Weblog: Pope Asks Forgiveness for Sins Committed by Sons of the Church
Plus: Slate analyzes Chuck Colson but doesn't understand Protestant Christianity, creationism's most famous enemy may be helping the cause, Lent gets easier, and other topics.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 3/01/2000 12:00AM
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Fundamentalists and literalists not backwater idiots, reports Washington Post
"Say the word fundamentalism and many Americans think Islamic," writes Joseph S. Nye Jr in Sunday's Washington Post "Book World" section. In his review of Vincent Crapanzano's Serving The Word: Literalism in America from the Pulpit to the Bench, Nye says Crapanzano "convincingly demonstrates that fundamentalism is an important strand of American culture," and that it's not that bad—though it does pose some hard issues for democracy.
Yet another article on House Chaplain controversy
The article in Sunday's Chicago Tribune offers little new information, but it's a fine backgrounder if you haven't read anything on the controversy yet.
Is John McCain another William Jennings Bryan?
Friday's ChristianityToday.com Christian History Corner looked at William Jennings Bryan as part of a series on the most controversial Christians of the century. Sunday's Los Angeles Times also looks at Bryan and attempts to compare him to former presidential candidate John McCain.
Manila Times laments a 'too easy' season of Lent
"Institutional Catholicism has become a comfortable faith—or well-adapted to things of this world, and easy to profess," writes Juan T. Gatbonton. The Philippines, he says, are in danger of becoming like secular Europe. He also laments the increase in evangelical Protestantism, which he says offers easy salvation.
As St. Patrick's Day, Lent meet, Washington Post looks at intersection …
The Washington Posts's Bill Broadway retells the story of how, one Lent 1,559 years ago, Patrick climbed an Irish mountain to ask God for blessings on the Irish people. … while the Associated Press looks at collision.
Here are three facts: 1) Roman Catholics are encouraged to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. 2) Corned beef and cabbage are the traditional foods for St. Patrick's Day. 3) This year, St. Patrick's Day falls on a Friday during Lent. What to do? Catholics in Boston and New York need not worry—their bishops have already granted them special dispensation. No one tell Juan T. Gatbonton over at The Manila Times—he'll be furious.
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