The Renaissance man of evolutionary biology, Francisco J. Ayala has won this year's prestigious Templeton Prize for his work dissecting science and religion.
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A long, long, time ago, during a press conference with Rep. Patricia Schroeder of (D-Colo.), I asked a question that I thought was perfectly logical.
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When President Obama was elected, some black pastors expected meetings with the president or that he would seek their advice, and those expectations have fallen flat.
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The Chicago Tribune turned its pages over to advocacy journalism representing the unfortunate attitude that the West knows best, and the “poorer parts of the world” must conform to the rules.
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Pentecostals deserve more credit for South Africa’s recent socio-economic success than celebrated programs like black-empowerment policy and affirmative action, according to Dr. Lawrence Schlemmer.
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In this year of anniversaries and celebrations, dead scientists like Darwin and Galileo are getting their due. Live ones, like the atheist former Oxford don Richard Dawkins, attract media attention.
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Evangelical leader Dobson leaving radio show. Lutherans ask for forgiveness for persecutions. UN says faith leaders have 'widest reach' on environment. Christian prison proposed in small America.
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One of the things I wish we saw more were casual inclusions of religion in stories about general life. It seems that there’s a lot of compartmentalizing of religion.
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French court finds Scientology guilty of fraud. Catholic Bishops tell African leaders to come clean. African Bishop backs jail for gays.
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After Michael Crichton’s death last week, a few different obituaries hinted at his iconoclastic questioning of global-warming certainties.
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