Yesterday, Devin Dwyer from ABC News reported on the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency from the religious perspective. In his opening paragraph, Dwyer stated that the Obama attended church only three times during his first year. Obviously, as the article later explains, it is quite difficult for the President to attend a gathering without [...]
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Obama, Community, and Technology
January 30, 2010Categories: Community, Culture
Tags: Barack Obama, Christianity, Technology
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“O god of our many understandings . . .”
January 19, 2009Below is the invocation of the openly gay Episcopalian bishop, Gene Robinson, who addresses his prayer to the “god of our many understandings.” Here is religious pluralism attempting to address a god who is not self-defined, but defined by ourselves–the ultimate reversal of making god into our image and addressing him to do what we [...]
Categories: Religious Pluralism
Tags: Barack Obama, Gene Robinson, Postmodern Tolerance, Religious Pluralism
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