Monthly Archives: July 2004
NEWS FEATURE: RNS Religion Calendar
By RNS Blog Editor — July 31, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Here is the RNS calendar of religious holidays, events and meetings for August and September. It is updated monthly. July 28-Aug. 3 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church: general conference, Greensboro, N.C. Contact: The Rev. George McKain at 843-276-3411; e-mail: zionpagem2(at)aol.com July 28-Aug 6 World Council of Churches: “Receive One […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 31, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Call to Renewal Urges Retention of Faith-based Office (RNS) Call to Renewal, a religiously rooted anti-poverty group, has urged President Bush and Sen. John Kerry to keep the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives in the next presidential administration. “We believe an Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives […]
NEWS FEATURE: Amish `Reality’ TV Show Debuts to Mixed Reviews
By Rich Preheim — July 31, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) If you were among the 5.4 million viewers who made the premiere of “Amish in the City” a smashing success, supporters of the widely misunderstood Christian group want you to know you did not watch educational programming. “This is entertainment and not a PBS documentary,” said Amish scholar David […]
COMMENTARY: The Sounds of Sorrow
By Frances Kennedy — July 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Eugene Cullen Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author of “Cardinal Bernardin’s Stations of the Cross,” published by St. Martin’s Press.) (UNDATED) It is a Saturday evening Mass in the summertime, as ordinary as Ordinary Time […]
NEWS STORY: Jews Warn Kerry Campaign: Don’t Take Us for Granted
By Holly Lebowitz Rossi — July 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service BOSTON _ The message to the Kerry campaign from Jews is clear: Don’t take us for granted. Jewish voters may not be flocking from the traditionally Democratic stronghold to the Bush-Cheney ticket in large numbers, but Jewish Democrats gathered here for their presidential nominating convention are working to remind the […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Interfaith Luncheon, Rally Show Faith Presence at Democratic Convention BOSTON (RNS) Democrats are showing that they take faith seriously, hosting both a faith-based luncheon and an interfaith social justice rally at the Democratic National Convention. The “People of Faith” luncheon Wednesday (July 28) featured a diverse group of speakers and […]
NEWS STORY: Documentary Revisits Nun Who Refused to Be Silenced
By Daniel Burke — July 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service PHILADELPHIA _ With her shy nun’s smile and gentle demeanor, Sister Jeannine Gramick seems the most unlikely of gadflies. But, as a new documentary about her ministry to gay and lesbian Catholics shows, she is fearless in fighting anyone who tries to silence her. The film, “In Good Conscience: Sister […]
COMMENTARY: My Brother and Anne Frank
By James Rudin — July 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin, the American Jewish Committee’s senior interreligious adviser, is Distinguished Visiting Professor at Saint Leo University.) (UNDATED) My brother Bert and Anne Frank, the author of the world-famous diary, were both born 75 years ago in the summer of 1929, exactly seven weeks apart. However, their places of birth […]
NEWS STORY: Kerry Can’t Take Muslim Vote for Granted
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service BOSTON _ Muslim voters appear less inclined to support President Bush in November than they did in 2000, but that doesn’t mean they automatically back Democrat John Kerry. Several of the roughly 40 Muslim delegates attending this week’s Democratic National Convention said they are waiting for the Kerry campaign to […]
NEWS FEATURE: A Post-Denominational Judaism?
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In what he calls “Common Judaism,” Michael Steinhardt is trying to foster a unifying loyalty among Jews that transcends the denominations of Reform, Conservative and Orthodox. The undertaking, part of Steinhardt’s Jewish Life Network (JLN), may be the most controversial yet for a philanthropist who has a history of […]
NEWS FEATURE: Jewish Philanthropist Believes in Values, not God
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service BEDFORD, N.Y. _ The books on the coffee table of Michael Steinhardt reveal why the former hedge fund manager is devoting more of his time to Jewish philanthropy. “American Judaism,” a history, sits next to “Who Hops?” and “Who Hoots?” _ children’s books for three grandkids who share the property […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service World Relief Develops Network to Aid Trafficking Victims (RNS) World Relief, an evangelical humanitarian agency, announced Wednesday (July 28) that it plans to launch a network to aid U.S. victims of human trafficking. The agency, which is the relief arm of the National Association of Evangelicals, said it has received […]
NEWS STORY: Poll: Battleground States Leaning Democratic Among Arab-Americans
By Holly Lebowitz Rossi — July 29, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service BOSTON _ Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry enjoys a comfortable lead over President Bush among Arab-American voters in four “battleground states,” according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by Zogby International for the Arab American Institute, showed Kerry leading in Michigan, Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania while Bush’s numbers continue […]
NEWS FEATURE: Faith Takes Root and Grows at Biblical Garden
By Adelle M. Banks — July 28, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service PITTSBURGH _ Tucked behind hedges and an iron gate on a corner of this city’s busy Fifth Avenue lies a natural resource that combines age-old Scriptures and plants whose histories are just as ancient. The Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden has attracted gardeners and the faithful from across the country […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 28, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Poll: Most Americans Support Public Displays of Religion (RNS) The vast majority of Americans oppose the removal of the Ten Commandments from public buildings and “In God We Trust” from U.S. currency. But most also oppose the idea of making Christianity the country’s official religion, a survey shows. Sixty-six percent […]
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