(RNS) Islam was the most frequent topic of religion news coverage in
2010, as the media doubled the amount of time and space devoted to
religion compared to 2009.
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With a government shutdown looming due to federal-budget deadlock, House Republicans are proposing a stopgap measure--not a compromise but a short-term enactment of the massive budget cuts passed last week by the House but dismissed by the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House.
New York, February 23 (ENInews)--Rescue teams in Christchurch, New Zealand were digging through rubble on 23 February, searching for survivors of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 7...
Geneva, February 24 (ENInews)--Colombia urgently needs an increase in ecumenical approaches to peace-building to counter the effects of a half-century of civil conflict fuelled by drug money and co...
There is a region between home and the forbidden, states a friend and colleague of mine. It's not a border in the NRSV, but a region, an actual space that Jesus goes to. It's where the unwanted are.
Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson tell a story that is at once familiar and unfamiliar. The familiar part is that inequality has grown dramatically in the U.S. What’s less familiar is how this came about.
"Are we witnessing the death of America's denominations?" asks Russell D. Moore, pointing out that people tend to choose a church based mostly on the nursery or the music. This is not new information.
Nairobi, February 23 (ENInews)--Christian clergy in Libya said they have no intention of leaving the country, where several days of protests and retaliation by government armed forces have left hun...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.(RNS) Mixing science and religion seems a good recipe
for on-screen fireworks. Add politics and things will erupt off the
screen, too.
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(RNS) A federal judge on Tuesday (Feb. 22) dismissed a lawsuit filed by
Christians who argue that President Obama's health care overhaul
violates their religious freedom.
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