Monthly Archives: December 2000
NEWS STORY: Modern Day Magi Recreate Ancient Christmas Trek
By Elaine Fletcher — December 22, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service BETHLEHEM, West Bank _ As the sun sets over Bethlehem on Christmas Day of the new millennium, “Wise Men” from distant lands are set to ride into the town astride camels, bearing “gifts” of goodwill for the residents of an ancient city, mired in modern political turmoil. The caravan of […]
NEWS STORY: Modern Day Magi Recreate Ancient Christmas Trek
By Elaine Fletcher — December 22, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service BETHLEHEM, West Bank _ As the sun sets over Bethlehem on Christmas Day of the new millennium, “Wise Men” from distant lands are set to ride into the town astride camels, bearing “gifts” of goodwill for the residents of an ancient city, mired in modern political turmoil. The caravan of […]
NEWS FEATURE: Scholars Debate Origin, Number of Three Wise Men
By RNS Blog Editor — December 22, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Each Christmas, Christians around the world sing the beloved carol “We Three Kings of Orient Are.” However, according to religious scholars, there could have been as few as two or many more “kings,” or wise men, as they are called in the Scriptures. Dr. Mervyn A. Warren, professor of […]
NEWS FEATURE: Scholars Debate Origin, Number of Three Wise Men
By RNS Blog Editor — December 22, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Each Christmas, Christians around the world sing the beloved carol “We Three Kings of Orient Are.” However, according to religious scholars, there could have been as few as two or many more “kings,” or wise men, as they are called in the Scriptures. Dr. Mervyn A. Warren, professor of […]
COMMENTARY: TV’s Image of Jews Threatens Vital Pluralism
By James Rudin — December 22, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Rabbi A. James Rudin is the Senior Interreligious Adviser of the American Jewish Committee.) (UNDATED) Because television plays a defining role in shaping our national values, important questions are constantly being raised regarding the images TV transmits about America’s ethnic, racial and religious groups. In 1999 the American Jewish Committee, […]
NEWS FEATURE: Japanese Rabbi A Hanukkah Lesson in Resisting Assimilation
By RNS Blog Editor — December 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service GREAT NECK, N.Y. _ This week, Rabbi Ted Tsuruoka is busy preparing his sermon for Friday’s (Dec. 22) Shabbat service, which is also the second night of Hanukkah. Hanukkah, the eight-day festival that commemorates the victory of a band of Jews over their Hellenistic rulers more than 2,000 years ago, […]
NEWS FEATURE: Japanese Rabbi A Hanukkah Lesson in Resisting Assimilation
By RNS Blog Editor — December 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service GREAT NECK, N.Y. _ This week, Rabbi Ted Tsuruoka is busy preparing his sermon for Friday’s (Dec. 22) Shabbat service, which is also the second night of Hanukkah. Hanukkah, the eight-day festival that commemorates the victory of a band of Jews over their Hellenistic rulers more than 2,000 years ago, […]
NEWS STORY: Eastern Orthodox Bishops Call for Spiritual Reawakening
By Kein Eckstrom — December 15, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Declaring that “the church is not a museum and we are not her curators,” the leaders of the nation’s 6 million Eastern Orthodox Christians called for a widespread spiritual reawakening and a commitment to evangelizing the “mission territory” of North America. The bishops of the eight ethnic Orthodox churches […]
NEWS STORY: Eastern Orthodox Bishops Call for Spiritual Reawakening
By Kein Eckstrom — December 15, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Declaring that “the church is not a museum and we are not her curators,” the leaders of the nation’s 6 million Eastern Orthodox Christians called for a widespread spiritual reawakening and a commitment to evangelizing the “mission territory” of North America. The bishops of the eight ethnic Orthodox churches […]
NEWS STORY: Religious Leaders Issue Christmas Messages
By RNS Blog Editor — December 13, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Editors: Here the texts of the Christmas messages issued by a number of U.S. and international religious leaders: The Rt. Rev. Frank T. Griswold Presiding Bishop, the Episcopal Church “O come thou Wisdom from on high. All is neither calm nor bright as we once again celebrate the Savior’s […]
NEWS STORY: Religious Leaders Issue Christmas Messages
By RNS Blog Editor — December 13, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Editors: Here the texts of the Christmas messages issued by a number of U.S. and international religious leaders: The Rt. Rev. Frank T. Griswold Presiding Bishop, the Episcopal Church “O come thou Wisdom from on high. All is neither calm nor bright as we once again celebrate the Savior’s […]
COMMENTARY: Nationalism and Human Dignity: New Possibilities
By RNS Blog Editor — December 13, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Rabbi Brad Hirschfield is the director of Leadership and Communities for CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.) UNDATED _ Recent disputes about the nature and extent of German nationalism have been making the headlines. The news has focused on German parliamentary leader Friedrich Merz’s call for all immigrants […]
COMMENTARY: Nationalism and Human Dignity: New Possibilities
By RNS Blog Editor — December 13, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Rabbi Brad Hirschfield is the director of Leadership and Communities for CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.) UNDATED _ Recent disputes about the nature and extent of German nationalism have been making the headlines. The news has focused on German parliamentary leader Friedrich Merz’s call for all immigrants […]
NEWS FEATURE: ‘Tis the Season _ for the Holiday Blues
By Julie Wolfe — December 13, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Do you greet the holiday season with “Bah humbug!” rather than “Ho! Ho! Ho!?” Would you be thrilled if the Grinch did steal Christmas? If you answered yes to either of these questions, don’t worry. You’re not deranged, malevolent or uncaring. You have the “Christmas blues.” Every year, between […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: A Prayer for the Feast of St. Chad
By RNS Blog Editor — December 8, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) A prayer for the Feast Day of St. Chad, celebrated March 2: Almighty God, whose servant Chad, for the peace of the church, relinquished cheerfully the honors that had been thrust upon him, only to be rewarded with equal responsibility: keep us, we pray Thee, from thinking of ourselves […]
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