The Rev. Paul Raushenbush
American Baptist Churches USA
The Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is Senior Religion Editor of for the popular Huffington Post website.
For many years he served as Associate Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
An ordained American Baptist minister, he has served at Seattle First Baptist Church, as well as in the Presbyterian Chaplaincy at Columbia University. He has also been the college and young adult minister at The Riverside Church in New York City.
The author of several books, including Teen Spirit: One World, Many Paths, and edited the 100th anniversary edition of his great grandfather Walter Rauschenbusch's classic work, Christianity and the Social Crisis.
He is a graduate of Macalester College and Union Theological Seminary in New York.
Latest Content by The Rev. Paul Raushenbush
The Rev. Paul Raushenbush
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'We should kill them all.'
That was what an acquaintance of mine suggested to me this morning as a response to the bombing in Boston that has killed three and wounded horribly so many more.
His big hands were balled up, jaw tight, eyes direct. He was so angry it radiated a kind of combustible heat.
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Other Recent Content by The Rev. Paul Raushenbush
April 08, 2013
The Rev. Paul Raushenbush
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To Rick and Kay, know that we are praying for you today and our hearts are breaking for the loss of your beloved Matthew and the grief you are experiencing.
March 20, 2013
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The last few days have provided a series of important moments which are worth reviewing to understand why Pope Francis is getting such well deserved praise and is the object of such fervent, if guarded, hope.
February 16, 2013
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Pope Benedict has announced his plans to resign at the end of February and a Vatican spokesperson insists that there will be a new Pope selected by Easter.
December 10, 2012
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It started out as the most heartwarming story of the week. A NYPD cop caught in the act of buying socks and shoes for a homeless man he saw barefoot on a cold night. But the story didn't end there. And the moral questions the story evoked got more complicated.
September 21, 2012
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Placing death in front of us is an old trick. Christian monks greet each other with the reminder that they are dust all the time. And a Buddhist poet recently showed up at my friend's birthday party with a gift of a T-shirt with a message declaring: "This Body Will Be A Corpse." Happy birthday indeed!
August 06, 2012
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In the immediate aftermath of the horrific shooting at the Sikh Gurdwara (that's the name of a Sikh House of Worship, not temple, not church), the media began to emphasize the difficulty many Americans have distinguishing between Sikhs and Muslims.
July 03, 2012
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Why should anyone be religious when so many of the wars and prejudice have been based on religion? Pastor Paul responds to this question and more in his latest column.
June 29, 2012
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It has been a rough spring for American nuns. They've been thinking unapproved thoughts and talking out of turn -- and the male hierarchy of the church is not happy. And they are doing something about it.... I recently called Sister Joan Chittister to check up with her.
June 21, 2012
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In order to get some advice on what civilians might do for soldiers and their families, I recently spoke to Captain Scott Kennaugh who serves as one of the chaplains at Arlington National Cemetery. Chaplain Kennaugh is one of the 3000 chaplains who offer spiritual and emotional support to our troops
June 05, 2012
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President Obama's declaration of support for marriage equality has created an uproar in Christian communities across America, and nowhere more poignantly than in the Black Church where the President is largely admired, but which has traditionally been more socially conservative on issues of sexuality.
May 28, 2012
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HuffPost's Senior Religion Editor, Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, spoke to Rep. John Lewis about his new book, "Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change;" and the powerful role that faith, nonviolence and reconciliation played in the civil rights movement, and what lessons these principles can teach us today.
April 03, 2012
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HuffPost Religion Editor Paul Brandeis Raushenbush spoke with Princeton University religion professor Elaine Pagels about her new book "Revelations" -- what drove her to write it, why the book is considered so controversial and what we can learn from the Book of Revelation today.
February 19, 2012
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In another installment of his religious Q&A column, the Rev. Paul Raushenbush answers this and other questions: "Dear Pastor Paul, Is there such a thing as karma? Have we lived in a previous life?
February 12, 2012
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In his latest spiritual advice column, a reader asks the Rev. Paul Raushenbush, "I am really struggling with the concept of an afterlife, of heaven, and why some people seem to suffer so much (as my Dad did) when others do not. Is my Dad enjoying his final resting place or is he just gone?"
February 05, 2012
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The Rev. Paul Raushenbush, editor of The Huffington Post Religion section, answers questions and offers spiritual advice.
January 27, 2012
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Ask Pastor Paul: Spiritual Advice for the Real World is the new weekly advice column for your dilemmas of the mind, body and spirit.
January 15, 2012
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In this wide-ranging interview, HuffPost's Senior Religion Editor spoke to President Carter by phone about the role faith played in the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty, the time of his greatest alienation from God, faith in the White House and his personal daily devotional practice.
September 11, 2011
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On the anniversary of 9/11, Paul Raushenbush, HuffPost Religion editor, went to St. Paul's Chapel at Ground Zero to talk with clergy and lay people about where they find hope and healing ten years later.
September 08, 2011
The Rev. Paul Raushenbush
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Two religious responses from the days immediately following the attacks of 9/11 demonstrate how religion has been both a divisive and unifying force in America over the last ten years.
August 29, 2011
The Rev. Paul Raushenbush
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Many would say that the Washington Mall's recognition of the most important religious and civic figure of the 20th century is long overdue, and they would be right. But what is clear is that America needs this monument to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- right now.
August 02, 2011
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StreetSoul is hosted by Huffington Post Senior Religion editor Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, who takes to the streets this time to ask, "What Is Prayer?"
The Rev. Paul Raushenbush
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The Rev. Paul Raushenbush, Associate Dean of Religious Life at Princeton University and Religion Editor at The Huffington Post, sits down with Day1 host Peter Wallace to discuss the direction of the church in a new age how the message of the gospels and the church are faring in a new media age.
February 20, 2011
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The Rev. Paul Raushenbush peels through the layers of one of Jesus' most dramatic parables--the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16)--and reveals some surprising lessons for us today.
