Yesterday's Huffington Post online contained several postings on its Religion Page worth reading and thinking about. First, Paul Brandeis Raushenbush wrote a posting entitled, "Rick Santorum's Political and Biblical Mistake," which calls presidential candidate Rick Santorum to task for apparently claiming that President Obama espouses a false, unbiblical theology that he seeks to impose on the nation. Raushenbush makes the points that it is not wise to introduce theological differences into politics and that Mr. Santorum can himself be charged with unbiblical views. Second, an unsigned news posting entitled, "Hannah Kelley, Pastor's Daughter Accidentally Shot At Church, Dies," picks up on an article from the Tampa Bay Times (here) reporting the death of Hannah Kelley, a pastor's daughter who was accidentally shot and seriously wounded at church on Sunday, February 12th. The sad incident suggests that sometimes guns do kill people almost of themselves. Third, there is an article by Peggy Fletcher Stack, who writes for the Salt Lake Tribune, entitled, "Evangelicals Defined: The History Of American Evangelicalism," which originally published in the Salt Lake Tribute under the title, "Who are evangelicals?" The article offers some insights into how hard it actually is to define "evangelicalism".And, finally, the posting entitled, "The End of Church," by Diana Butler Bass offers comments on the future of religion in America. She looks for a reorganization of religion and of Christianity, noting that a large majority of Americans remain interested in spirituality and faith—but not in the conventional, traditional ways of the past. This posting, too, is worth a read and some thought. Happy Reflections!
