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Byline: Jane Lampman Karen Armstrong's latest book comes at just the right time: at the start of a new year when many people are pondering their lives and setting fresh [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman [This review from the Monitor's archives originally ran on Apr. 4, 2006.] In times of violence and upheaval, people historically have turned to religion to ground and [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman [This review from the Monitor's archives originally ran on May 31, 2005.] The news is brimming with religion. People of faith are taking strong stands on both [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Pope Benedict XVI calls his visit to the Holy Land this week a spiritual pilgrimage, a journey to the sites [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman For those committed to Christianity as a way of life, these can be disconcerting times. Membership is declining in many churches, there are deep divisions over biblical [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor America is a country on the move in innumerable ways, and religion is no exception. Half of Americans have changed [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Two mainline Protestant denominations, after decades of wrestling over the place of homosexuality in the church, are considering allowing local [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The Obama administration will soon face a decision, bound to be controversial, on how to balance two important principles: freedom [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Daniel Brito finished high school, but he didn't know what to do next. His family, in a low-income Boston neighborhood, [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Christianity's hold on many Americans is slipping, losing out not to other faiths but to 'no faith.' Today, 76 percent [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor A 'national portrait' of Muslim Americans, released Monday by Gallup, depicts the youngest and most racially diverse religious community in [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman While writing a column on religion for an Orange County, Calif., paper, William Lobdell loved to inspire readers with stories about people of faith, such as the [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Anwar Hassan, in limbo after seven years of imprisonment at Guantanamo, has a glimmer of hope. A group of churches [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Capitol Hill may not be embracing bipartisanship, but some in America's faith community are making strides in that direction. Christians [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer As debate continues in Congress on how best to give a genuine boost to the troubled economy, some of the nation's foundations have responded quickly [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The tax woes of three of President Obama's top-level appointees come at a touchy time. Amid deep economic troubles and [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer In turbulent economic times, the watchwords are usually: Cut back. Live frugally. Hunker down and put money in safe places! But here in Boston, small [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Is America's safety net in danger of unraveling? Many of the country's nonprofit organizations are on the front lines of [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor American individualism has made its imprint on Christianity. A sizable majority of the country's faithful no longer hew closely to [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor In Washington, D.C., Third Church of Christ, Scientist is the lead actor in a saga playing out in cities across [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer President-elect Obama has promised to build on the faith-based initiative of President Bush and, by adding key reforms, to make it a*the foundation of a [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor In difficult times, people are eager to help strangers in need, when they're given a wise way to do so. [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Five years after the Episcopal Church consecrated the first openly gay bishop, traditionalists are moving to create a separate and [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The world needs more compassion. That is the premise for charterforcompassion.com, a new website that's inviting people all over the [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The very rich and the very famous capture the headlines for their charitable giving. But another group of avid philanthropists [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The global effort to build a 'culture of peace' among Christians and Muslims and other faiths is gaining some momentum [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Around the globe, the vast majority of young people share a conviction that life has a spiritual dimension. Seventy-five percent [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Will this holiday season be a cheerful one for charities? The last two months of the year rate as prime [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of the Christian Science Monitor Can a a*greena* Bible bring more of the Christian community into the growing a*creation carea* movement? Many people of faith, [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer Few groups in America vote more heavily Democratic than the Jewish community. But Sen. Barack Obama and his backers are scrambling to hold on to [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Microloans have proved vital in poor areas of Africa and Asia - but in the United States? A Jewish foundation [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor To talk or not to talk. That's the debate roiling diplomats regarding US relations with Iran. Now that debate has [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Courtney Cowart barely escaped the collapsing World Trade towers in a terrifying flight from an adjacent building. But she returned [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor In the years since hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005, the Rev. Donald Boutte and fellow African-American [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman His face fills the screen as the man looks earnestly into the camera and speaks directly to the viewer. a*As a pastor, I know you can learn [...]

Byline: Ron Scherer Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor New York -- After sprinting to record levels this spring, the prices for basic commodities have now fallen 20 to [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor How do you eliminate slavery and human trafficking? Modern abolitionists across the globe are tackling that question head on - [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Though raised in a family gushing with Texas oil wealth, Helen LaKelly Hunt was never taught to manage her money. [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Top-tier religious leaders in the Muslim world are emerging as major proponents of dialogue with Christians and other world faiths. [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor When a congregation breaks away from a denomination, who keeps the real estate? That's become a contentious issue within the [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor new york -- For evidence that the Democratic Party has warmed to the idea that religion has a role in [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Threats of schism in the Anglican Communion are a thing of the past, but the world's third-largest Christian community faces [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor A bipartisan coalition of elder statesmen, military and national security honchos, and religious leaders is calling on the president to [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff Writer for The Christian Science Monitor The Web has radically changed the way we shop, conduct our finances, get our news, and participate in politics. And [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Religion is a vital force in the private and public lives of most Americans and helps mold the country's social [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor There was Mitt Romney's speech to try to dispel concerns about his Mormon faith. There was Barack Obama's denunciation of [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman It began in a college course on dating, where students' honest feelings dribbled out about the sexual ethos on campus. Most were quite unhappy with the a*hookup [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Global philanthropy sports a multitude of faces. Bill Gates stands out, of course. But there's also the college student clicking [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor By most accounts, Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States achieved its paramount purpose - to inspire hope among [...]

Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Pope Benedict XVI comes to the United States Tuesday to speak not only to a US church still struggling to [...]