Deacon event to focus on duties (The State)
The role of a deacon is crucial in many Christian congregations. But Rufus Watts said he believes the men and women who serve in those posts too often go it alone in determining how to aid a pastor and congregation. That’s why the United Baptist Deacons of Greater Columbia was formed in 2000. The alliance of 22 Baptist congregations is aimed at strengthening the spiritual life of deacons and …
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Odds are there’s no ‘holy war’ in Qur’an (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Want $1 million? All you have to do is find a reference in the Qur’an to “holy war.” The offer is being made by Jamal Badawi, professor emeritus of management and religious studies at St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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FAITH: A revolving door - Chattanooga Times Free Press
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FAITH: A revolving door
Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN - Dr. Charles Lippy, the Martin Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, said the reasons for faith … |
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Julian Barnes: Life as he knows it - Telegraph.co.uk
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Julian Barnes: Life as he knows it
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - … a disquisition on death that addresses religion, philosophy, literature, identity, memory, evolutionary biology and the nature of the universe. … |
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Conservative secularism - Today’s Zaman
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Conservative secularism
Today’s Zaman, Turkey - Secularism defends laicism, which developed entirely as an anti-religious philosophy in the early 20th century to sustain and perpetuate ingrained interests … |
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Paul Hemming: Owner of Zen Compound is ‘living the dream’ (The San Francisco Examiner)
Freshly returned from a recent trip to India, where he had helped create a Buddhist temple with the organization Partnership for Change, Paul Hemming said that he is “blessed.”
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Dr. S. Alan Ray Named President of Elmhurst (IL) College (Newswise)
Currently senior vice provost at the University of New Hampshire, Ray will take office on July 1, succeeding Dr. Bryant L. Cureton.
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Harvard professor to speak on MLK biography (The New Hampshire)
Professor Harvard Sitkoff of the history department has written a new biography about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He will be in the Milne Special Collections room of the Dimond Library today from 4-6 p.m. The event is sponsored by the American Studies; African-American Studies; Race, Culture and Power; and the History departments.
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New atheist club plans to challenge, educate campus (State Hornet)
To believe or not to believe, that is the question. Steve Owen, a graduate English major, is spearheading the Atheist Student Organization, a new student club at Sacramento State which will pose the question to the campus community.
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Potomac Confidential (Washington Post)
Potomac Confidential fills the midday lull with discussion by Metro columnist Marc Fisher, who looks at the latest news with a rigorous slicing and dicing of the issues that define who we are and where we live.
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