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Why American churchgoers like to shop around.

Since before Election Day, Washington pastors have been lining up to invite the first family into their flock, and outlets from PBS to the Wall Street Journal have taken their turn handicapping the many contending congregations. Despite all of this ...

From ANDREW SANTELLA, Slate,  27 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  Barack Obama,  PBS,  White House,  Pope Benedict XVI

When believers don't believe in giving.

The run-up to Christmas, with its street-corner Salvation Army kettles and church food drives, would seem a lousy time to find out that Christian charity in America is not what it's supposed to be. But in the recently released Passing the Plate: Why ...

From ANDREW SANTELLA, Slate,  24 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Christian Smith,  Michael Emerson,  Digg

A new activist twist on the Stations of the Cross.

Lent is a sober season, and no Christian ritual associated with the 40-day run-up to Easter is more sobering than the Stations of the Cross. The traditional devotion, often performed on Good Friday, is a sequence of prayers and meditations that recall ...

From ANDREW SANTELLA, Slate,  19 Mar 2008
Related Topics: United Nations,  Pope John Paul II

The debate over "the war on Christmas" spreads to Thanksgiving.

Anyone who has ever had to listen to foodies argue over which wine pairs best with turkey knows that Thanksgiving can inspire vehement—and tiresome—disagreement. But of all the questions connected with our celebration of Thanksgiving, none provokes as ...

From ANDREW SANTELLA, Slate,  19 Nov 2007
Related Topics: David Gelernter

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