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Barack Obama: The second Catholic president?
By
David Gibson
At the Immanent Frame, the sociologist of religion Michelle Dillon sees a “Catholic sensibility” in Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame: “I am not thinking of Obama’s references to the “imperfections of man” and to “original sin,” or to the invocation of “God’s creation”–though these religious references are important. More striking was how Obama, a…
PBS v. “Mass for Shut-Ins”?
By
David Gibson
Do they really want to go there? The Public Broadcasting Service’s board is to vote in June on a recommendation to “strip the affiliation of any station that carries ‘sectarian’ content,” as the Washington Post account has it. And apparently “sectarian” can mean televised masses: The proposal is already having local ramifications. In anticipation of the…
Jesus in a Cheeto: Miracle or substantiation “con”?
By
David Gibson
Yes, another “Cheesus,” and again in Texas. We had one here last July, though it was Christ on the Cross–more than blasphemous enough for me. (And what it means for Protestant theology on the Eucharist, God knows.) This week’s version is a more pastoral Lord, or prayerful. The Preston Hollow paper reports: Bell came across…
Notre Dame reaction roundup
By
David Gibson
The Vatican newspaper (hearts) Obama at Notre Dame: The newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, said the president also confirmed that pushing for a more liberal abortion law would not be a priority of his administration. The comments came in a L’Osservatore report May 18, the day after Obama spoke at the university in Indiana. “The search for…
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