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David Brooks sorts it out on the NYTimes op-ed page George W. Bush was born into an Episcopal family and raised as a Presbyterian, but he is now a Methodist. Howard Dean was baptized Catholic, and raised as an Episcopalian. He left the church after it opposed a bike trail he was championing, and now…

Here’s the list of religion textbooks for parishes and schools that have been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Committee charged with such things. (It’s a pdf file, btw) Speaking of such matters, allow me to bleg for a moment – high school religion teachers, drop me a line, if you…

From Books and Culture, John Wilson’s list of best books of 2003, plus the worst and What he’s looking forward to reading in 2004

Carl Olson in NRO Another candidate for the position of “The Antichrist” has met his end. It wasn’t too long ago that Saddam Hussein was considered by some Bible-prophecy students to possibly be the final “man of sin” and global dictator. As late as March of this year, fundamentalist pastor and “end-times” buff Irvin Baxter…

….the Virgin Mary? From Peggy Noonan: A few years back I had a small patch of patio in Manhattan, in an apartment building up in the 90s off Park Avenue. It was a little outdoor area overlooked by scores of apartments. The patio was empty and sad looking when I got there, so I started…

You know, I’ve hosted many discussions of Voice of the Faithful here, although I have no strong opinions about it myself, mostly because I’ve never really understood what it’s supposed to be or do. As a person with over twenty years of experience in institutional church ministry, I have a robust skepticism about groups like…

From the British Journal Priests and People. Quite a decent article, actually, that breaks down some complicated issues for the lay (as in non-theologian) reader without sacrificing the fullness of truth, or at least it seems so to me.

A NYTimes article about Episcopalians becoming Catholic and the reverse, with, oddly enough, an example from right here in The Fort. And, in the continuing of saga of “learn your beat,” we have this odd statement: A small number of married Episcopal priests are now allowed to minister in Roman Catholic churches that lack their…
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