Faith
Religious pluralism
Dec. 1, 2015 This December, the NewBostonPost will focus on religious pluralism and will cover stories that celebrate the great religious diversity of this country.
Commentary
Barack Obama
When religious fashion invites suspicion
When I was a girl, graduating from Old Testament and Hebrew language studies at a conservative synagogue, I wore a white robe, carried an armful of red roses and gave a speech to my family and the congregation. A wealthy friend of the family, an orthodox member of the faith,
Harvard
Here’s what college students should be protesting
Everyone in America today seems frustrated with the status quo, especially college students who've recently made headlines protesting the racial climate on campus. Racial equality is a noble ideal, and protesters would do well to engage in a civil discussion of the issue. But there's another
islam
The problem with pluralism
Whittaker Chambers wrote that "the crisis of the Western world exists to the degree in which it is indifferent to God." Pluralism is the manifestation of such indifference because it admits that belief is subjective and personal rather than an expression of existential reality. A believer cannot profess
Abortion
Hollywood and Christmas
With Thanksgiving having come and gone, we are now solidly into the Christmas season. Two stories that reveal Hollywood's attitude about Christmas in painful detail recently caught my attention. The first was an article in the Los Angeles Times about the 50th anniversary of "A Charlie Brown
Massachusetts
Seeing is believing
The problem with movies is that watching costumed actors in an unfolding story over two hours leads us to believe them. It becomes difficult to separate fact from storytelling. Cinema becomes irresistible. What most people view at the movie theater they receive as historical truth. Now we have "Spotlight.
Massachusetts
Gordon College prevailed, but will the country?
Gordon College, the small Christian liberal arts college just 30 minutes north of Boston, became the focus of much negative media attention just over a year ago. Its president, D. Michael Lindsay, had signed an open letter to President Obama, supporting a religious exemption to his Executive Order prohibiting federal
‘Prayer shaming’ debate flares after California massacre
Immediately after the mass shooting Wednesday that claimed the lives of 14 people in San Bernardino, California, Twitter and Facebook initially exploded with expressions of outrage or empathy. Gradually, however, the tone shifted to more pointedly partisan attacks. The number of mass shootings – defined as four or more people shot
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