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| The American Bible, Meghan McCain & Michael Ian Black, and More |
| June 29, 2012 |
Summary: America's secular scriptures, Meghan McCain and Michel Ian Black get a religion reality check, the “Nuns on a Bus” tour, and Catholic bishops rally for religious freedom. |
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| America’s Sacred, Secular Texts |
June 29, 2012 |
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Stephen Prothero thinks of us as a nation of rabbis, always grappling with our core texts, songs and sayings, trying to figure out what they say about the American experiment. He calls this canon America’s secular scriptures, and includes texts large and small, from the Constitution and Ronald Reagan’s “Rendezvous with Destiny” speech to “This Land is Your Land.”
Stephen Prothero, author of “The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation” |
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| McCain and Black’s Religion Reality Check |
June 29, 2012 |
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Meghan McCain is a Republican Christian. Michael Ian Black is a Democratic atheist. Together they traveled across the country, hoping to see how people with radically different religious and political backgrounds live their lives.
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| Nuns on the Bus |
June 29, 2012 |
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Who would think that 14 nuns riding a tour bus would attract much attention? Thanks to the recent Vatican crackdown on American nuns, and the budget debates in Congress, a group of outspoken sisters is getting some press. Their ride across nine states is a protest against Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan, which they say will hurt the least of these.
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| Bishops Rally for Religious Freedom |
June 29, 2012 |
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On June 21, the Catholic Bishops of the United States launched a protest called the “ Fortnight For Freedom.” It’s a two-week campaign of speeches, demonstrations and prayers to protest the “contraception mandate” in Obama’s health care plan, a requirement they say goes against Catholic teachings, and basic religious freedom.
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