Bookworm on Jul 14 2008 | Filed under: Religion
In the past two days, I’ve read two articles that examine the liberal approach to religion. The first is Hillel Halkin’s How Not to Repair the World (available to subscribers or for a $2.95 fee); the second is Mark Tooley’s Is God a Liberal Democrat? They were sort of a nice pair to compare to [...]
Bookworm on Jun 12 2008 | Filed under: Climate change, Religion
It’s an old-fashioned concept: Some horrible disaster happens, and the victims (or the observers) ponder it, and then pronounce, “It’s God’s will.”
Nobody would say that now, right? We’re rational, scientifically oriented creatures who search for meaning in everything/ We would never shrug and, Job-like, admit that meaning can elude us and that [...]
Bookworm on May 31 2008 | Filed under: Religion
Yesterday, my son’s third grade class presented charming (and very well done) sketch performances based on Greek mythology. They carefully hewed very closely to the original stories, and the hour-long performance was a great refresher course for me about the Greek myths, most of which I hadn’t thought about in years, if not decades.
As [...]
Bookworm on May 28 2008 | Filed under: Britain, Christians, England, Islam, Jews, Religion
It’s been a long time since I’ve read anything this sad. It comes from the Church of England’s own newspaper:
If recent reports of trends in religious observance prove to be correct, then in some 30 years the mosque will be able to claim that, religiously speaking, the UK is an Islamic nation, and therefore [...]
Bookworm on May 01 2008 | Filed under: Christians, Islam, Muslim violence, Religion, Saudi Arabia
Longtime readers know that one of my favorite book series is C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series. In the Narnia series, my favorite book has come to be The Last Battle — which is the Biblical end of the world, Narnia style. Within that book, my favorite scenes take place after the Apocalypse, when the [...]
Bookworm on Apr 01 2008 | Filed under: Religion
Over at National Review, Kathryn Lopez interviews Steven Waldman, who is an editor at BeliefNet.com, and who just wrote a new book: Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America. In it, he carefully examines the way in which the Founders envisioned faith playing out in America, and the [...]
Bookworm on Mar 15 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Religion
I love the Anchoress’ blog, which I think is amazingly well-written, intelligent, humorous, humane and full of insight. I therefore find myself in the peculiar position of disagreeing with her twice in as many days.
The post at issue is one the Anchoress wrote in the wake of the “aha!” journalism that suddenly sprang up [...]
Bookworm on Mar 10 2008 | Filed under: Religion
Yesterday my son’s chorus sang for a local Episcopalian church, so I attended the Sunday morning service. Because of the chorus, I’ve often attended services at this church, and I like the regular minister a great deal — he’s got a pleasant speaking voice and his sermons are witty, warm and, often, wise. [...]
Bookworm on Feb 07 2008 | Filed under: Britain, England, Islam, Religion
The most famous Archbishop of Canterbury was the martyred Thomas a Becket, a man who was ostensibly the victim of a political assassination, yet who essentially died for his faith. He’d been a hard living young man but, when his best friend Henry II invested him as Archbishop of Canterbury, the most important seat [...]
Bookworm on Jan 22 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Media matters, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Religion
Christopher Hitchens is totally right when he notes that Mike Huckabee’s defense of the Confederate flag harmonizes perfectly with racist views. That is, a person could argue that the defense of the flag is all about States’ rights, but the fact is that the Confederate flag is so inextricably intertwined with the KKK and Jim [...]
Bookworm on Jan 05 2008 | Filed under: Britain, Christians, England, Religion
Is he an hysteric, a prophet, or a tragically doomed Cassandra? Time will tell if Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester in the Church of England, is correct to warn of the end of the Christian faith in that country, something he already sees happening in various British communities:
In fewer than 50 years, Britain [...]
Bookworm on Dec 22 2007 | Filed under: Christians, England, Religion
Bloody Mary — or Mary I, her more official title — was Henry VIII’s oldest daughter by his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Raised by staunchly Catholic parents, she too was staunchly Catholic. By the time she was about 16, however, Henry VIII was troubled by Catherine’s inability to bear a son (because [...]
Bookworm on Dec 16 2007 | Filed under: Education, Religion
I blogged very briefly on Friday about the lawsuit against Dr. James Corbett, who, along with his school district, is being accused of using his AP history classroom to indoctrinate his students in anti-Christian attitudes. I’ve discovered two things since then. First, the LA Times article from which I quoted was disingenuous in [...]
Bookworm on Dec 06 2007 | Filed under: Mitt Romney, Religion
I didn’t listen to, but I did read Mitt Romney’s faith in America speech. I think it’s a good speech and says at length what I’ve said more briefly in previous posts (and what others have said in millions of posts):
(1) the separation of Church and State that our Founders envisioned was intended to [...]
Bookworm on Dec 03 2007 | Filed under: Christians, Islam, Jews, Muslim violence, Religion
The teddy bear scandal put Islam on the front pages again as a religion whose practitioners are so insecure that they cannot accept anything that they might perceive as critical or demeaning. As have most conservative bloggers, I’ve written periodically about Islam’s misogyny, its cultural insecurity, its intolerance, etc. I’ve quoted my cousin [...]
Bookworm on Nov 30 2007 | Filed under: Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Presidential elections, Religion
I went to law school in the Bible Belt, so many of my fellow students were devout Christians. Thomas, however, out-Christianed everyone. His parents were missionaries, and he’d been raised with a level of faith no one else at the school could equal. He was one of the nicest people you could [...]
Bookworm on Nov 08 2007 | Filed under: Christians, Religion
I have no comment to make about this, but I nevertheless find it interesting:
Tony Blair is to become a Roman Catholic within weeks.
The former prime minister will be received into his new church in a mass at the private chapel of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.
He [...]
Bookworm on Sep 19 2007 | Filed under: Christians, Military, Religion
John Hawkins, at Right Wing News, sent out a poll to conservative bloggers asking them about political issues of the day, such as Larry Craig, the 2008 elections, patriotism and religion. You’ll find the results here. Would you have answered the questions as the majority of responding bloggers did? I did, although [...]
Bookworm on Sep 17 2007 | Filed under: Media matters, Religion
At Hot Air, Michelle Malkin writes approvingly about a series of stories that’s been running in the Seattle Times about a little girl’s fight against neuroblastoma. Her family is a religious one, and the story tracks how their deep faith helps them cope. It turns out that the Seattle Times has been [...]
Bookworm on Sep 12 2007 | Filed under: Jews, Religion
Did you know that Rosh Hashanah, along with Yom Kippur, of course, is one of the oldest continuously celebrated holidays in the world? It got its start in Leviticus:
23:23 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
23:24 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, [...]
Bookworm on Aug 28 2007 | Filed under: Christians, Islam, Jews, Media matters, Religion
Hey, everyone. I wanted to let you know that you can stop calling Orkin now about CNN’s “God’s Warriors” series, since Orkin has been helpful, honest and responsive regarding this show. Here’s their representative’s latest missive:
Just want to circle back to give the final update from Orkin. We had purchased advertising that was supposed to [...]
Bookworm on Aug 23 2007 | Filed under: Christians, Europe, Islam, Jews, Religion
Many of us on the conservative side bemoan the decline of religion on moral grounds. The Judeo-Christian tradition spells out moral absolutes, so that we don’t have to keep reinventing the wheel to figure out the big “rights” and the big “wrongs.” (David Klinghoffer points out the disaster that happens when you keep having to [...]
Don Quixote on Jul 25 2007 | Filed under: America, Jihad, Leftist morality, Religion
Thank you as always for your insightful and thoughtful comments. I always love throwing out topics and seeing the wonderful places you take them.
Today, I’d like to ask another question that relates to faith. One thing that cannot be denied about the Islamists is that they have a deep faith. It is hardly surprising that [...]
Bookworm on Apr 11 2007 | Filed under: Leftist morality, Religion
I’m reading Ann Coulter’s Godless : The Church of Liberalism. I actually didn’t intend to check it out of the library when I first saw it. I can take Ann in small doses, because I think she’s very clever, and her observations are often spot-on. I also think she’s very mean, so [...]
Bookworm on Apr 08 2007 | Filed under: Religion
I think you, my readers, will enjoy this interview with geneticist Francis Collins. What a joyous soul. It doesn’t take me away from being an atheist — I seem stuck there — but he makes me envy him his faith, especially the way he harmonizes faith and science. Even if you don’t agree [...]
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