What may houses of worship do to advance political causes or candidates? By Ira Rifkin Freelance Writer The Church at Pierce Creek was a non-denominational, conservative Protestant congregation outside Binghamton, N.Y., until the Internal Revenue Service revoked its tax-exempt status for sponsoring a 1992 newspaper ad attacking then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s stands on abortion and […]

Faith communities in the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico are heavily involved in relief efforts. BP donated $1 million to the Archdiocese of New Orleans for relief programs, as this May 28 Catholic News Service story recounts.

Mark Schwartz is a Associate Professor at York University who specializes in Business ethics.

Jared L. Peifer is a postdoctoral fellow of sociology at Rice University and the author of the paper Morality in the Financial Market? A Look at Religiously Affiliated Mutual Funds in the USA.

The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment is a membership association to advance investment practices that consider environmental, social and corporate governance criteria. 

Susan Paykin is The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism legislative assistant.

Michael Van Dam is Director of Communication at Christian Brothers Investment Services.

Brother Louis DeThomasis, FSC, was president and professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota from 1984-2005 and is the co-founder and former president of the Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS). He is currently the President of CBIS-Global based in Rome.

One challenge in writing about the Eastern Orthodox is the debate over numbers. A figure often cited is 3 million adherents in the U.S., with about 2 million in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, 1 million in the Orthodox Church in America, and some tens of thousands in the other 20 major Eastern Orthodox churches. In a […]