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Archive: Religion & Leadership
Presidents Should Not Be Liars
For security reasons, the whole truth cannot always be revealed, but it is quite obvious that lies are seldom made to protect our nation.
By Jimmy Carter | May 9, 2008; 08:54 AM ET | Comments (388)
The Swami Business
Madison Avenue would have done well to hire the Maharishi as a brand consultant.
By Pranay Gupte | February 6, 2008; 12:05 PM ET | Comments (13)
Wanted: Online Chaperons
Faith communities should begin to populate (even aggressively) such online communities as MySpace, Second Life, and Facebook.
By Ed Murray | August 17, 2007; 10:46 AM ET | Comments (34)
Pope's Message Mixed, Missed
Our Church has been strongest when it rises above politics, urging politicians to understand and embrace the full spectrum of Catholic teaching.
By Denis McDonough & David Buckley | May 14, 2007; 04:34 PM ET | Comments (403)
Another Pope's Visit Inspired Peace
The Pontiff remains for all of us a strong moral leader who raised his voice supporting this multi-ethnic country and believing in a just peace.
By Cardinal Vinko Puljic | May 11, 2007; 09:58 AM ET | Comments (36)
Liberal Protestantism Finding New Life
Perhaps the crisis of liberal churches has been a precursor—not to its demise but to surprising new life.
By Diana Butler Bass | May 10, 2007; 10:07 AM ET | Comments (330)
Jesus Christ is the Revolution
The core proclamation of Jesus of Nazareth has everything to do with a revolution of the human spirit that can ignite social change and human liberation.
By George Weigel | May 9, 2007; 07:28 AM ET | Comments (69)
It Takes a People to Save a Village
The three “anchor institutions” that played a heroic role during the African American freedom struggle are now facing threats that require immediate attention.
By Dr. Robert Michael Franklin Jr. | April 30, 2007; 12:23 PM ET | Comments (381)
Letty Cottin Pogrebin: 50 Top Rabbis
In the April 2 issue of Newsweek, Michael Lynton and his friends rated “The Top Fifty Rabbis in America” according to fame, media savvy, influence, and size of constituency. Though many of the “chosen” are superb rabbis, the list –...
By Letty Cottin Pogrebin | April 29, 2007; 03:33 PM ET | Comments (38)
Earth Day: A Biblical Mandate
It's a re-awakening to the heart of the Gospel ethic: to steward the natural world in order to preserve a beautiful, rich, and healthy environment
By Richard Cizik | April 22, 2007; 11:06 AM ET | Comments (70)
American Theocracy Redux
The Bush-era GOP started tilting toward radical religion on a number of domestic and foreign policy dimensions.
By Kevin Phillips | April 21, 2007; 10:49 AM ET | Comments (79)
My Islam: Freedom and Responsibility
With freedom from clerical authority comes the responsibility to engage in the debate over the true meaning of Islam.
By Ingrid Mattson | April 20, 2007; 10:19 AM ET | Comments (68)
Episcopal Church Crisis
We came to realize that the price for claiming our identity as the Episcopal Church might be that we would no longer be welcomed by some of our brothers and sisters in the Anglican Communion.
By Bishop Mark Sisk | March 26, 2007; 09:24 AM ET | Comments (407)
An Evangelical View On The Environment
Just a few years ago, care for the natural world was not a personal priority for me. What changed? I changed.
By Richard Cizik | February 7, 2007; 10:42 AM ET | Comments (459)
The Archbishop and the Secret Police
Lessons from an Archbishop's Fall: To take control of its own history, Poland's Catholic Church needs to vet miles of communist-era police records.
By George Weigel | January 9, 2007; 02:00 PM ET | Comments (981)
Faith, Commitments and Mideast Peace
My most recent book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, is designed to break the existing stalemate and to prescribe a path to permanent peace for Israelis, with peace and justice for the Palestinians. All the major religions would endorse these goals.
By Jimmy Carter | December 31, 2006; 12:15 PM ET | Comments (574)
Reconciliation Is the Episcopal Mission
While the Episcopal Church laments the recent votes by some persons in Virginia congregations to leave this Church, we are clear that individuals may depart, but congregations do not.
By Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori | December 19, 2006; 01:29 PM ET | Comments (1497)
