HuffPost Religion

The Huffington Post is going into the Religion business. Yesterday it launched "HuffPost Religion" with a strong lineup of religious bloggers that includes Jim Wallis, Eboo Patel, Joan Chittister, Deepak Chopra, Brian McClaren, Steven Waldman, and Sam Harris. The blog will be edited by Paul Brandeis Raushenbusch, the dean of religious life at Princeton University. This is worth a bookmark.

Here is a description of the blog (HT: Mediabistro):

HuffPost co-founder and editor in chief Arianna Huffington said:

Religion plays a central role in American life, yet all too often, when talking about it, we end up talking at each other instead of with each other. This is a shame, especially at a time like this, when the economic struggle in many people's lives has led to a deeper questioning of our values and priorities. Whether you are a believer or not, this is an essential conversation to have, and I'm delighted we will be having it on HuffPost. As a passionate and brilliant religious thinker, pastor, writer, and college dean, Paul Raushenbush is ideally suited to the challenge of presenting multiple viewpoints and insights, as well as the real-world implications of religion on American life.

Raushenbush added:

HuffPost Religion aims to more accurately reflect the large cross section of insights provided by religious people beyond the more narrow range commonly depicted. Religion far transcends politics and moves beyond right versus left. Our goal is to create a place for a dialogue about the many aspects of religion and spirituality that is open, intelligent, forward-thinking, and unafraid of challenging the conventional wisdom. The section also looks at what religion has to say about all subjects, from politics to pop culture.