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The religious authorities and pundits are wrong: Technology is good for religion

June 1, 2012 By Lisa Miller

Sikhs don’t make much religion news. They don’t go on TV announcing their intention to burn Korans; they don’t loudly forecast apocalypse; and they have not had to defend their faith as one of them races to be president of the United States. But the Sikh community caught my attention recently with the announcement of […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Lisa Miller, Religion, Sikhs, Technology

Catholics caught between bishops, Obama’s birth control mandate

May 24, 2012 By Lisa Miller

Mommy and daddy are fighting, and the anguished children don’t know where to turn. This is the state of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States today. A small group of very conservative bishops has hijacked the church, or at least the public voice of the church. The bishops are playing the role of […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Barack Obama, birth control, catholicism, Catholics

Obama and Romney offer differing views of God

May 17, 2012 By Lisa Miller

People always ask, “What would Jesus do?,” but in America today, it’s impossible to know. And that’s because there are (at least) two prevailing views of God at work in our public and political conversation. It would not be an exaggeration to say that when you pull the lever this November, you will not just […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Barack Obama, God, Lisa Miller, Mitt Romney, Mormonism

Mark Silk, a commentator on religion and politics who keeps above the fray

May 3, 2012 By Lisa Miller

One of the smartest commentators on American politics and religion is someone you’ve probably never heard of. His wry and careful handling of flammable subjects is always admirable. But a recent blog post, which brought together three culture-wars figureheads — the Texas mega pastor Joel Osteen; New York Times columnist Ross Douthat; and Mitt Romney, the […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Christianity, Joel Osteen, Lisa Miller, Mark Silk, Mitt Romney, politics, Religion

Obama’s embrace of gay marriage makes for a spiritual Mother’s Day

May 1, 2012 By Lisa Miller

When President Obama threw his support behind same-sex marriage, he did something much more than please the members of the LGBT community and the people who love them. He gave hope and encouragement to millions of Americans struggling to do right by their children in unconventional or nontraditional families by implicitly asserting “as a practicing Christian” […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Barack Obama, Bible, gay marriage, Lisa Miller, marriage, Mother's Day

After Vatican’s rebuke of nuns, time to hear Mary’s voice

April 26, 2012 By Lisa Miller

Imagine the fury of the men of Galilee when a young, unmarried girl showed up in their village pregnant. They must have talked about punishments. Stoning — a legitimate penalty, condoned by Deuteronomy — would have been appropriate, although the more compassionate among them might have suggested something gentler: ostracism or banishment. If the girl […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Joseph, Lisa Miller, Mary, Vatican

Catholic activists pushing politicians to turn tide against the death penalty

April 19, 2012 By Lisa Miller

Soon, probably next week, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy  will sign into a law a bill that abolishes the death penalty in his state. When he does, Connecticut will be the fifth state to enact such legislation in as many years — and the third with a governor who was raised Roman Catholic. As a younger man, […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: capital punishment, Catholocism, Dan Malloy, death penalty, Lisa Miller

Good Friday’s big question: Is doubt good?

April 5, 2012 By Lisa Miller

During Shabbat services at my temple last weekend, in an effort to get the kids excited for Passover, the prayer leaders asked the children which part of the Exodus story they liked the best. Many said, “The parting of the Red Sea!” Some said, “When Miriam dances and sings on the opposite shore!” A tiny […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: belief, doubt, Good Friday, Lisa Miller

Trayvon Martin: Doing justice, having faith in social media

March 29, 2012 By Lisa Miller

At first, the nationwide ‘‘hoodie’’ protest over Trayvon Martin’s death — in which Americans donned sweatshirts in solidarity with the slain teenager and his family — felt shallow and reflexive, a consumerist reaction. What’s this? I wondered. Is Abercrombie & Fitch now in the business of underwriting our moral outrage? Then I saw Bobby Rush’s performance Wednesday on […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: Bobby Rush, hoodie, Lisa Miller, protest, shooting, Trayvon Martin

Rick Santorum, cafeteria Catholic?

March 22, 2012 By Lisa Miller

He has seven children, attends a Latin Mass and has driven issues of reproductive rights back into the center of American politics. In 2002, he traveled to Rome to express his support for the founder of the ultra-conservative Catholic lay movement called Opus Dei. With these boxes on his religious resume checked, Rick Santorum has convinced […]

Filed Under: On Faith, Washington Post Tagged With: catholicism, death penalty, immigration, Lisa Miller, Rick Santorum, torture

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About Lisa Miller

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Lisa Miller is a staff writer at New York magazine. She is the former religion columnist for the Washington Post, former senior editor of Newsweek magazine, and author of "Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife."

In 2014, Lisa Miller was nominated for the National Magazine Award and featured in Best Magazine Writing of 2014.

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