Tuesday’s Religion News Roundup: Newtown Theodicy, Westboro Picket and Global Nones
Clergy, poets and everyone ask about God in Newtown. The religious rally for gun control. James Dobson and Westboro Baptists link the massacre to gay marriage.
Archives: December 2012
Newtown shooting galvanizes religious gun control advocates
(RNS) The shooting of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school is galvanizing religious leaders who have long supported gun control. By Adelle M. Banks.
Fred Phelps’ son condemns Westboro’s plan to picket Newtown funerals
(RNS) The estranged son of a pastor famous for protesting the funerals of soldiers and AIDS victims has condemned his family’s plans to picket funerals of shooting victims in Newtown, Conn., but says local leaders should “let them show up” instead of trying to ban them. By Kimberly Winston.
In Newtown churches, many questions – and tears – but few answers
NEWTOWN, Conn. (RNS) At houses of worship here, people gathered in pews, crying, kneeling and hugging each other through services that focused on remembering the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, uniting the community, celebrating Christmas and preventing similar disasters.
Newtown shootings renew questions about evil and suffering
(RNS) “Oh, God!” That cry has echoed ever since news of the horrific Newtown school shootings. As the names of those who died are made known, that cry is followed by a question: Why? Why does God allow evil? By Cathy Lynn Grossman/ USA Today.
Monday’s Religion News Roundup: Mourning in Newtown * Black Jesus * Grand Sheikess behind bars
On a day when words seem so powerless, here’s a humble offering of what’s making news around the world.
