June 2011 archive

Substantial convergence

God Is Not a Christian

By Desmond Tutu, 06/ 1/11 09:25 PM ET The following is excerpted from the Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s new book, ‘God Is Not A Christian: And Other Provocations.’ This talk also comes  [more]

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Uninformed readings

What You Should Know Before Reading The Bible

By Kristin M. Swenson, Ph.D., 06/ 9/11 02:17 PM ET This essay might, alternatively, be called “On Not Reading the Bible.” But then I must hastily add: I’m not against  [more]

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Who is Brian Haw?

St Francis of Assisi: a saint for our times

By Heather McDougall, Thursday 9 June 2011 11.43 BST We are living through cuts to services and benefits that will disproportionately affect the poor. We have also seen a…  [more]

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We wake up empty and frightened

The true spiritual leader of Iran is Rumi

By Melody Moezzi, Friday 10 June 2011 14.30 BST Iran’s officially recognised “spiritual leader” today may be Ayatollah Khamenei, but for hundreds of years before the current establishment of…  [more]

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It pains me to say this

Texas hoax had the media digging their own grave

By Bob Garfield, Thursday 9 June 2011 13.30 BST Europe woke up to a tremendous disappointment on Wednesday. Despite the lurid promises of the 11 o’clock news, authorities in…  [more]

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Flag of false allegiance

Worshipping the Irrational Jesus

By Mark Osler, 06/ 8/11 11:42 AM ET I recently heard a radio preacher explain how it was OK to be rich — that, in fact, it was a mark of being blessed by…  [more]

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Fighting shabiha

The people vs The President

By Robert Fisk, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 Syria’s revolt against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad is turning into an armed insurrection, with previously peaceful demonstrators taking up arms to fight their own army…  [more]

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