Where is the public voice of the black church - the church that provided stops along the Underground Railroad, founded several black colleges and shaped the faith of a young Martin Luther King, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer and so many others?
Many of these policy choices can be informed and shaped by the faith of candidates and citizens -- without transgressing the important boundaries of church and state.
While it would have shaped the Muslim faith in profoundly different ways if Mohammad had forcefully and unquestionably named a successor toward the end of his life, he did not.
The director said he believed a more proactive approach was required from Islamic film-makers in the light of acts of terrorism that were shaping global perceptions of the faith.
If Jesus' life is not important enough to make it into the creeds, then why should it be allowed to shape the content of our faith that, according to creedal logic, [finds it not even worth mentioning]!" So I say again, if you're going to bring them to Jesus, then bring them to Jesus.
Some of us, faced with this evidence, shape our faith in the light of it, making the Bible a far more fascinating, revealing and diverse record of human religious experience.
There are indications that Judge Sotomayor is more like the majority of American Catholics: those who were raised in the faith and shaped by its values, but who do not attend Mass regularly and are not particularly active in religious life.
If W. can shape the intelligence to match his faith-based beliefs, as with Iraq, then he will believe the intelligence — no matter how incredible it is.
The institution that helped shape our early faith, be it the church, or its leaders, have been doing most of the heavy lifting for us, and that isn't their fault.
