Article: "Are the names God and Allah interchangeable?" (C.I. November 2007).(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the editor)

Article: Are the names God and Allah ...
Catholic Insight;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Netherlands, Tiny Muskens. Not long ago Bishop Muskens proposed that Catholics attempt to ... speaking the name of God altogether. But Bishop Muskens' proposal is both wrong and naive ... Exodus 3; 14-15). Now presumably Bishop Muskens has heard of this text. So why would ...

Article: Nebraska state senator's lawsuit names God Almighty ...
The Daily Record (Baltimore);  September 19, 2007 ;     300 words ...The defendant in a Nebraska state senator's lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County, the legislator claims, because He's everywhere. State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week. Angered by another lawsuit he

Article: Europeans have supplanted backbones with capitulation.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA);  August 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... deep into his chest. Pinned beneath the second dagger was a note listing Bouyeri's Islamic grievances. Presumably, Bishop Muskens would like to avoid such unpleasantness. He seems to believe that the best way to do so involves Europeans' accommodating ...

Article: Call God Allah, suggests Catholic bishop.
PPI - Pakistan Press International;  August 16, 2007 ;     439 words ... ... broadcast interview: Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldnt we all say that from now on, we will call God Allah? Bishop Muskens said: God doesnt care what we call him. He said he had worked in Indonesia, where God is referred to as Allah in Christian ...

Article: Fear is an easier sell than sacrifice
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  September 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Vietnam). I don't think the word "war" should be devalued by wannabe warrior politicians. Some Americans are at war in our names - God preserve them - and, yes, "we are at war" in that sense. But what war requires in my book is public sacrifice across the ...

Article: Transforming Fire: Women Using Anger Creatively
Anglican Theological Review;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... might encourage women not only to swallow anger but to remain within unjust relationships or submit to emotional violence. She names God as the power of anger in the resistance of injustice. This book is designed either to be read as a whole or consulted on a ...

Article: Hagar's Night With Abram.(Poem)
Prairie Schooner;  June 22, 2002 ;     389 words ... ... Abram Only God knows how I feel this night when I'm locked together with the man. God of Eve, God of daughters with no names, God of mother's sons driven away, God of handmaids passed around like stew in a bowl, God knows I wish I could be ready and ...