Monthly Archives: January 2000
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Most Important Muslim You’ve Never Heard of
By Nicole Symmonds / Beliefnet — January 1, 2000
c. 2003 Beliefnet (UNDATED) It may have been the most earth-shaking news to hit American Muslims since Sept. 11, 2001, but you wouldn’t have known it from reading the morning paper. Warith Deen Mohammed, spiritual leader of the American Society of Muslims and perhaps the most influential American orthodox Muslim ever, announced over Labor Day […]
NEWS FEATURE: Bennett’s Allies Are Quiet on Gambling Vice
By Gilbert H. Caldwell — January 1, 2000
c. 2003 Beliefnet (UNDATED) Religious conservatives were in a bind. On one hand, they love William Bennett. His “The Book of Virtues” is standard reading for most conservative Christians, particularly in Christian schools. The book is sold on Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network site, among others. On the other hand, most of them view gambling […]
NEWS FEATURE: The Wisdom of Seeking with Author Steve Hagen
By Rachel C. Schneider — January 1, 2000
c. 2003 Beliefnet (UNDATED) Author Steve Hagen talks with Beliefnet’s Lisa Schneider about how Zen invites us to experience the truth that lies before us, but eludes the thinking mind. Steve Hagen is a Zen priest, head teacher at Dharma Field Zen Center in Minneapolis, and the author of the international bestseller “Buddhism Plain and […]
NEWS STORY: Bishop-Elect Robinsion: `God is Doing a New Thing in the World’
By Gilbert H. Caldwell — January 1, 2000
c. 2003 Beliefnet (UNDATED) Last month, the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, 56, was elected Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Robinson is openly gay and in a long-standing relationship. If his election is confirmed by the national church’s General Convention, which starts July 30, he will become the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay […]
NEWS STORY: Despite Controversy, Iraq Beckons as Evangleical Mission Field
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2003 Beliefnet (UNDATED) Franklin Graham stirred controversy recently when he said his charity, Samaritan’s Purse, would work in post-war Iraq. But he is far from alone. A newly released survey of evangelical Christian leaders by the Ethics & Public Policy Center and Beliefnet finds 81 percent believe it is “very important” and 16 percent […]
NEWS FEATURE: George Bush’s Thology: Does President Believe He Has Divine Mandate?
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2003 Beliefnet (UNDATED _ beliefnet.com) In the spring of 1999, as George W. Bush was about to announce his run for President, he agreed to be interviewed about his religious faith _ grudgingly. “I want people to judge me on my deeds, not how I try to define myself as a religious person of […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Catholic Bishops Want Vatican to Name King a Martyr (RNS) American Catholic bishops have asked the Vatican to name slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. a 20th century martyr for Christianity, according to the Boston Globe. King, along with four church women murdered in El Salvador in 1980, […]
NEWS STORY: Tens of Thousands of Young People Rally for Spiritual Renewal
By Adelle M. Banks — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religious News Service WASHINGTON _ When her husband knelt down and kissed the feet of her son, Paula Lubrano enthusiastically waved her hands in praise to God. The scene on the National Mall on Saturday (Sept. 2) was replayed across the famous stretch of grass in an emotional act of reconciliation during TheCallDC, […]
NEWS FEATURE: Corporate Charity Aims to Boost Business Objectives
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Corporate America has discovered that giving pays. Businesses increasingly see philanthropy as a chance to boost bottom lines by attracting customers, retaining employees and banking goodwill for future times of crisis. The practice is called “strategic philanthropy,” meaning every dollar or product donated must enhance a company’s business objectives. […]
NEWS STORY: Newark Archbishop Tapped to Lead Archdiocese of Washington
By Kein Eckstrom — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Pope John Paul II on Tuesday (Nov. 21) tapped Newark, N.J., Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick to lead the Archdiocese of Washington, putting the 70-year-old in line to become a member of the elite College of Cardinals and possibly elect the next pope. McCarrick will succeed Cardinal James Hickey, […]
NEWS FEATURE: Conservative Church Members Wary of Charitable Choice Aid
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The 2000 presidential campaign has produced promises of a new partnership between church and state on behalf of the poor, with Vice President Al Gore calling for increased federal grants to faith-based organizations and Gov. George W. Bush saying he would emulate Texas’ heavy reliance on religious charities […]
NEWS FEATURE: Waiting for Bombs in Baghdad
By Nicole Symmonds / Beliefnet — January 1, 2000
c. 2003 Beliefnet (BAGHDAD, Iraq _ beliefnet.com) Christian Peacemaker Teams, a program of Brethren, Quaker and Mennonite Churches, has posted volunteers in Iraq since Oct. 25, 2002. More recently, additional delegations have gone to Iraq to educate the public and “get in the way” of potential military attacks. This is a diary by American and […]
NEWS FEATURE: Hollywood’s Sought-After Sorcerer Has No Use for Hocus-Pocus
By Angela Aleiss — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ He’s a straight shooter, all right. No gimmicks and no fakery. None of that hocus-pocus stuff. George Derby, longtime practitioner of the occult, just tells it like it is. “I try to keep my feet on the ground,” explained the 60-year-old sorcerer, who draws on both positive […]
COMMENTARY: Elian, 150 Years Ago
By Frances Kennedy — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Eugene Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author most recently of “My Brother Joseph,” published by St. Martin’s Press.) UNDATED _ The little Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, fills the news and our consciences in this cruelest […]
NEWS STORY: When It Comes to Forgiving Catholics, Jews Find Themselves Uncomfortable
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Rabbi Mark Loeb is devoting one of his High Holy Day sermons to repentance, or teshuva. It’s hardly an unusual topic for the period of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, when Jews are supposed to both seek and grant forgiveness. But there is something different about Loeb’s sermon this […]
