“Beneath this cool tolerant exterior beats the heart of an old reactionary and pulpit-pounder.”
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“This most modern of nations has reshaped the most ancient of faiths.”
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Another cruciflick.
“The Gospel of John” is more sensitive to the New Testament’s history of antisemitic interpretation.
Jael for tweens.
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God is my executive producer.
“This season, on three different shows, God is commanding girls to clean their rooms, get jobs and solve crimes.”
”The ‘Passion’ fracas is happening not in a vacuum but in an increasingly divided America fighting a war that many on both sides see as a religious struggle.”
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Meffa.
Medford, “the new spiritual, culinary, and trendsetting capital of Massachusetts.”
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Emerson watch.
A huge reason for the UU love affair with Emerson is that he’s the most famous Unitarian.
Richard Higgins, who wrote about the legacy of Ralph Waldo Emerson for Unitarian Universalists in UU World earlier this year, expands on Emerson’s theology in the Harvard Divinity Bulletin. It’s a very fine essay.
“American Idol” Ruben Studdard tried to rouse Alabama’s black voters to Riley’s cause in a concert for 10,000 people on Friday, but didn’t bother to stump for the tax reform measure itself.