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WASHINGTON (RNS) The Supreme Court agreed Monday (March 28) to consider
whether a teacher who was fired from a religious school is subject to a
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WASHINGTON (RNS) The Army has started training chaplains on the repeal
of the ban on openly gay military members, saying those who are unable
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(RNS) The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan called the burning of a Quran at a
small Florida church "abhorrent" as Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari
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WASHINGTON (RNS) Evangelicals are the only major religious group where a
majority opposes the federal government's efforts to reduce childhood
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(RNS) Wolfgang Langhans, a Tokyo-based field director for missionaries, calls the week since the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan "the busiest and most stressful week of my life."
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(RNS) The controversial Florida pastor who halted plans to burn a Quran
on the 9/11 anniversary last year oversaw the burning of the Islamic
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Crystal Cathedral founder Robert H. Schuller says he never would have
approved a recent covenant that the church's choir members were asked
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A Smithsonian museum is restoring the "Jefferson Bible," a unique
volume that the third president himself cut and pasted—omitting lots of
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It's been proclaimed from pulpits and blogs for years: Christians
divorce as much as everyone else in America. But some scholars and
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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
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WASHINGTON (RNS) Atheist Michael Newdow plans to continue his fight to
get "In God We Trust" off U.S. currency after the Supreme Court denied a
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WASHINGTON (RNS) Days ahead of a controversial congressional hearing on
Islamic extremism, the Obama administration is highlighting the role
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WASHINGTON (RNS) House Speaker John Boehner said on Friday (March 4)
that he and fellow lawmakers will defend the Defense of Marriage Act
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After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-to-1 that the "Thank God for
Dead Soldiers" protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas have
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(RNS) For evangelical author John MacArthur, the best way to explain a
Christian's relationship to Jesus is what appears to be a simple
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(RNS) The Rev. Peter Gomes, the longtime minister of Harvard
University's Memorial Church who was hailed as one of the nation's top
preachers, died Monday (Feb. 28) at age 68.
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WASHINGTON (RNS) If President Obama and the U.S. Department of Justice
no longer want to defend the Defense of Marriage Act from challenges by
gay rights activists, who will?
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(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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The Obama administration has announced that it will no longer defend
the Defense of Marriage Act, a nearly 15-year-old law that defines
marriages as heterosexual unions.
(RNS) Christian publisher Strang Communications has sued evangelist
Benny Hinn, claiming he violated a moral clause in a book agreement and
owes the company more than $250,000.
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