Thank God for Evolution? – Michael Dowd on SBE

Erik Guzman January 21st, 2011

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What does the future hold for the relationship between evolution and the Christian faith? Starting this month, Michael Dowd is leading a series of 90-minute discussions on the topic with a wide range of participants from Evangelicals to Nobel Prize-winning scientists to Catholic nuns.

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Michael Dowd is the author of Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science … (Read More)

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Now, this is why CNN has a religion blog!

Terry Mattingly January 12th, 2011

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Don't you just love it when Congress holds hearings on a complex topic - think the state of family farming - and the powers that be call a famous actress as a witness because, in a movie, she played a woman whose farm is in trouble?

The flip side of that is when journalists turn away from the real experts on the scene when dealing with a complex topic (or calling on people with direct, practical experience) and focus on the opinions of celebrities or the views of … (Read More)

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Flashback: B16 at Westminster Abbey

Terry Mattingly September 28th, 2010

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GetReligion is well into its sixth year and, every now and then, I am reminded how much the writing that I do here has changed me in my work as a columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service, a task that I've been at for about 23 years.

Yes, every now and then, I read the coverage of a major news event and I can't help but think, "Why in the world did everybody cover that part of the event and not THIS part of the event?" At that point it's pr … (Read More)

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Patricia Neal and her angels

Terry Mattingly August 25th, 2010

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After her destructive affairs with married men, after the death of her first child, after an accident left her infant son brain-damaged, after the near-fatal strokes that struck months after her 1964 Oscar win for "Hud," actress Patricia Neal faced yet another personal crisis that left her on the verge of collapse.

While her marriage to British writer Roald Dahl, the author of children's classics such as "James and Giant Peach," had long been tr … (Read More)

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From Eternity to Here – Frank Viola on SBE (Re-Air)

Erik Guzman July 17th, 2009

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Q: What do you get when you cross a forgotten woman, an eternal quest and a new species?

A: The meaning of life.

Frank Viola stopped by Steve Brown Etc. to talk about that "eternal purpose" in the context of the three stories in his new book, From Eternity to Here: Rediscovering the Ageless Purpose of God.

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If you've been burned or bored by religion, … (Read More)

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From Eternity to Here – Frank Viola on SBE

Erik Guzman April 24th, 2009

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Q: What do you get when you cross a forgotten woman, an eternal quest and a new species?

A: The meaning of life.

Frank Viola stopped by Steve Brown Etc. this week to talk about that "eternal purpose" in the context of the three stories in his new book, From Eternity to Here: Rediscovering the Ageless Purpose of God.

(If you're on the front page of the site, click "Read More" to see audio player options.)

If you've been burned or bored by … (Read More)

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