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February 27th, 2011
09:06 PM ET
John Dominic Crossan's 'blasphemous' portrait of JesusBy John Blake, CNN One of his first fan letters came from someone who declared: "If Hell were not already created, it should be invented just for you." Other critics have called him "demonic," "blasphemous" and a "schmuck." When John Dominic Crossan was a teenager in Ireland, he dreamed of becoming a missionary priest. But the message he's spreading about Jesus today isn't the kind that would endear him to many church leaders. Read the full story on Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan
February 27th, 2011
02:27 PM ET
Can religious conservatives learn to love Newt?By Richard Allen Greene, CNN There was one name on almost everyone's lips when I atteneded CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., four years ago: Newt Gingrich. The man who engineered the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in 1994, ending two generations of Democratic control, didn't throw his hat into the ring for 2008, but there are signs he plans to do so for 2012. And that raises a critical question: Can religious conservatives learn to love a man who is twice divorced, carried on an affair while criticizing Bill Clinton over Monica Lewinsky and battled House ethics panel allegations throughout his four years as Speaker of the House? |
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