For an hour on Tuesday I was able to imagine a world in which the Good Book no longer existed—at least not in book form. Two men arrived in my office to show me their new product, a digital Bible […]
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BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, NewsweekAnother week, another failed magazine. But while the collapse of print media is hardly news, this demise is different. Today’s Christian Woman was founded in 1978 to reach evangelical Christian women who wanted a publication that reflected their values. They
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BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, NewsweekNew ways to download the Good Book. Like so many Christians, Kevin McNeese carries his bible to church on Sundays. He “pops it open,” he says, and follows along as the pastor reads that week’s chapter and verse from the
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BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, NewsweekCash In A Mattress? No, Gold In The Closet. With prices setting new records, the worried wealthy are piling up ingots in home safes. NEWSWEEK goes shopping for precious metal. A hundred-ounce gold bar, when you hold it in your
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BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, NewsweekThe Good, the Bad, the Bible Is there a right way to read the Bible? This question came to me as I was reading “The Good Book,” by David Plotz. The author, who is the editor of Slate, was thumbing
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BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, NewsweekOn December 15, Lisa appeared on NPR’s “The Talk of the Nation” to discuss the Bible and gay marriage. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on the “listen” icon in the top right corner of the show page.
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Appearances and Media, AudioWhen George W. Bush became president in 2000, he brought with him a kind of “hey, guy” Christianity that had been quietly booming in megachurches throughout the land. It was neither the formal Episcopal worship of his youth nor the
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BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Books, NewsweekLet’s try for a minute to take the religious conservatives at their word and define marriage as the Bible does. Shall we look to Abraham, the great patriarch, who slept with his servant when he discovered his beloved wife Sarah
VIDEO: Reverend James Forbes is asked about “The Bible’s Buried Secrets” by Lisa Miller, the Religion Editor of Newsweek magazine. This clip took place on 11/13 in NYC at the event “Science and Faith : Complementary or Contradictory?” Reverend James
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Newsweek, VideoIn her new book, “Love Your Life,” Victoria Osteen tells the following story. When she and her husband, Joel, were courting, he came over to her house for dinner. She knew he was the son of a prominent Houston pastor
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