Monthly Archives: November 2004
NEWS STORY: Shadow of Crusades Falls on Pope’s `Brotherly Gesture’ to the Orthodox
By RNS Blog Editor — November 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Centuries-old bitterness over the sack of Constantinople during the Crusades has cast a small shadow on a major gesture intended by Pope John Paul II to bring Catholics and Orthodox Christians a step closer to unity. At a solemn ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday (Nov. […]
NEWS STORY: Young Christians Blaze Own Trail, Independent of Parents
By RNS Blog Editor — November 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ In Christianity, the image of the shepherd leading sheep is a powerful one. For generations, the same could be said of parents leading their children to their religion. But for many young adults, that’s beginning to change _ and not in the way you might expect. To […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Poll: Americans Support Creationism but Are Skeptical on Details (RNS) A Gallup Poll suggests that Americans are divided over how the world was created _ either through evolution or at the hand of God _ but either way they appear skeptical that it happened exactly as described in the book […]
COMMENTARY: Hanukkah: The Jewish Holiday for All Ages
By RNS Blog Editor — November 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Most religious festivals are split into two parts. The first component is intended for children and entails songs, special food, colorful decorations, distinctive games or parties. But a holiday’s second part is for adults and conveys a serious message often far different from the youngsters’ jolly observances. This dichotomy […]
NEWS STORY: Salvation Army Finds New Homes for Holiday Kettles
By RNS Blog Editor — November 25, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) For more than a century, the Salvation Army has been helping the needy during the holidays. But now the red-clad bell ringers are the ones getting some extra help to make sure their familiar kettles and donations of loose change don’t vanish like Santa’s sleigh. On the heels of […]
NEWS FEATURE: Despite Struggles, Modern-day Pilgrims Find Reasons to be Thankful
By RNS Blog Editor — November 25, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ Consider the plight of the original Pilgrims: They came to a new land for religious freedom, and in the first winter alone nearly half of the 102 colonists died from disease and inadequate diets. And still they gave thanks after the first harvest that “by the goodneses of […]
COMMENTARY: Is World AIDS Day Something to Celebrate?
By Dale Hanson Bourke — November 25, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Dale Hanson Bourke is the author of “The Skeptics Guide to the Global AIDS Crisis” and founder of the AIDS Orphan Bracelet Project.) (UNDATED) Dec. 1, 2004 marks the 17th anniversary of World AIDS Day. It hardly seems fitting to say “Happy AIDS Day.” Nor does “merry” come to mind. […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 25, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Evangelical Scholars Further Explain Support for Biblical Inerrancy (RNS) A group of evangelical scholars has taken the first step to more clearly state its support of biblical inerrancy, the belief that the Bible is without error. Members of the Evangelical Theological Society, who gathered for their annual meeting Nov. 17-19 […]
NEWS FEATURE: With Faith, Hope and Loans of $100 or Less, Uganda Battles Poverty, AIDS
By RNS Blog Editor — November 24, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service NTUNGAMO, Uganda Generous Katagira, 26, says she should be thinking about getting married. Most Ugandan women her age have already settled down and started a family. But Katagira is not like most Ugandan women. A university graduate, she manages the office of a Christian microcredit organization, overseeing a portfolio of […]
COMMENTARY: Those Threatening Boy Scouts Are at It Again, Believing in the Big Guy
By RNS Blog Editor — November 24, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Move over, OBL _ our new national threat comes from the BSA. They’re a strange, religiously oriented group whose stated purposes ought to make your blood run as cold as chilled mercury. We’ve had remarkable success in recent years keeping them from undermining American power, thanks to the U.S. […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 24, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Muslim Group Protests `Raghead Cadaver’ Comment on Imus Program (RNS) A national Muslim civil liberties organization is protesting comments made on talk show host Don Imus’ program, which is nationally broadcast on radio and on television network MSNBC. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is urging its members to contact […]
COMMENTARY: Readers’ Comments Reveal Passion Still Rages on `Moral Issues’
By Tom Ehrich — November 24, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When the flood subsided, I assembled the many comments on “moral issues” that readers of my daily online meditations submitted after the presidential election. It was a humbling exercise. Humbling, first, because of the sheer volume of responses. I received three times as many as I expected. You can […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 24, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Muslim Group Protests `Raghead Cadaver’ Comment on Imus Program (RNS) A national Muslim civil liberties organization is protesting comments made on talk show host Don Imus’ program, which is nationally broadcast on radio and on television network MSNBC. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is urging its members to contact […]
NEWS ANALYSIS: How a Religiously Sensitive President Became a Zealot in His Critics’ Eyes
By RNS Blog Editor — November 24, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ George W. Bush, a man with deep Christian convictions, invariably includes Jews and Muslims when he speaks of religion, and welcomes the “faith of every person.” He even goes the extra mile for agnostics and atheists. The day after he claimed a second term, Bush volunteered that people […]
NEWS STORY: Ailing Billy Graham Still Packing Stadiums at 86
By RNS Blog Editor — November 23, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service PASADENA, Calif. _ At 86, Billy Graham moves a little more slowly. But his four-day California crusade revealed that the evangelist can still fill stadiums with his classic presentation of the Gospel. More than 312,000 people heard the evangelist preach during the Greater Los Angeles Billy Graham Crusade, which ended […]
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