Daniel Burke
Majority of Protestant pastors back Romney, but many still undecided
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS)
...‘Judeo-Christian values’ provide Romney a link to GOP evangelicals
Mitt Romney angered evangelicals during his first White House run in 2008 by blurring the theological lines between their faith and his Mormonism....
U.S. Copts, Muslims decry film
Coptic Christian leaders in the United States distanced themselves from an anti-Muslim film that has sparked protests in more than 20 countries and denounced the Copts who reportedly produced and p...
Jesus’ wife? Questions about a Coptic fragment
In an announcement from Rome that seemed scripted by The Da Vinci Code novelist Dan Brown, a Harvard professor stated that an ancient scrap of papyrus mentions Jesus’ wife....
Did Jesus have a wife? New historical discovery raises old question
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Dan Brown, your phone is ringing.
...The 'maverick' Egyptian-American Copt behind the anti-Muslim film
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) When inflamed mobs stormed the U.S. embassies in Libya and Egypt on Tuesday (Sept. 11), the media quickly looked to a likely spark.
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Prominent priest blames sex victims, says first-time abusers shouldn't face jail
c. 2012 Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) The Rev....
Obama, Romney quizzed on religious perspectives
President Obama says it’s not his job to defend his Christian faith against doubters who suspect he’s Muslim....
Paul Ryan, Joe Biden: A tale of two Catholics
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) The 2012 presidential campaign could bear a new subtitle: A Tale of Two Catholics.
...For Sikhs, the soul lives on long after the body dies
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Funeral services will be held on Friday (Aug. 10) for the six Sikhs killed at a Wisconsin temple last Sunday....
For Sikhs, turban is a proud symbol -- and a target
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Law enforcement authorities don't know why suspected gunman Wade Michael Page burst into a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., on Sunday (Aug....
Why did Snoop Dogg change his name when he became a Rasta?
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Snoop Dogg scored a huge hit with the hip-hop anthem "What's My Name?" back in 1993....
Poll: Romney may see an evangelical 'enthusiasm gap'
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Most Americans who know that Mitt Romney is Mormon say the presumptive GOP nominee's faith doesn't concern them....
Mormon church hits back at magazine’s portrayal of LDS prophet and profits
The Mormon church is lashing back at a business magazine that parodied its prophet’s mission and portrayed the affluent church as miserly in its charitable donations.
...Episcopalians OK same-sex rites
Gay and lesbian Episcopalians are celebrating their church’s approval of liturgical rites for blessing same-sex couples....
'The American Bible' collects the texts Americans argue about
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" radically reinterpreted the Declaration of Independence.
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