Lisa Miller
Newsweek's Lisa Miller on Religious Fundamentalists and the Inaugurati
January 13th, 2009 11:56 AM
Invoking the threat of "religious fundamentalists abroad" and tacitly comparing them to religious conservatives in the United States, Newsweek's Lisa Miller advises President-elect Obama to ditch the practice of having clergy offer prayers at the presidential inauguration:Our new president might use his Inauguration then to showcase the values that have made this country great: pluralism,…
Does Newsweek Have a Prayer
December 11th, 2008 4:27 PM
This news item led me to ask the question posed in the headline:(Reuters) - Newsweek magazine is planning staff cuts as part of a major editorial makeover likely to result in a slimmer publication, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people close to the magazine.The cuts are expected to be outlined in two companywide meetings on Thursday, and will come from an extension of voluntary redundancies…
Newsweek's Miller On Ingraham Show Defending Gay Marriage From Scriptu
December 10th, 2008 11:18 AM
Update (11:37 a.m. EST): Miller is now on the radio program. She insists she had a radio show scheduling conflict. Ingraham apologized for saying she chickened out. Update (11:26 a.m. EST): Miller backed out of appearing even solo with Ingraham. Mohler is now talking with Ingraham. A few minutes from now Newsweek's Lisa Miller will appear on the Laura Ingraham radio program to defend her recent…
Newsweek's Miller Plays Armchair Theologian to Defend Same-sex Marriag
December 8th, 2008 12:10 PM
Shortly after dismissing the Bible as archaic and "lukewarm" on marriage, Newsweek's Lisa Miller waxed poetic about it as a "powerful" "living document", essentially suggesting that religious conservatives who consider Scripture to be the inerrant, eternally true decrees of God Himself have a lower view of the Bible than religious liberals: Biblical literalists will disagree, but the Bible is a…
Palin, Jesus and Witches
October 29th, 2008 6:16 PM
Seven days before America elects a new leadership team, Newsweek is making a last-ditch attempt to portray GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin as a religious nut.In her article "Jesus and Witches," Newsweek Religion Editor Lisa Miller suggests Palin believes in witchcraft, thinks the world is coming to a fiery end in her lifetime, and may have a "special sense of destiny" fueled by her "…
Newsweek Anoints Squishy Methodist as New Kind of Evangelical on Abort
April 7th, 2008 4:04 PM
Finding Christian leaders concerned with global climate change is one thing, but it's hard for the secular media to find an evangelical Christian who can assent to one of the Left's most favored sacraments, abortion.That's where Newsweek's Lisa Miller comes in finding a new challenge to the traditionally pro-life political views of evangelical Christians. Miller invites readers to meet Adam…