Text Reignites Debate: Did Jesus Have A Wife?
A Harvard researcher says a "new gospel" written on a fragment of papyrus shows some early Christians believed Jesus had a wife. The fragment — which scholars believe was written in the fourth century...
View ArticleBoth Candidates Leave God Off The Campaign Trail
Religion used to be everywhere in the presidential elections. George W. Bush courted conservative believers in 2004. In 2008, Sarah Palin excited evangelicals and — unexpectedly — so did Barack...
View ArticleSisters And Vatican II: A Generational Tug Of War
Fifty years ago, Pope John XXIII launched a revolution in the Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council opened on Oct. 11, 1962, with the goal of bringing the church into the modern world. Catholics...
View ArticleShift In Mormon Age Policy Widens Women's Options
Hannon Young was listening with only half an ear during the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints earlier this month when Church President Thomas S. Monson started...
View ArticleVoters To Settle Tight And Turbulent Presidential Battle
As Americans go to the polls, one of the closest presidential races in years may be determined by a state in the Midwest and a hurricane named Sandy.After a campaign that has cost some $6 billion, the...
View ArticleVoters To Settle Tight And Turbulent Presidential Battle
Americans elected Barack Obama to a second term Tuesday, with the president capturing or on the verge of winning all of the key states that had been at the center of his hard-fought campaign against...
View ArticleFor Religious Conservatives, Election Was A 'Disaster'
Many religious conservatives thought this might be the year of an evangelical comeback, when voters would throw President Obama out because of his support of same-sex marriage and abortion, and his...
View ArticleMormonism: A Scrutinized, Yet Evolving Faith
Mitt Romney refused to mix religion with politics in this year's presidential campaign, but that didn't repress people's curiosity about Mormonism. His candidacy brought the homegrown faith into the...
View ArticleAfter Tragedy, Nonbelievers Find Other Ways To Cope
The Mile High Gliding facility at the Boulder Airport in Colorado is one of Carol Fiore's favorite haunts. And it's a perfect day for flying: clear, breezy and with a gorgeous view of the Rocky...
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