Lauren Markoe
Meet John Q. Nones: A profile of the fast-growing religiously unaffiliated
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS)
...Poll: White working class voters are still looking for a candidate, and still religious
c. 2012 Religion News Service
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‘God talk’ and the Democrats
God was out and now God is in. And Jerusalem wasn’t the capital of Israel and now it is....
Amish-Mennonite pastor convicted of abetting kidnapping
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) A Vermont jury found an Amish-Mennonite pastor guilty Tuesday (Aug. 14) of abetting an international kidnapping to keep a young girl from her lesbian parent....
Clergy urge Americans to defend religious minorities
A group of religious leaders representing seven faith traditions have called for something more than a period of public mourning after a week that saw a shooting rampage at a Sikh temple and a susp...
Rabbis aim to inject more morality into business
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Banks make loans they know homebuyers can't pay back. Conglomerates market unhealthy food to children. Wall Street tycoons bet against their own shareholders....
Poll shows Catholics side with bishops on religious liberty, but warm to Obama
c. 2012 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A new poll shows that American Catholics tend to agree with their bishops' concerns that religious liberties are at risk in the U.S.
...New Muslim prayer mat sheds light when facing Mecca
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Devout Muslims pray five times a day, facing the holy city of Mecca.
But what if you don't know what direction Mecca is?
...Why would Jews vandalize a Holocaust memorial?
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) The news that Israel's memorial to Holocaust victims had been grafittied in early June with bitterly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements was shocking.
...Poll data presaged court’s split on health law
The Supreme Court’s split decision on the new health-care law was mirrored days earlier by divided public opinion, according to a national survey.
...Tiny Torah travels from hell on earth into outer space
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Nearly a decade ago, Dan Cohen set out to make a film about the Holocaust and dead astronauts, a story some told him would be too depressing to tell.
...Ahmadi Muslim leader pushes plight in Congress
c. 2012 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is persecuted around the world, but it has plenty of friends on Capitol Hill.
...Donations to faith groups decline for second year
Post-recession America is beginning to open its wallet to charities again but is not giving as generously to religious institutions.
...Conservative Jews’ shift on gay rites causes no stir
The Conservative Jewish movement established guidelines in early June for the marriage of gay and lesbian couples. The reaction so far? Hard to find.
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