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Westboro Church plans protest of funeral for Pa. children
HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) Westboro Baptist Church, the controversial group
that just won a free speech Supreme Court case, said it plans to protest...
Churches rally support after Japan earthquake
Toronto, Canada, March 11 (ENInews)--Churches and church leaders have sent messages of support for the people of Japan after a devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami rocked the co...
Are foodies gluttons?
By now, the no-longer-new food movement has provoked files full of skeptical responses....
Beyond Accessibility, by Brett Webb-Mitchell
My former congregation prided itself on being warm and friendly. Then one Sunday Michael came to worship, and we discovered the limits of our welcome....
Hollywood Town Hall & Tomorrow the Green Grass, by the Jayhawks
Alt-country is typically traced to Uncle Tupelo, but the early '90s Jayhawks made better records. Where Uncle Tupelo found scrappy affinities between traditional Americana and punk, the Jayhawks brought '70s country-rock to the alt-rock '90s.
Mexico’s crisis of faith
Many Mexican Christians behave heroically, working for peace and meeting social needs where government has
all but abdicated power. But the drug crisis has also exposed some weaknesses in the church.
Slain pastor laid to rest
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) -- Mourners filled First Baptist Church in
Arlington, Texas, March 9 to celebrate the life of a young mission...
Debate needed on future of secularism in emerging democracies, historian says
Cambridge, England, March 9 (ENInews)--The sudden spread of "democratic liberation" in the Middle East means that a discussion needs to begin on whether secularism has a future in Middle East democ...
Muslim cops put faith, lives on the line
(RNS) When Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca asked Sgt. Muawiya
"Mike" Abdeen to set up a liaison unit to local Muslims in 2008, the...
U.S. church leaders call for new Middle East peace efforts
New York, March 10 (ENInews)--Nearly two dozen U.S. Christian leaders are calling on the Obama administration to renew diplomatic efforts to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....
Houston Baptist University opens board to non-Baptists
HOUSTON (ABP) -- Houston Baptist University trustees voted March 10 to
allow non-Baptist Christians a minority presence on the school’s
governing board.
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Pope links violence in God's name to Antichrist
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Violence committed in the name of God or religion is
a "favorite instrument of the Antichrist," Pope Benedict XVI writes in a...
Study finds civic engagement is higher among mosquegoers
Research by a political science professor shows that affiliation with
a mosque increases Muslims' civic engagement. "The more religious...
A win for death penalty opponents
On Ash Wednesday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a law abolishing
the death penalty in his state, making the Land of Lincoln the 16th...
Muslims watch warily as House holds hearing
They were moved when the first Muslim elected to Congress shed tears
discussing a Muslim who died trying to save others on 9/11. They were...
Rend your hearts and not your garments
Yesterday I traveled to Elizabeth, NJ to celebrate Ash Wednesday.
This vigil was unique in that it took place outside the Correction...
"A religious faith perhaps"
Those of us who enjoy poetry had good reason to be cheered
by a two-column...
The other Rob Bell
Amid the apocalyptic to-do about Rob Bell possibly considering an idea that other Christians have considered for centuries, Rachel Held Evans had a fun idea: an interview with another Rob Bell, a web designer in the U.K.
Prayer as crucible
This is not a classic conversion story, let alone a pietistic revulsion against the intellect. It is an account of how prayer has the power to change one's perception of the theological task.