The Faith Of Rep. John Lewis, Vatican And Bishops, Ramadan And Olympics

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 "Whom Shall I Fear?" The Incomparable Testimony Of Civil Rights Icon Rep. John Lewis Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) is the last living leader of the civil rights movement. As the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee he was a key player in the struggle to end segregation, and a confidant of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He is the recipient of the Lincoln Medal, The John F. Kennedy "Profile In Courage" Lifetime Achievement Award, and the NAACP Spingarn Medal. HuffPost's Senior Religion Editor, Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, spoke to Rep. Lewis about his new book, "Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change;" and the powerful role that faith, nonviolence and reconciliation played in the civil rights movement, and what lessons these principles can teach us today. What Is The Chief Political Concern Of The Bible? Pope Benedict XVI Gives Direction To U.S. Bishops On Hot-Button Issues Guidelines Seek Line Between Free Speech, Bullying Ramadan Fast During Olympics A Dilemma For Muslim Athletes PHOTOS: Thousands Of Pilgrims Flock To Commemorate Sufi Saint BLOG POSTS David Briggs: Is Facebook Faith For Everyone? Will sharing my religious life make me more or less likely to get a date? Make new friends? Expand professional networks? Rev. Malcolm Boyd: Dogs and Cats on Life's Journey Has a dog or cat been a genuine part of your life? Both have been companions of mine as body mates and soul mates...They accepted me with unconditional love. Who could ask for more? Alex Pasternack: What the Sold-Out Ultra-Orthodox Anti-Internet Rally Was About Not just a fear of pornography, but a concern about presentation and perception -- the creeping suspicion that information could not be controlled, that the Internet was importing, copying and pasting, all sorts of things that the community had spent so many decades trying to keep at bay. Lisa Hickman: The Benzbala Prayer Wheel: A Dream Vision Ezekiel spoke the difficult truth to a community in exile: perpetual sin left them spinning their wheels, going nowhere. His vision of a wheel within a wheel provided a new mechanism not only for prayer, but also for hope itself. Maria Mayo: Forgiveness: You Can't Have It Both Ways Conflating biblical understandings of forgiveness with individual, therapeutic notions distorts the biblical text and creates pressure on individual victims.

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