Monthly Archives: July 1996
COMMENTARY: Church burnings inflame all manner of passions
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — July 24, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (UNDATED) At the beginning of a summer expected to be long and hot, a shocking charge was made: Racists are burning black churches. In […]
NEWS STORY: ABORTION POLITICS: Conscience wars with pragmatism in South Africa abortion vote
By RNS Blog Editor — July 23, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service JOHANNESBURG, South Africa _ Under this nation’s current abortion law, critics here say, poor women rarely manage to terminate a pregnancy legally and safely. But for affluent women it’s not a problem. They simply board a plane bound for Europe to obtain a safe abortion. That may soon change. In […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 23, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Religious leaders oppose school prayer amendment on eve of House hearing (RNS) Leaders from several major religious groups said Monday (July 22) that a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at assuring”religious equality”is not only unnecessary but would end the historic separation of church and state.”Why, if it’s not broke, are some […]
TOP STORY: BUSINESS ETHICS: Global business environment makes it hard to be ethical
By RNS Blog Editor — July 23, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Nike Inc. says it can’t prevent Asian subcontractors from employing young children. Yet U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich leads an effort to ban soccer balls, including Nike’s, stitched by boys and girls in Pakistan. Columbia Sportswear Co. says it shouldn’t be judged for its partnership with a firm partially […]
COMMENTARY: Could this be the Republican crack-up?
By RNS Blog Editor — July 23, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail at 71421.1551(AT)compuserve.com.) (UNDATED) It is tempting to say that Bob […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Robertson says Dole’s running mate must oppose abortion (RNS) Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has said that Bob Dole will lose to President Clinton in November unless the likely Republican standard bearer selects an anti-abortion, social conservative as his vice presidential running mate. In a Washington Times interview conducted Thursday (July […]
NEWS STORY: Attorney: Christian Coalition didn’t address money allegations
By Ira Rifkin — July 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The attorney for the Christian Coalition’s suspended chief financial officer said Friday (June 19) that his client reported allegations of financial irregularities to federal authorities only after organization executives failed to give a”proper response”to her concerns. Judy Liebert _ who has been the Christian Coalition’s top financial official for […]
COMMENTARY: There’s no place quite like Ireland
By RNS Blog Editor — July 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. His home page on the World Wide Web is at http://www.agreeley.com. Or contact him via e-mail at agreel(AT)aol.com.) (UNDATED) There was a pogrom last week in Northern Ireland. […]
TOP STORY: FIRST-PERSON THEOLOGY: Where was God when the plane crashed?
By RNS Blog Editor — July 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederick Houk Borsch is bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. This article is adapted from his new book,”Outrage and Hope,”published by Trinity Press International.) (UNDATED) God did not intervene to prevent the tragic crash Wednesday near New York of a TWA jet bound for Paris, just as he […]
Pentecostal group gives women ministers added authority
By Adelle M. Banks — July 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Rev. Catherine Payne has traveled the globe, representing the Church of God of Prophecy and preaching in pulpits from India to Bulgaria to Ukraine. But wherever Payne preached, she could not baptize converts, officiate at Holy Communion services or perform weddings. However, thanks to an historic vote taken […]
NEWS STORY: Pentecostal group gives women ministers added authority
By Adelle M. Banks — July 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Rev. Catherine Payne has traveled the globe, representing the Church of God of Prophecy and preaching in pulpits from India to Bulgaria to Ukraine. But wherever Payne preached, she could not baptize converts, officiate at Holy Communion services or perform weddings. However, thanks to an historic vote taken […]
Now women have promises to keep
By Adelle M. Banks — July 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Five years ago, Christian men drawn to the emerging Promise Keepers movement began attending mass rallies in stadiums across the country, making pledges to make their faith and families paramount in their lives. Now, it appears to be the women’s turn. In churches and sports arenas from Kansas to […]
COMMENTARY: Casting stones at Pharisees
By James Rudin — July 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) (UNDATED) Ellen F. Cooke, the former national treasurer of the Episcopal Church, was recently sentenced in federal court to five years in prison for embezzling $1.5 million in church funds and evading $300,000 in income taxes. Cooke’s […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service A pope-Castro meeting? It’s possible (RNS) Fidel Castro may not be welcome on U.S. soil, but the Cuban communist leader could find a warmer reception at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II. The possibility of Castro meeting with the pope _ which has not formally been requested by either […]
NEWS STORY: THE CHURCH AND THE POOR: Religious leaders urge defeat of welfare overhaul measure
By Carl Anderson — July 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ A coalition of Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish religious groups and charities Thursday (July 18) urged Congress to reject pending legislation that would overhaul the welfare system. If Congress approves the measure _ which would put states in control of welfare policies; impose a two-year limit on welfare […]
