An Ecumenical Ministry in the Parish of St Patrick's Catholic Church In San Diego USA

米国サンディエゴの聖パトリックカトリック教会教区におけるエキュメニカル宣教

Monday, March 27, 2017

'Religious left' emerging

Can religious charities take the place of the welfare state?
The Atlantic: Supporters of Trump's budget are eager to restore the central role of faith-based organizations in serving the poor -- but it's not clear they can be an adequate substitute for government.

'Religious left' emerging as U.S. political force in Trump era
Reuters: Although not as powerful as the religious right, the "religious left" is now slowly coming together as a force in U.S. politics.

A building and a book highlight an odd symbiosis between monotheistic faiths
The Economist: New book suggests that Jesus is a figure through whom historically-aware Christians, Muslims and Jews could come to closer mutual understanding.

The "marginalization" of Tim Keller: when anything short of adulation is oppression
Religion Dispatches: To quote Inigo Montoya, "I don't think it means what he thinks it means?"

Atheists and highly religious people are the least scared of death, study reveals
Science Alert: Those who are highly religious and those who have no religious belief at all tend to be less scared of death than the average person.

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