Monthly Archives: June 1996
TOP STORY: RELIGION AND CULTURE: Scientists close in on Etruscan mysteries using DNA tests
By RNS Blog Editor — June 21, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service MURLO, Italy (RNS)-In a country where a family’s lineage is often directly proportional to its status, the people of this Tuscan hamlet appear to take the top prize. A series of excavations, historical research and, most importantly, medical tests suggests that some of the families in this hilltop village may […]
COMMENTARY: From the ashes of hatred, we must rebuild the house of God
By James Rudin — June 21, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) (RNS)-“They have set your sanctuary on fire, and profanely demolished the dwelling place of God’s Name to the ground. … Determined to destroy us once and for all, they have burned down every meeting place of God […]
NEWS STORY: White House, Senate seek stiffer measures on church fires
By Adelle M. Banks — June 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS)-The White House and Senate proposed new measures today (June 19) aimed at halting a rash of arsons that already have destroyed more than 30 black churches in the South. The moves come on the heels of a vote Tuesday (June 18) in the House of Representatives to stiffen […]
NEWS STORY: White House, Senate seek stiffer measures on church fires
By Adelle M. Banks — June 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS)-The White House and Senate proposed new measures today (June 19) aimed at halting a rash of arsons that already have destroyed more than 30 black churches in the South. The moves come on the heels of a vote Tuesday (June 18) in the House of Representatives to stiffen […]
Girls find comfort in teen magazines
By RNS Blog Editor — June 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-For as long as there have been teen idols, there have been teen idol magazines, bridging the chasm between fame and obscurity, girlhood and womanhood. A 12-year-old may be unable to approach the cutest boy at school or the most popular girl in class, but she knows she will always […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Oregon judge denies church’s request to destroy tape of jailed suspect (RNS)-An Oregon judge has denied the Catholic Church’s request to destroy a tape recording made secretly during a jailed suspect’s confession meeting with a priest. Lane County Circuit Judge Jack Billings said in a June 13 letter that the […]
Celebrity crushes seen as safe rite of passage for girls
By RNS Blog Editor — June 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-His eyes are long-lashed and baby blue. His surfer-boy hair is mussed. He’s got a dog named Mac and a cat named Samantha. His ideal date would be an afternoon of fishing and dinner at a Mexican vegetarian restaurant. His name is Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and his poster hangs on […]
BODY & SOUL: Soundbites from a talk-show moralist
By RNS Blog Editor — June 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Body & Soul is a regular column exploring the interplay between spirituality and psychology. Pythia Peay is the author of”Putting America on the Couch,”to be published by Riverhead Books in 1997.) (RNS)-Her manner is rude. She belittles those who turn to her for help. She lectures against the perils of […]
RNS Daily Digest
By Carl Anderson — June 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Reproductive rights issue snarls U.N. city summit (RNS)-A United Nations’ international conference on urban problems stalled on the thorny issue of women’s reproductive rights Thursday (June 13), in a dispute that threatened the signing of a global agreement aimed at making cities more livable in the coming century. The 113-page […]
COMMENTARY: In America’s spiritual marketplace, Baptists and Jews collide
By Ira Rifkin — June 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-We Jews have a hard time with Jesus, and for good reason. For 2,000 years, Christians have been trying to convert us, at times with much bloodshed, usually ours. Still, I see no reason to get worked up over the Southern Baptist Convention’s recent decision to appoint a missionary whose […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Summit held on church arsons in wake of more fires (RNS)-As the Christian Coalition held a summit Tuesday (June 18) to address potential solutions to arsons that have plagued black churches across the South, authorities were investigating fires that destroyed two rural black churches in northeastern Mississippi late Monday (June […]
NEWS FEATURE: PBS special focuses on search for God in America
By Adelle M. Banks — June 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Whenever Hugh Hewitt interviewed religious leaders on his California-based PBS television program, the phone switchboard lit up with responses from viewers. He knew he was on to something.”The people who move the world are the people who believe,”said Hewitt, co-host of”Life & Times,”a public affairs show on KCET-TV, the PBS […]
NEWS FEATURE: PBS special focuses on search for God in America
By Adelle M. Banks — June 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Whenever Hugh Hewitt interviewed religious leaders on his California-based PBS television program, the phone switchboard lit up with responses from viewers. He knew he was on to something.”The people who move the world are the people who believe,”said Hewitt, co-host of”Life & Times,”a public affairs show on KCET-TV, the PBS […]
TOP STORY: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: Fractured German Catholic community awaits historic papal visit
By RNS Blog Editor — June 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service BERLIN (RNS)-On the eve of a historic visit by Pope John Paul II to Berlin, pope-mania is breaking out. Commemorative memorabilia is on sale, TV talk-shows are filled with debates about religion, and city officials are still trying to figure out where to park the buses that will bring an […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 18, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Organizers of Million Man March say event is more than $66,000 in debt (RNS)-Million Man March organizers say they have more than $66,000 in unpaid bills from the Oct. 16 march led by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. The Rev. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and other leaders instrumental in […]
