http://dir.salon.com/topics/faith/?source=rss&aim=faith en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT By Carlene Bauer Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2009/08/03/carlene_bauer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2009/08/03/carlene_bauer/index.html?source=rss Life in New York is notorious for sin and excess. But instead of going wild, I went Catholic By Cary Tennis Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/08/how_to_decide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/08/how_to_decide/index.html?source=rss I believe things happen for a reason, and don't want to force things, but don't want to be paralyzed either By Frances Kissling Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/16/jimmy_carter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/16/jimmy_carter/index.html?source=rss The former president speaks out against doctrine used to promote misogyny and abuse. Are you listening, Obama? By Steve Paulson Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/06/24/evolution_of_god/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/06/24/evolution_of_god/index.html?source=rss In an interview with something to offend everyone, Robert Wright explains why religion has given us a fickle deity By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/04/28/terry_eagleton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/04/28/terry_eagleton/index.html?source=rss In this witty book, Terry Eagleton argues that Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and their ilk are shockingly ill-informed about the Christian faith. By Cary Tennis Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT 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 Thomas Schaller Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/20/gay_marriage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/20/gay_marriage/index.html?source=rss Salon's experts think the issue that helped George Bush win reelection in 2004 may have lost its electoral magic. But look for it to resurface in the 2012 GOP primaries. By Steve Paulson Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/14/jane_goodall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/14/jane_goodall/index.html?source=rss In a surprising interview, the famous primatologist talks about her mystical experiences in the jungle and her ever-increasing passion for animal rights and cleaning up the "horrendous mess" of our environment. By Gary Kamiya Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/03/jesus_interrupted/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/04/03/jesus_interrupted/index.html?source=rss To the author of "Jesus Interrupted," the man from Galilee was a radical Jewish prophet, not God. But in an interview, Bart Ehrman says history doesn't have to undermine Christian faith. By Laura Miller Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/03/27/relics_exorcists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/03/27/relics_exorcists/index.html?source=rss Why do people worship religious relics, and why is the number of trainee exorcists rising? Two new books suggest that our desire to believe in magical forces remains irresistible. By Gordy Slack Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/03/25/alva_noe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2009/03/25/alva_noe/index.html?source=rss We have become too reductive in understanding ourselves, argues philosopher Alva Noe. Our thoughts and desires are shaped by more than neurons firing inside our heads. By Steve Paulson Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2008/11/19/stuart_kauffman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/atoms_eden/2008/11/19/stuart_kauffman/index.html?source=rss We should see the ceaseless creativity of nature as sacred, argues biologist Stuart Kauffman, despite what Richard Dawkins might say. By Jodi Mardesich Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/13/mormons_prop_8/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/13/mormons_prop_8/index.html?source=rss I have been a Mormon my whole life. But after the church's campaign of hatred to ban gay marriage, I finally renounced my membership. By Anne Lamott Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/14/anne_lamott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/14/anne_lamott/index.html?source=rss It's right to be afraid of Sarah Palin and the outcome of the election. But still, we have to have faith. By Steve Paulson Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/21/james_carse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/21/james_carse/index.html?source=rss The beauties of religion need to be saved from both the true believers and the trendy atheists, argues compelling religious scholar James Carse. By Vincent Rossmeier Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/01/saving_darwin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/atoms_eden/2008/07/01/saving_darwin/index.html?source=rss Of course they can, argues physicist and theologian Karl Giberson, if only many believers were more sophisticated and atheists less dogmatic. By Louis Bayard Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT 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 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT 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 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT 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 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT 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 Laura Miller Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/09/24/stillborn_god/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/09/24/stillborn_god/index.html?source=rss In "The Stillborn God," a history of the separation of church and state, Mark Lilla urges the West to remember the religious fanaticism in its past -- or risk its return. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/09/20/mormons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/09/20/mormons/index.html?source=rss Long before Mitt Romney and "Big Love," Mormons were demonized as polygamists, prudes and vampires. But Mormonism just may be the first major world faith since Islam. By Cary Tennis Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT 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 Cary Tennis Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/12/will_to_believe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/12/will_to_believe/index.html?source=rss My belief in no God, which has sustained me since high school, is starting to feel shaky. By Darcey Steinke Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:00 PDT 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.