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The Vanishing Role of Women in Church Readings

April 28, 2010 By Lisa Miller

Response to my April 12 article “A Woman’s Place Is in the Church” was overwhelming. Maureen Dowd cited it in her New York Times column. Sister Mary Ann Walsh, director of media relations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, critiqued it in an op-ed. But one of the questions most often asked in e-mails […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: Bible, Bible Stories, Conference of Catholic Bishops, lectionary, Lisa Miller, liturgy, Mary Ann Walsh, Maureen Dowd, New York Times, Ruth Fox, Sister Mary, U.S. Conference of Bishops

What Rick Warren Said

February 2, 2009 By Lisa Miller

After a month of controversy, Rick Warren’s performance Tuesday at the inauguration of President Barack Obama was like a good short story: in the end, it was both inevitable and surprising. The first surprise was Warren’s evident awkwardness as he stepped up to the podium, as though his fast public rise over the past four […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: Lisa Miller, liturgy

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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NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARD

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