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The 10 Biggest Religion Stories

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:48:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: #4 | The Pope and Latin Mass

Benedict XVI relieves priests of having to get their bishop’s permission to celebrate mass in old-school Latin. To many, it is an unwelcome return of church élitism. Others sink happily back into it.

#5 | The Slow-Motion Episcopal/Anglican Train Wreck

The Episcopal Bishops’ meeting in New Orleans fails to stem the ongoing defection of conservatives over the church’s positions on gays, or the likelihood of a worldwide Anglican split over the same issue.

#6 | Green Evangelicals

Global warming, along with poverty and torture, have become hot issues to a maturing conservative Christian movement.

#7 | The Roar of Atheist Books

There may or may not be more atheists, but there are more atheist authors--and readers want to give them a hearing.

#8 | Another Blow to a Megachurch

A year after Ted Haggard resigned as pastor of Colorado’s New Life Church--having admitted to “immorality” involving a gay escort--a gunman kills two congregants in

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The 10 Biggest Religion Stories

By DAVID VAN BIEMA
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007

Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith

Letters Mother Teresa wrote to her confessors describe the agony of not being able to sense her beloved God for half a century. “The silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see,” she wrote. These revelations raise the question of whether her spiritual “dryness” made her a greater saint or some kind of self-deceiver.

#2 | Faith Stalks the Campaign Trail!

Hillary tells Rick Warren about her White House prayer group! Mitt explains how he’s a Mormon! Huckabee is an actual preacher!

#3 | The Rev. Jerry Falwell Dies

His death, along with that of the ultra-right-wing Rev. James Kennedy, marks the start of the literal passing of an order. Warren’s conciliatory and less political style characterizes the next one.

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The real challenge for 2008 is that of secularism

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:00:42 GMT

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The real challenge for 2008 is that of secularism. The secular achievement of 2007 has to be the government finally getting their act together and banishing the nonsense of intelligent design from UK science classrooms. The US did the same in 2005, but don’t think that this Christian fundamentalist smokescreen has gone away as a result of this legislative neutering. In Texas last month, statewide curriculum supervisor Chris Comer resigned, after forwarding an email about an upcoming talk from a scholar who traced the history of the ID movement and its creationist roots. And on Sunday the Observer reported the setting up of a UK creationist theme park somewhere in the Midlands. I love this line from Peter Jones, a trustee of the proposed park: “Today, all [youngsters] do is binge drink. We will be able to offer them an alternative.”

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Happy Holidays from Sam Harris

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:56:22 GMT

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Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage Paperback)

with a New Afterword

The Vintage paperback edition of Letter to a Christian Nation is now available for pre-order on Amazon (with a new Afterword).

All books purchased through the above link will help support the work of Sam's new foundation, The Reason Project, whose advisory board now includes: Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Rebecca Goldstein, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Steven Pinker, Ibn Warraq, and Steven Weinberg

You will hear more about The Reason Project in the coming year.

Wishing you all a very happy holiday.

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