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Why Cooking Counts
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2007
My mentor, as I discovered the theological romance of cooking, was Anglican priest and author Robert Farrar Capon, whose book, The Supper of the Lamb (Modern Library) was aptly described by New York Times food maven Craig Claiborne as "one of the funniest, wisest, and most unorthoox cookbooks ever written."
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The Holy See and the U.N.
By George Weigel
Posted: Thursday, October 4, 2007
In its July 21 issue The Economist suggested that, "instead of claiming to practice a form of inter-governmental diplomacy," the Holy See ought to "renounce its special diplomatic status and call itself what it is -- the biggest non-governmental organization in the world."
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| Religion and the Media |
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Faith Angle Conference -- May 2008
EPPC Vice President Michael Cromartie moderated a series of discussions in May at the semi-annual Faith Angle Conference sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and held in Key West, Florida. Transcripts of the informative talks are now available online.
 American Evangelicalism: New Leaders, New Faces, New Issues -- D. Michael Lindsay, author of Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite, describes eight fallacies or misconceptions he held as he began his book.
Religious Voters in the 2008 Election: What It Means for Democrats, Republicans -- William A. Galston, a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and an assistant for domestic policy in the Clinton administration, discusses the importance of the Catholic vote in 2008. How Our Brains are Wired for Belief -- What does brain science add to age-old debates about the existence of God and the value of religion? Can political parties and religious groups use scientific insights to influence the beliefs of others? Dr. Andrew Newberg and Mr. David Brooks raise these questions and share their insights with journalists.
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Liberating the Limerick
God's plan made a hopeful beginning But man spoiled his chances by sinning We trust that the story Will end in God's glory But at present, the other side's winning -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
In his new book Liberating the Limerick, EPPC Senior Scholar (and founding President) Ernest W. Lefever collects, and organizes by theme, 230 limericks that "reflect facets of truth and virtue wrapped in the garments of irony and caricature." Click here to read more.
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