Traditionalists "Not Giving Up" in Women Bishops Row
July 12, 2010
By Robert Pigott
BBC

The Church of England's ruling synod is due to return to the women bishops debate, with little chance of major concessions to traditionalists. Little remains to limit the power of women bishops in the legislation under consideration on Monday. But objectors say they have not given up trying to gain exemptions from serving under women bishops. Proposals to create a class of male-only bishops to oversee traditionalist parishes were rejected on Saturday.

Is Kagan’s Jewishness Being Used Against Her?
June 30, 2010
By James D. Besser
The Jewish Week

A Jewish community divided over key constitutional questions is watching closely but mostly silently as a hyper-partisan Senate debates President Barack Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to succeed the retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens — and as hints that the nominee’s Jewishness is being used against her surface.

A Feminine Complaint Against Theologians
June 25, 2010
By Susan Henking
Religion Dispatches

Fifty years ago this Sunday, feminist theology of the second wave was born. Well, maybe not born—but it made it into Time, under the headline “Religion: Male and Female Theology.” Yes, Monday, June 27, 1960. The cover picture: US Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II. Here’s how the article opened:

VIDEO: Daisy Khan on the 'Divine Hand' at the Mosque near Ground Zero
June 24, 2010
By Karina Ioffee
The Washington Post

Plans to build a mosque near the site of the September 11 attacks have touched off a firestorm among New Yorkers nearly a decade after Muslim extremists linked to al Qaeda slammed planes into the World Trade Center.

Rape Victim Apologizes to Church?
June 22, 2010
By Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune
Faith Trust Institute

That’s right. In 1997, a fifteen-year-old girl was raped (allegedly) by Ernest Willis, an adult church member. As a result, she became pregnant. She was instructed by her pastor, Chuck Phelps, to come before the church, confess, and apologize for getting pregnant, and then she was kicked out of Trinity Baptist Church in Concord, NH. The rapist came before the church and apologized for being unfaithful to his wife.

Saint Sarah
June 11, 2010
By Lisa Miller
Newsweek

To white evangelical women, Sarah Palin is a modern-day prophet, preaching God, flag, and family—while remaking the religious right in her own image.

Polygamy Controversy Presents Dilemma for Post-Christian France
June 8, 2010
By Hilary White
Life Site News

When a Muslim woman was fined late last month in Nantes, France for driving while wearing a full face veil, the issue of polygamy burst into the spotlight when it was revealed that her husband had three other “wives.”

VIDEO: Mary Karr Interview
May 27, 2010
By Judy Valente
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly

MARY KARR (speaking to students): Every poem probably has sixty drafts behind it. JUDY VALENTE, correspondent: Mary Karr talks about her love of poetry with students at a writers’ conference in Michigan. KARR (speaking to student): Hello, honey-bun.

RCA and Women's Roles in Orthodox Jewish Life
April 27, 2010
By Gary Rosenblatt
The Jewish Week

After much debate and despite predictions of a schism, the Rabbinical Council of America, the nation’s largest group of Orthodox rabbis, this week approved without dissent a carefully balanced resolution on women’s communal roles in Orthodox Jewish life.

Ban women wearing the burka from benefits and public transport, demands French government spokesman
January 20, 2010
By Ian Sparks
MailOnline

Women who wear the burka in France should be banned from using public transport or receiving state handouts, a government spokesman has said. The call came just one day after the head of President Nicolas Sarkozy's party, the UMP, said that Muslim women wearing full face veils should not be granted French nationality.