http://dir.salon.com/topics/church/?source=rss&aim=church en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/12/12/doubt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/12/12/doubt/index.html?source=rss Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a priest who may -- or may not! -- be a pedophile in this deliberately ambiguous drama. By Cary Tennis Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/07/brother/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/07/brother/index.html?source=rss He's started attending Mass ... and he's going to convert! By Louis Bayard Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/22/zuckerman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/22/zuckerman/index.html?source=rss Imagine a land where presidents don't sprinkle holy water on wars, citizens have good healthcare and governments care about the environment. By Garrison Keillor Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/03/19/easter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2008/03/19/easter/index.html?source=rss Holy Week is a good time to ask: Do we really believe or do we just like to hang out with nice people and listen to organ music? By Louis Bayard Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/02/25/evangelicals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/02/25/evangelicals/index.html?source=rss Former born-again Christian John Marks journeyed back into the evangelical America he'd left behind and discovered the promise -- and limitations -- of faith. By Cary Tennis Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/21/agnostic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/21/agnostic/index.html?source=rss Every Sunday I sit in the pew, full of doubt, next to my conservative Christian wife. By Cary Tennis Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/24/planet_death/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/01/24/planet_death/index.html?source=rss I wish I could have faith -- at least for my daughter's sake if not for mine. By Donna Freitas Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2007/12/07/freitas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2007/12/07/freitas/index.html?source=rss I'm a devoted Catholic and a huge Philip Pullman fan. Can a church that condemns him still embrace someone like me? By Cary Tennis Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/30/child_protective/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/30/child_protective/index.html?source=rss An anonymous complaint brought a scary visitor with a list of accusations. By Lynn Harris Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/12/women_priests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/12/women_priests/index.html?source=rss Women are ordained as Catholic priests in a ceremony some call profane. By Cary Tennis Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/25/atheism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/25/atheism/index.html?source=rss I've been lying to my family, my friends and my religious university -- I don't believe in God! I don't! I don't! By Garrison Keillor Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/10/17/baltimore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/10/17/baltimore/index.html?source=rss I'm an old, tired Democrat, sick of this infernal war, but here in an old brownstone church there is a moment of separation from all the griefs of this world. By Cary Tennis Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/04/christianity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/04/christianity/index.html?source=rss I don't believe in God but I want to allay her fears. By Cary Tennis Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/21/eating_with_the_poor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/21/eating_with_the_poor/index.html?source=rss We do our Christian charity and then drink mimosas at a fancy hotel up the street. And that just seems so wrong! By Carol Lloyd Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/09/church/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/09/church/index.html?source=rss The Catholic Church fights bills extending limits for filing charges of child sex abuse. By Catherine Price Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/07/serving_sex_offenders/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/07/serving_sex_offenders/index.html?source=rss Some congregations struggle to accommodate all while still protecting children. By Eilene Zimmerman Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/26/sexoffenders_church/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/26/sexoffenders_church/index.html?source=rss Christian, Muslim and Jewish congregations are struggling over whether to let sex offenders worship in their midst. Few have mercy. By Darcey Steinke Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/07/easter_everywhere/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/07/easter_everywhere/index.html?source=rss For years, I struggled to connect to my father's God. But this Easter I'm reminding myself that Jesus himself was a doubter. By Cary Tennis Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/12/08/mother_tithing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/12/08/mother_tithing/index.html?source=rss We're happy to help with her second mortgage -- but not if the money goes to her church. By Garrison Keillor Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/29/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/29/keillor/index.html?source=rss You may feel excluded by Christian symbolism, but you're in America. Work with it. By Lynn Harris Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/14/ohio_ban_and_irs_on_sd_churches/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/14/ohio_ban_and_irs_on_sd_churches/index.html?source=rss Also: IRS warns South Dakota churches against certain political campaigns. By Sara Miles Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/10/03/gaysvatican/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/10/03/gaysvatican/index.html?source=rss Under cover of the sex-abuse scandal, the Vatican is scapegoating homosexuals in order to purge all "wrong thinkers" from the American Catholic Church. By Amy Sullivan Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/02/pope/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/02/pope/index.html?source=rss John Paul II has been appropriated by the American right. But his "culture of life" was not the same as theirs. By ZZ Packer Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/20/religion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/20/religion/index.html?source=rss My mother is a black evangelical Christian -- and a staunch Democrat. The party failed her and millions of other religious folk, and that has to change. By Mark Follman Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/04/21/neocons_bash_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/04/21/neocons_bash_bush/index.html?source=rss War hawks Brooks, Kagan and Kristol admit that Bush has blundered in Iraq. Plus: A new CEO for the CIA, and recruiting "wild Christian warriors."