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BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 |
Getting Your Religious Terms Right Can't tell the difference between the evangelicals and the seekers? Confused by the prosperity gospel? Here's a glossary to help you. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 |
Evangelism Gone Entrepreneurial Rick Warren believes evangelism means devotion to both social issues and God. The Internet is one tool he uses to spread the word |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 |
Supersizing Salvation No cross, no hymnals, and a strong appeal to the unchurched, is the approach that has helped Bill Hybels build one of the country's mega-congregations. |
Fast Company November 2010 Jeff Chu |
How Willow Creek Is Leading Evangelicals by Learning From the Business World Willow Creek, one of the nation's largest and most powerful megachurches, leads evangelicals by learning from the business world's best. |
Salon.com April 15, 2002 Caroline Tiger |
The Father, the Son and the Holy JumboTron In the new Media Reformation, churches employ high-tech gizmos and hip spin to boost their diminishing flocks... |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 |
Meet the Prosperity Preacher God wants you to be successful in business, says Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church. It's a message that has made him the leading TV evangelist |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 |
Church of the Mighty Dollar How do Rolls-Royces fit into God's plan? The founder of the World Changers Church International explains prosperity gospel. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 |
"A One-Stop Christian Destination" Kirbyjon Caldwell, a Wharton MBA turned pastor, discusses how his vision to build a prayer center turned into something much bigger |
AskMen.com |
Sunday Morning: Now Easier The World Wide Web has become the hottest place to build a church. A growing number of congregations are creating Internet offshoots that go far beyond streaming weekly services. |
Reason April 2008 Ronald Bailey |
The New Age of Reason Is the fourth great awakening finally coming to a close? |
Salon.com July 7, 2000 Jake Tapper |
God is their copilot Both born-again, Bush and Gore have made this the most God-fearing presidential race in 100 years. But their faiths have led these men in two completely different directions. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 Paul Magnusson |
They Backed Bush -- And Expect Him To Deliver The battle over President George W. Bush's judicial appointments threatens to kick up a firestorm over the intrusion of religion into politics. |
Psychology Today Jan/Feb 2008 Bruce Grierson |
An Atheist in the Pulpit Public identity and private belief are never more at odds than when a preacher loses his faith. |
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 William C. Symonds |
The Fashion of the Christ Corporations like Sony and Time Warner are grabbing pieces of the religious music, movie, and book markets. Small specialty stores are losing business. |
Fast Company June 2001 Rekha Balu |
Reverence for Radicals Reverend Cecil Williams, of San Francisco's Glide Memorial United Methodist, is on a mission: He's teaching tradition-bound congregations how to stay vital by embracing change... |
Reason July 2007 Brink Lindsey |
The Aquarians and the Evangelicals How left-wing hippies and right-wing fundamentalists created a libertarian America. |
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Matlack & Symonds |
The Vatican: Challenges Ahead From a priest shortage to shaky finances, the next Pope will be tested. |
CIO June 1, 2001 Charles Henderson |
Count Your Blessings When cyberspace becomes sacred space, we can all benefit... |
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Power et al. |
Benedict XVI: A Guardian, Not A CEO In selecting a new pope, the cardinals picked history and mission over management. And what seems a "serious blunder" to many, others see "deeper forces" at work. |
Reason February 2003 Jeremy Lott |
Jesus Sells What the Christian culture industry tells us about secular society |
Reason October 2004 Cathy Young |
Beyond Belief The idea that U.S. politicians should keep their religious faith private may seem outrageously intolerant. But is it not equally outrageous that a secularist figure cannot express his views honestly without committing career suicide? |
BusinessWeek June 9, 2011 Caroline Winter |
God's MBAs: Why Mormon Missions Produce Leaders Many of the men who trained to be Mormon missionaries have gone on to become among the most distinguished persons in American business and civic life |
BusinessWeek August 22, 2005 Robert J. Barro |
The Political Power Of The Pew A new study shows how churchgoing affects voting preferences. |
Salon.com November 22, 2000 Chris Colin |
Views from the pews If church is theater, then where are the reviews? This week, the Baptists lose it at the altar, and the Unitarians try finding it through tweedy discussion. |
Reason June 2007 W. James Antle |
Evangelicals and the State In The Choice Principle: The Biblical Case for Legal Toleration, by Andy G. Olree, a law professor makes a case for a libertarian Christianity. |
AskMen.com |
Gun-Loving Pastor: Piece Be With You A Kentucky pastor is inviting his flock to bring guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment. |
Geotimes September 2007 Nicole Branan |
Strange Bedfellows? Evangelicals and Scientists Join Forces on Climate Global warming is melting permafrost around the world, but earlier this year rising temperatures also led to the thawing of the notoriously frosty relations between scientists and evangelical Christians, triggering climate change of the political kind. |
Salon.com April 18, 2002 Celeste Arbogast |
A pie in the face of the Catholic hierarchy As a woman, I feel marginalized by the church. But a bake-sale revolt led by elderly church ladies near Chicago has given me hope... |
U.S. Banker January 2010 Ben Jackson |
Needing More Than a Prayer Falling behind on mortgage payments, churches may be counting on a higher power to come to their aid. But it's lender -- not divine -- intervention that is needed to prevent defaults. |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
God, Inc. Business and religion mix pretty lucratively in today's society. Here are some business plans and investments that prove it: Thomas Nelson... NB Socially Responsive... Courier... etc. |
ifeminists July 16, 2009 Jim Peron |
Marriage's shifting status...and gay marriage today Marriage predates the Christian church. The recognition of committed relationships has existed in all cultures, for most of human history. |
Reason June 2007 Jacob Sullum |
Spiritual Highs and Legal Blows The power and peril of religious exemptions from drug prohibition in the U.S. |
Inc. December 2006 Alan Wolfe |
Guest Speaker: Worshiping at Work - Religion - Adam Smith Bringing religion into your company can be a test of faith - but not in the way you might expect. |
Salon.com November 22, 2000 Rebecca Segall |
Nuns without habits Melissa Camardo is young, bright, pretty and politically active. And she's a nun. What is she thinking? |
Salon.com December 21, 2001 Carolyn S. Briggs |
Seeing the light A former Christian fundamentalist recalls a life of ferocious, intractable faith -- and the moments it began to crumble. |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2011 Cliff D'Arcy |
How the Church of England Invests Its Billions With its eternal demands for capital and cash flow, the church has been forced to become one of the U.K.'s most forward-thinking investors. While seeking to maximize total returns, all external managers must adhere to the church's strict ethical investment framework. |
Mother Jones August 2000 Jacob Levenson |
A Time for Healing African Americans now account for the majority of new AIDS cases. But a crusading Harlem pastor believes the black church can slow the epidemic's spread. |
Smithsonian November 2006 Simon Worrall |
Pilgrims' Progress We retrace the travels (and travails) of the ragtag group that founded Plymouth Colony, gave us Thanksgiving and laid the foundation for democracy in the New World. |
Reason April 2009 Katherine Mangu-Ward |
City vs. Church Federal law demands that a municipality prove a "compelling government interest" before it can start issuing demands about the way a religious institution uses its property. |
Reason June 2003 Jodie T. Allen |
God Only Knows: The conflicting demands of wartime prayers You gotta feel a little sorry for God these days. The hotline from the White House has been hopping off the heavenly hook; the pope has been urging his flock to "persevere in unceasing prayer"; cries of "Allahu Akbar" echo from the streets of Gaza to those of Baghdad. |
Salon.com January 13, 2000 Greg Bottoms |
Can gays and lesbians go to heaven? According to one evangelist, when the Rapture comes, some people are going to have hell to pay. |
Salon.com June 12, 2002 Joseph Shimek |
Refusing to be scandalized As Catholics, we must recognize the sins of fallen priests -- but not forget the transcendent meaning of their calling and our faith. |
Reason March 2005 Cathy Young |
God or Mammon When religious groups in the U.S. get caught between their principles and their subsidies. |
Salon.com August 4, 2000 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Higher being Can legalizing drugs bring us closer to God? |
Salon.com November 20, 2000 Amy Standen |
Faith in America What does religion mean now? Is it a mystical experience, a collection of social protocols or just common sense? |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Praying for Better Insurance Meet GuideOne Insurance Company, self-described as America's leading insurer of churches, churchgoers, and faith-based institutions. Their new "FaithGuard" car insurance policy waives your deductible if you should be in an accident to or from a faith-based activity. |