow's the day Harold Camping, a Christian radio broadcaster, predicts Christ will return to earth and Judgement Day will commence. Camping and his followers have been publicizing that theory on billboards around the country. Of course, there's a lot of discussion on the Internet about the End of the World as we know it.

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Frederic Luskin on the power of forgiveness

Frederic Luskin, the Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Project, speaks at the Westminster Town Hall Forum about his work. He is a pioneer in the practice of forgiveness therapy, which tries to incorporate religious traditions of forgiveness into secular practices.

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Pillsbury House play deals with sprinters and gods

Pillsbury House play deals with sprinters and gods

While the crowds are flocking to see the gods tussle in the movie version of "Thor," the Pillsbury House Theater in Minneapolis is about to put its own spin on struggling deities. "In the Red and Brown Water," being presented at the Guthrie Theater, uses West African traditions to tell a very modern American story.
by Euan Kerr

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Twin Cities Presbytery approves gay clergy

Twin Cities Presbytery approves gay clergy

The national church endorsed the policy last year but needed ratification from the majority of its 173 presbyteries. The Presbytery of the Twin Cities Area in Minneapolis provided the key 87th vote.
by Matt Sepic

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Twin Cities Presbyterians could clear the way for gay clergy

Twin Cities Presbyterians could clear the way for gay clergy

If Twin Cities church leaders vote to remove a requirement that ministers and lay leaders be faithfully married heterosexuals or celibate singles, it would be the final vote needed to ratify the change nationally.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Orthodox Jewish newspaper edits out women in iconic Sit Room photo

Orthodox Jewish newspaper edits out women in iconic Sit Room photo

The Brooklyn weekly Di Tzeitung says it doesn't publish images of women so it digitally deleting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton from a photo of President Barack Obama and his staff watching Navy SEALs move in on Osama bin Laden.

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Bin Laden's death a tough subject for the pulpit

Bin Laden's death a tough subject for the pulpit

The killing of Osama bin Laden, a man who was America's face of evil for nearly a decade, left Christians, Jews and Muslims relieved, proud or even jubilant. For their religious leaders, it was sometimes hard to know just what to say.

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For Minn. Tibetans, Dalai Lama's visit a chance to reflect on growth

For Minn. Tibetans, Dalai Lama's visit a chance to reflect on growth

If the Minnesota Tibetan community was a toddler when the Dalai Lama visited in 2001, it is now at least a teenager, said Thupten Dadak, the founder of the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota.
by Rupa Shenoy

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