Christopher S. Taylor
Christopher S. Taylor is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Christopher S. Taylor
COMMENTARY: Islamist suppression could reach U.S. shores
By Christopher S. Taylor — August 16, 2013
(RNS) History suggests that when Egypt’s military suppresses its Islamist opponents, it has serious repercussions for the United States.
Hartford Mosque Mirrors Evolution of American Islam
By Christopher S. Taylor — February 28, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service HARTFORD, Conn. _ More than a half century ago, Malcolm X traveled regularly through the Northeast while working for the New Haven Railroad, using his trips to plant temples for the Nation of Islam. As he passed though Hartford during the 1950s, he saw the African-American community as fertile ground […]
Church Members Burn Away Sins With New Year’s Fire
By Christopher S. Taylor — January 11, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ On a recent Sunday afternoon, Mary Grace McCord lined up with about 200 others at Unity of Birmingham church, all of them ready to burn. They clutched wallet-sized sheets of paper, scribbled with the baggage of their lives: bad habits, negative behavior or what other churches call […]
COMMENTARY: Go Ahead and Ask; I Won’t Be Offended
By Christopher S. Taylor — October 5, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) It happens every year: a friend or group of colleagues ask me out for lunch. “I won’t join you for the food, but I’d love to join you for the company,” I say. Invariably my friends’ eyes fly open, “Oh my gosh! We forgot it’s Ramadan. We’re so sorry.” […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Mattson’s Election May Be a Mixed Blessing
By Christopher S. Taylor — September 19, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Islamic Society of North America recently elected Ingrid Mattson as its new president. Mattson is the first woman to head ISNA and one of only a handful of Muslim women who hold leadership positions at a national level. As an American Muslim woman, I welcome her election as […]
COMMENTARY: How Do We Keep This From Happening Again?
By Christopher S. Taylor — August 24, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the more-or-less calm aftermath of the Hezbollah-Israel war, both Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Israeli President Ehud Olmert have declared victory. Pundits are scrambling to assess the physical, psychological, social and moral wins and losses, with each side lamenting the other’s strengths and bemoaning their own weaknesses. The […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Taylor Responds: You’re Missing My Point:
By Christopher S. Taylor — August 19, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) A guest commentary I wrote calling upon U.S. churches to criticize U.S.-backed Israeli attacks in Lebanon (“U.S. Churches Should Condemn the Slaughter,” Religion News Service, Aug. 9), has drawn different kinds of criticism. The respected National Council of Churches (NCC) claims it has been addressing the conflict, but no […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: It’s Time for U.S. Churches to Condemn the Slaughter
By Christopher S. Taylor — August 10, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Yes, Israel and its peoples have a right to live in peace. Yes, Hezbollah should stop firing rockets into Israeli civilian communities. Yes, nearly every site of conflict today is complex, marked by ambiguities that make taking sides too simplistic. Denunciations of one side as wrong, the other right, […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Inside the Church, the War Seems Very Far Away Indeed
By Christopher S. Taylor — June 29, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) There is no better place to forget that the United States is at war than in church. Three years after the invasion of Iraq, stories of bloody bombings and mounting casualties still top each day’s news, but remain conspicuously absent from the discourse of most neighborhood churches. For many […]
COMMENTARY: Consumerism Also Overshadows Muslim Holidays
By Christopher S. Taylor — January 4, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) With Christmas still fresh in our minds, American Muslims are looking forward to our own holiday, Eid ul-Adha, a three-day celebration (Jan. 10-12) that marks the end of Hajj, Islam’s annual pilgrimage to Mecca. For the American Muslim community, Christmas is a challenge, especially for those of us with […]
COMMENTARY: Muslims Don’t Light `Trees of Illumination,’ and Neither Should Christians
By Christopher S. Taylor — December 10, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Newport News, Va., recently hosted its annual Christmas celebration, except city officials didn’t call it that. They called it Hollydazzle. And instead of lighting the Christmas Tree, they lit the “Tree of Illumination.” Who do they think they are fooling? Does anyone really imagine that American Jews have their […]
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