And other myths of the recession. Every day, the economist Daniel Hungerman looks at the graph that hangs above his desk at the University of Notre Dame. One jagged line goes down and up. This is America’s gross domestic product […]
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NewsweekHow the recession affects religion. It sounds like a Catskills-era joke with a Jewish lawyer in the punchline, but among Jewish leaders it’s deadly serious. Why does it cost so much to be Jewish? At a time when American families
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NewsweekThe Vatican has clearly stated that when investigating cases of sex abuse, “civil law concerning the reporting of crimes to the appropriate authorities should always be followed.” History shows, however, that such cooperation is not always the norm. For more
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NewsweekOn June 15, 2010, Bill O’Reilly, host of the “O’Reilly Factor,” interviewed Lisa about her Newsweek cover story on Sarah Palin. Watch the video below from YouTube, Fox News, or view on the FoxNews.com website. Watch the latest news video at
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Appearances and Media, Newsweek, VideoOn June 6, 2010, Coast-to-Coast AM’s Ian Punnett interviewed Lisa about Heaven and the Bible from 2am to 5am. Three hours of early morning radio. Welcome to all the night owls who tuned in. We’ll try to get a local
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Appearances and Media, AudioA growing conversation among Christian fundamentalists asks the question that may have been inevitable: is the oil spill in the gulf a sign of the coming apocalypse? About 60 million white evangelicals live in America, and about one third of
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BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, NewsweekOn June 2, 2010, Steve Colbert interviewed Lisa. Lisa talks about the who invented heaven, origins of heaven, and what heaven is like. Steven asks, “If you misbehave in heaven, do you go to heaven hell?”
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Appearances and Media, VideoEarlier this month, in something of a surprise, a nun at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix was excommunicated for approving a first-trimester abortion last year at that hospital to save the life of a critically ill patient. “An unborn child
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BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, NewsweekI don’t care much for bland spirituality, so at yoga class I generally tune out the prelude, when the teacher reads aloud—as is the custom—an inspirational passage on which to meditate. Recently, though, I was startled to attention when the
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Newsweek, ReligionOn May 5th, 2010, Lisa discussed her new book with ReadTheSpirit.com. Here’s a brief excerpt of the interview: What can possibly be new about Heaven? After all, we’re talking about the universal hope of an afterlife. Among the hot nuggets
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