Monthly Archives: January 2005
NEWS STORY: Sundance Film Festival Features Sex, Sex and More Sex
By Piet Levy — January 27, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service PARK CITY, Utah _ The opening days of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival have borne a curious resemblance to the poultry section of a supermarket. More than a few turkeys are on display, as well as more breasts, thighs, legs and wings than you could shake an X rating at. […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Relief Agency Says Rebuilding After Tsunami Could Take Five Years MONROVIA, Calif. (RNS) The president of the Christian relief organization World Vision estimated Wednesday (Jan. 19) that it would take at least three to five years to rebuild the areas of south Asia devastated by the recent tsunami. The United […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Religious Liberals Say Health Care Is a Life-and-Death Moral Issue WASHINGTON (RNS) Insisting that health care is a moral issue, religious liberals are demanding that Capitol Hill make it a priority when Congress takes up the president’s budget proposal, to be released Feb. 7. A letter to Congress signed by […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Religious Liberals Say Health Care Is a Life-and-Death Moral Issue WASHINGTON (RNS) Insisting that health care is a moral issue, religious liberals are demanding that Capitol Hill make it a priority when Congress takes up the president’s budget proposal, to be released Feb. 7. A letter to Congress signed by […]
NEWS STORY: Claim: Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop Discovered in Florence
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service ROME _ A cartographer from the Italian Institute of Military Geography claims to have discovered Leonardo da Vinci’s workshop and home at the start of the 16th century, but art historians appear skeptical. Roberto Manescalchi, 51, told a news conference Tuesday (Jan. 25) that he made the discovery a year […]
NEWS STORY: Claim: Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop Discovered in Florence
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service ROME _ A cartographer from the Italian Institute of Military Geography claims to have discovered Leonardo da Vinci’s workshop and home at the start of the 16th century, but art historians appear skeptical. Roberto Manescalchi, 51, told a news conference Tuesday (Jan. 25) that he made the discovery a year […]
COMMENTARY: Surprise! You Can Be a Christian Without Hating SpongeBob SquarePants
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Every week there’s a news story that energizes the hard-core faithful, and it usually follows the same trajectory. First: proof of boundless perfidy on the other side. Stage two: muted reaction to a clarification, followed by stage three: “Yes, BUT!” The last part insists the story is somehow true […]
COMMENTARY: Surprise! You Can Be a Christian Without Hating SpongeBob SquarePants
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Every week there’s a news story that energizes the hard-core faithful, and it usually follows the same trajectory. First: proof of boundless perfidy on the other side. Stage two: muted reaction to a clarification, followed by stage three: “Yes, BUT!” The last part insists the story is somehow true […]
COMMENTARY: Freedom Requires Humility, Not Religious Projections
By Tom Ehrich — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) “You have time for a walk,” I tell an out-of-town visitor. Worsening weather suggests now or never. As she assembles boots and coat, I ask if she would like company. I’m guessing she would like time alone _ I would, if I were the guest _ but I don’t […]
COMMENTARY: Freedom Requires Humility, Not Religious Projections
By Tom Ehrich — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) “You have time for a walk,” I tell an out-of-town visitor. Worsening weather suggests now or never. As she assembles boots and coat, I ask if she would like company. I’m guessing she would like time alone _ I would, if I were the guest _ but I don’t […]
NEWS STORY: Bitter Pessimism of Sunni Muslims Threatens Election Turnout in Iraq
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Khaled Dulaymi’s spacious house is filled with darkness and cold. He lost his job in the information ministry when the Americans arrived last year, and as a repairman of generators he has been having a tough time getting money to buy black market kerosene and electricity for […]
NEWS STORY: Bitter Pessimism of Sunni Muslims Threatens Election Turnout in Iraq
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Khaled Dulaymi’s spacious house is filled with darkness and cold. He lost his job in the information ministry when the Americans arrived last year, and as a repairman of generators he has been having a tough time getting money to buy black market kerosene and electricity for […]
NEWS STORY: Unsolved Murder of Family Divides Coptic Christians and Muslims
By RNS Blog Editor — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service JERSEY CITY, N.J. _ He says he has not yet made up his mind, but when Essam Fahim looks from the restaurant window to Journal Square below, a sadness in his face suggests he knows what he will do. He cannot stay because this is not the place he thought […]
NEWS STORY: Canada Charts Less Religious Course on Gay Marriage
By Ron Barnett — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service TORONTO _ Social conservatives in the United States won a huge victory last fall when voters in 11 states approved bans on same-sex marriage. But in Canada, they soon could lose a nation. Liberal leaders in Parliament plan as soon as February to pass a law guaranteeing same-sex marriage as […]
NEWS STORY: Canada Charts Less Religious Course on Gay Marriage
By Ron Barnett — January 26, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service TORONTO _ Social conservatives in the United States won a huge victory last fall when voters in 11 states approved bans on same-sex marriage. But in Canada, they soon could lose a nation. Liberal leaders in Parliament plan as soon as February to pass a law guaranteeing same-sex marriage as […]
