On AlterNet: faith

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "faith"

How Conservative Religion Makes the Right Politically Stronger

Sara Robinson, AlterNet. May 8, 2012.

We may not share their theology, but right-wing religion teaches powerful lessons on courage, confidence and foresight that we could stand to learn.

Atheism Rising, But God Is Not Dead Yet: 10 Ways Religion Is Changing Around the World

Sara Robinson, AlterNet. March 29, 2012.

Religion is alive and well in the 21st century -- but it also looks very different now.

Fast for Fair Food: Farmworkers Fast so "Our Children Won't Have To"

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. March 8, 2012.

The choice to fast is both an evocation of the history of farmworker activism and a moral choice, made to highlight the poverty the workers face.

Is Alcoholics Anonymous Too White?

Jeff Deeney, The Fix. January 20, 2012.

Dismissing AA as a white-person's movement, many black addicts take a pass on the 12-steps and seek salvation from their church.

It's 2011 -- Why Is God Still Involved In American Politics?

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. October 12, 2011.

The Mormon-bashing directed at Mitt Romney should concern everyone for what it reveals about the undue influence of religion in American elections.

Has American-Style Conservatism Become a Religion?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 15, 2011.

Fundamentalist religion plays a big role in today's Republican party--but has it gone even further, spreading dangerous beliefs as articles of faith?

Progressive Religious Believers' Big Hypocrisy: Cherry-Picking the Parts of Religion they Like and Ditching the Rest

Greta Christina, AlterNet. September 2, 2011.

If you're just going to use your own conscience and your own mind to decide what's right or wrong, true or false -- why do you need God?

Why Does God Reveal Himself to Some People and Not to Others?

Greta Christina, AlterNet. July 24, 2010.

Doesn't it seem likely that the reason all of us can't see God is because there is no God?

Is Blind Faith in God and the Bible a Modern Invention?

Devilstower, Daily Kos. November 10, 2009.

A new book points out that the ancient Christians -- and even early Americans -- did not share the blind faith of today's fundamentalists.

Lack of Faith: Why Evangelicals Are Losing Their Religion

Mustang Bobby, Shakesville. March 11, 2009.

The number one reason for dwindling numbers is because evangelicals aligned themselves with politics rather than faith.

Obama Appoints Gay Man to Faith-Based Initiatives Office

Ali Frick, ThinkProgress. February 7, 2009.

Obama made an important gesture in naming Fred Davie to serve in the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

This Week in God: Christian License Plates(?), Faith in Congress, and More

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. December 20, 2008.

A look at religion and politics, with a faithful eye on what the religious right has been up to this week.

We're Witnessing the Return of Religion as a Principle Cause of Warfare

Larry Beinhart, AlterNet. December 9, 2008.

Why did faith re-emerge as the driving force in America and in the politics of many Islamic countries?

Many Kentucky Voters Misinformed About Obama's Faith

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. October 27, 2008.

"I don't blame the ignorant bigots as much as the educated people who try to perpetrate this."

The Obama Muslim Myth

Brave New Films, American News Project. August 16, 2008.

How the media has perpetuated public perception.

Obama Outlines Faith-Based Agenda

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report. July 1, 2008.

Like Bush's plan, only more constitutional...

What Religion's Blind Stranglehold on America Is Doing to Our Democracy

Ira Chernus, TomDispatch.com. January 16, 2008.

We've got to find a way to take the conservative symbolic message of faith talk out of American politics.

Science fights back

Prema Polit, February 20, 2007.

Prema Polit: Association fights willful ignorance of science; charts evolution of non-scientific thought.

Sam Harris's Faith in Eastern Spirituality and Muslim Torture

John Gorenfeld, AlterNet. January 5, 2007.

The best-selling author of "The End of Faith" may argue against Christianity, but he is also supportive of phenomena such as reincarnation and ESP, and calls for "compassionately killing" the "Muslim hordes."

Is Barack Obama the AntiChrist?

Joshua Holland, October 25, 2006.

Joshua Holland: What? That's not a valid question?