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Pope Barack?
By
Tony Jones
That’s the dream of none other than esteemed Catholic theologian, Hans Kung. At Religion Dispatches, Rosemary Ganley reports, To get right to the point, Kung in his article on February 3, wished Barack Obama were Pope. “The mood in the church is oppressive, reforms are paralyzed, and the church in crisis,” he says. “Benedict is…
Churches Behaving Badly
By
Tony Jones
Help add to Brandon’s list of crazy stuff you’ve heard around church. My faves: 1. Your message was good. You didn’t blaspheme the Holy Spirit or anything. 2. What is the deal with your weight? 9. Don’t you think your secretary is too attractive? 14. You should warn people first before you show pictures of…
Richard Mouw and Proposition 8
By
Tony Jones
In this week’s edition of Newsweek, Richard Mouw, the president of Fuller Theological Seminary, penned an essay, “Less Shouting, More Talking,” in which he addresses the issues around Prop 8. It’s clear that he wrote it, in part, as a response to the infamous issue of Newsweek in which both Jon Meacham and Lisa Miller…
Comment of the Day
By
Tony Jones
Thanks, Brian: The Quaker theologian Parker Palmer says it well: “Truth is an ongoing conversation about things that matter.”
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