First Openly Gay Lutheran Bishop Elected

June 1, 2013 Subscribe · Forward First Openly Gay Lutheran Bishop Elected Rev. Dr. Guy Erwin was elected Bishop of the Southwest California Synod of the Evangelical Church in America (ELCA) on May 31st, 2013 during the synod's assembly in Woodland Hills, California. He is the first openly gay clergy person elected to serve as one of the 65 synodical bishops in the denomination Continue reading... Catholic Leaders Urge Support For Boy Scouts After Shift On Gays Cancer Diagnosis Gives Second Life To Christian Music Veteran's Career Evangelicals Launch $250,000 Immigration Campaign Religious Fundamentalism Treated As A Curable Mental Illness? First Openly Gay Lutheran Bishop Elected First Public Atheist Monument To Go Up In U.S. Religious Fundamentalism Treated As A Curable Mental Illness? Who Wrote The Bible And Why It Matters Religious Fundamentalism Treated As A Curable Mental Illness? First Public Atheist Monument To Go Up In U.S. First Openly Gay Lutheran Bishop Elected JAMES D. TABOR Mary: Mother of God or Jewish Mother of Seven? Christian dogma and devotion, as sincere as it might be, robs the mother who bore Jesus of her humanity. The very concept of an asexual "mother of God" is alien and foreign to Jewish culture and to the Hebrew Bible. Continue reading... RABBI GEOFFREY A. MITELMAN Beneath the Surface Whether it is the ocean, a sacred text, or another person's story, too often, we assume that all we need to know about something is what we see on the surface. Continue reading... T. SHER SINGH Who Owns God? The trick for each one of us is in personally studying our own faith and those of others, and learning to go beyond the blinders that most people of every faith nowadays put on their own eyes the very moment they turn to matters of religion. Continue reading... CHRIS STEDMAN Reflect Atheists in a More Positive Light Last week atheists were all over the news and social media. But in a world that frequently focuses on conflict, it seemed like we were hearing a different -- and to many, surprising -- story about atheists. Continue reading... ELIE LICHTSCHEIN God, Death and Modern Vampires How does one make sense of the interplay between man's finitude and the subtle hope for belief in something larger, some strain of religious life? Ezra Koenig, lead singer and lyricist for Vampire Weekend, has lately had this question in mind, if the indie-pop group's new album is any indication. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003