Religious Rhetorics
Archive for June 2011
Archbishop Dolan gives us a geography lesson
Today, the New York Daily News carried a story (“NY’s top Catholic officials seek to halt Senate vote on legalizing gay marriage”) about Archbishop Timothy Dolan’s latest effort against New York’s pending same-sex marriage legislation. The story cites a blog post by the archbishop himself, published today, which I decided to check out for myself. … Continue reading
Whose outrage?
Yesterday, just in time for Pride,The Boston Globe ran an article titled “Canceled Mass outrages gays.” From the contents of the article, it seems to have been mis-titled. A more appropriate headline may have run, “Parish’s ‘All are welcome’ Mass outrages anonymous conservative Catholic bloggers.” Because the story the article actually tells is quite different. Susan … Continue reading
The Religious Ethos of Science
Religious Rhetorics is back, analyzing contemporary issues in religion with a post about…science? This wouldn’t be the first time RR has tackled science. That’s because both science and religion can act as “overarching paradigms” in modern society. And because they both can stake this claim, they often clash: stem-cell research, homosexuality, evolution, the list goes … Continue reading
A new day for Religious Rhetorics
Hi folks. It’s a new day for Religious Rhetorics. Our model up till now — longer, more thorough posts — was simply not sustainable for either of us time-wise, resulting in some serious blog neglect. So we’re remaking the site — the first sign of which is the new look. While our overall emphasis — … Continue reading
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