| Features: Politics & Culture | September 14th, 2006 Busted Halo discusses the Christian music industry and the culture that birthed it with music journalist and author of Body Piercing Saved My Life, Andrew Beaujon. Though much has changed in recent years to allow openly Christian musicians to move out of the Christian rock ghetto, it is still rare to come across a ... | | September 11th, 2006 because religion isn't the only hot-button issue My last Pure Sex, Pure Love column bemoaned the craziness of the Bridal Registry. Instead of wasting hours, days, even months, learning about thread count and why you need a hostess set of silver, I ... | | September 4th, 2006 The spiritual lessons of pregnancy For the last eight months, I've had a new boss running my life. Because we don't know the gender, my husband and I refer to this boss as Bud. ... | | August 24th, 2006 Who's Helping Whom: The Catholic Church and big pharma The dignity of life must come before profit, is the official position of The Catholic Church on all matters related to medical care. The Catholic community plays a role ... | | August 11th, 2006 In June 2004 Rutba House, an alternative Christian community in Durham, North Carolina, developed this list of ideals meant to shape the nascent "new monastic" movement, which includes The Simple Way and dozens of other ... | | August 9th, 2006 Dirty dishes, anarchist art, morning prayer and other hallmarks of a burgeoning Christian movement They started out as good Christians. They thumbed through their Bibles, were concerned with sex and feared God. Then they started taking Christianity seriously. "This thing Jesus called the Kingdom of God is ... | | August 1st, 2006 How much do you really know about Islam? Read this basic guide to find out. Most of us hear about various Islamist groups such as Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, and Hamas without understanding what they really represent, why they have won support, and the similarities ... | | July 27th, 2006 Pro-life gays and lesbians see the fight for the unborn related to their struggle Steve Cook flinched as a heckler hollered, "You're a traitor to the gay community." One of the signs Cook held read, "Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians," and ... | | July 24th, 2006 Syd Barrett and the Saints Syd Barrett, co-founder of the legendary rock band Pink Floyd, recently passed away at the age of 60. Barrett was a troubled soul, an amalgamation of genius and ... | | July 12th, 2006 The God Factor author Cathleen Falsani talks about her spiritual conversations with celebrities ranging from Bono to Elie Wiesel If the general rule in polite company is always to refrain from discussing politics and religion, Chicago Sun Times writer Cathleen Falsani has spent a good deal of her ... |
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