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Looking for a sound bite to explain a mass murder?

Looking for a sound bite to explain a mass murder?

If your impulse is to ask a Muslim about the Fort Hood shootings, restrain yourself.

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New Lutheran body to form after gay pastor vote

New Lutheran body to form after gay pastor vote

The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
by Patrick Condon, Associated Press

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Religion and stage plays a tricky mix

Religion and stage plays a tricky mix

This weekend, local audiences can find nuns at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres and the Ordway in St. Paul, and a Lutheran pastor at the Plymouth Playhouse. The plays that feature these characters are all light-hearted holiday offerings, but mixing religion and the arts can be a tricky blend.
by Cathy Wurzer

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The Kerri Miller Book Club: 'Moral Man and Immoral Society'

The Kerri Miller Book Club: 'Moral Man and Immoral Society'

Reinhold Niebuhr was one of the most influential, and controversial, theologians and political theorists of the 20th Century. President Obama has called him his favorite philosopher. Two scholars discuss the essence of Niebuhr's philosophy and the book, "Moral Man and Immoral Society."

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Jewish, Muslim congregations to participate in joint events

The conflict between Jews and Muslims in the Middle East has often caused tension between people of the two different faiths living in other parts of the world.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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America Abroad: Promoting International Religious Liberty

America Abroad: Promoting International Religious Liberty

A new documentary from America Abroad looks at the United States' efforts to promote religious liberty around the world.

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Minn. minister installed today in top national post

Minn. minister installed today in top national post

The director of the Minnesota Council of Churches will become president of the National Council of Churches in a ceremony Thursday evening.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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What is justice?

Michael Sandel takes the abstract notion of justice and applies it to the debates over Wall Street pay raises, appropriate punishment for crimes, and whether lives should be sacrificed during a terrorist attack.

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Theologian Harvey Cox at the Westminster Town Hall Forum

Theologian Harvey Cox at the Westminster Town Hall Forum

Harvey Cox, Jr., a Baptist minister and retired Harvard University professor, speaks live at the Westminster Town Hall Forum in Minneapolis. Cox is the author of the new book, "The Future of Faith."

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Peace puppets get to the heart of theater's mission

Peace puppets get to the heart of theater's mission

The story of a simple monk trying to promote peace during the Vietnam war might seem an unlikely subject for a puppet show. Yet the performers in "A Path Home" at the In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater say in many ways their show gets to the very roots of what they do as an organization.
by Euan Kerr

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