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...particularly resonant scene of modern skepticism is one in which Constantine and fellow world-saver Angie dare to question the justice of the Catholic Church??s teaching on suicide; namely, that to kill oneself shows such disrespect for God’s gift of life that one could be damned for it. Angie demands that her sister receive a Catholic burial, and the priest’s refusal is portrayed as an inflexible slavishness to an outmoded rule...
...turn off your cell phone,” says Edington, listing the church??s rules. “Two, look at your hand. Do you see that camera? See it there? Now, look at your purse. Can you put the hand holding the camera into the purse? Can you let it go? Good...
...that often, so when they do, they tend to assume the role of life-coaches: famous one-liners include “go straight to law school,” “don’t do drugs,” “go to church?? and “here’s some money for your coffee...
...much success while mainline Protestant congregations were failing. Brashear keeps track of a lot of his parishioners. You got the sense he knew who hadn’t been to church in a while, and he probably had some sense of what each churchgoer was doing outside the church??s walls. And Brashear wasn’t just asking his congregants to live inoffensive lives and come back next week. He wanted them out in the community bringing in new members. Mainline Protestant leaders are looking for congregants; Brashear wants apostles. And that?...
...efforts of Collins and Mucheru are part of a broader campus-wide divestment campaign that has included two November vigils—one in Boston Common and the other on the steps of Memorial Church??that each attracted more than 100 attendees...