BELIEF BLOG

Only at The Washington Times: Julia Duin blogs on religion.

• Buddhists, Philip Glass and Gandhi

  By Blog Writer — Published February 26, 2008 Comments

  I get reams of magazines but I do try to make room for Tricycle, the glossy Buddhist review that...

• A legacy for the president: Iraqi Christians

  By Blog Writer — Published February 21, 2008 Comments

  Here's something for President Bush to accomplish that will be a true legacy: Instruct the U.S. m...

• Green... Bibles?

  By Blog Writer — Published February 21, 2008 Comments

  I get tons of press releases every day, but this one really irked me. Thomas Nelson, a mega-publi...

• Which churches are the country's largest?

  By Blog Writer — Published February 18, 2008 Comments

  It's always intriguing to see which churches have grown and which denominations have faded in the...

• John Roberts vs. the Conservative Rabbis

  By Blog Writer — Published February 14, 2008 Comments

  When is an award not an award?\ \ When a conservative Catholic Supreme Court justice meets up wit...

• The martyred nun

  By Blog Writer — Published February 13, 2008 Comments

  Tuesday was the second anniversary of the death of Sister Dorothy Stang, who at the age of 73 was...

• Picking on the wrong Muslims

  By Blog Writer — Published February 11, 2008 Comments

  Here is a note to the folks out in Hagerstown who voted last week to bar a Muslim group from buil...

• The last prayer breakfast

  By Blog Writer — Published February 7, 2008 Comments

  "At this final prayer breakfast as your president, I thank you for your prayers," President Bush...

• Red, white & blue religion books

  By Blog Writer — Published February 6, 2008 Comments

  Now that we're all taking a breather from Super Tuesday, I wanted to mention I have four new book...

• Sex, immigration and Shrinemont

  By Blog Writer — Published February 4, 2008 Comments

  \ \ \ OK, so we're a little late in filing some observations on last week's council meeting of th...

• Covering the passing of Gordon Hinckley

  By Blog Writer — Published January 29, 2008 Comments

  Other than endless mentions connected with Mitt Romney's candidacy, Mormons have stayed out of th...

• Christian neurosurgeon: Life is about risk

  By Blog Writer — Published January 24, 2008 Comments

  One of the more interesting gatherings going on tonight in Washington is a reception for Dr. Ben...

• Youths are foot soldiers in pro-life movement

  By Blog Writer — Published January 21, 2008 Comments

  I was having lunch with a Jesuit friend yesterday (a former reporter at my newspaper, in fact), w...

• R-rated sacrilege

  By Blog Writer — Published January 17, 2008 Comments

  At first it seemed like just another press conference on sexual abuse by Catholic priests. The in...

• A gay saint?

  By Blog Writer — Published January 15, 2008 Comments

  Before too much time passes, let me draw attention to the curious use of a 12th-century English s...