Monthly Archives: July 2005
TV’s New Religious Saga Doesn’t Go by the Book
By RNS Blog Editor — July 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ Back when Jack Kenny was a good Catholic boy, he was taught to develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. So when he wrote a TV show about a troubled Episcopal priest, he made Jesus his main character’s best friend. In Kenny’s “The Book of Daniel,” which […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Religious Conservatives Disappointed in Frist’s New Stem-Cell View WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious conservatives are expressing disappointment over Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s announcement that he supports expansion of federally funded embryonic stem cell research. In a lengthy floor speech Friday (July 29), the Tennessee Republican declared his stance based on his […]
COMMENTARY: Promise Keepers Have Much to Teach Us
By RNS Blog Editor — July 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The first Promise Keeper I met was Carl Hutchins. In the summer of 1995, I drove from Atlanta down country roads, past open fields and barbecue shacks to meet him at Zion Hill Baptist Church, an old brick building between a cemetery and an overgrown baseball field in rural […]
U.S. Muslim Groups Denounce Terrorism, but Is the Message Connecting?
By RNS Blog Editor — July 30, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) “Why haven’t Muslim leaders condemned terrorism?” This is the most common question that Ibrahim Hooper, communications director for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), gets daily basis from media and other inquirers. Nearly four years after September 11, 2001, Muslim organizations disagree on the best way to battle […]
NBC picks up religious series; update on Muslim reaction to terrorism
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2005
Friday RNS is featuring a review of “The Book of Daniel,” a religious saga picked up by NBC for mid-season. “In it, Aidan Quinn plays the Rev. Daniel Webster, a good minister but one who’s addicted to Vicodin, and whose wife has frozen inside since one of their sons died, and whose other son is […]
NBC picks up religious series; update on Muslim reaction to terrorism
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2005
Friday RNS is featuring a review of “The Book of Daniel,” a religious saga picked up by NBC for mid-season. “In it, Aidan Quinn plays the Rev. Daniel Webster, a good minister but one who’s addicted to Vicodin, and whose wife has frozen inside since one of their sons died, and whose other son is […]
Counting all victims of terrorism
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2005
An editorial from the Jerusalem Post “Even if near-daily shelling of civilians in southern Israel with rocket and mortar fire doesn’t count for him (Pope Benedict XVI), then surely the suicide bombing which took five lives in Netanya earlier this month was no less reprehensible than what happened in the countries the pope did see […]
Counting all victims of terrorism
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2005
An editorial from the Jerusalem Post “Even if near-daily shelling of civilians in southern Israel with rocket and mortar fire doesn’t count for him (Pope Benedict XVI), then surely the suicide bombing which took five lives in Netanya earlier this month was no less reprehensible than what happened in the countries the pope did see […]
Christian Rock ‘n’ Roll Soars to New Heights
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) A rock ‘n’ roll revival? Better believe it. Soaring sales mean that Christian rock is elbowing its way onto the forefront of the Christian music industry. The rest of the music world is also paying attention, as big labels in New York and Los Angeles come calling on now-unheard-of […]
Changing Habits
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Popular art has often imitated religious life in the last 60 years, offering some glimpses into the changing habits of American nuns. In 1945, Ingrid Bergman portrayed a sympathetic but more authoritative religious superior going back and forth with Bing Crosby in “The Bells of St. Mary’s.” The joyous […]
COMMENTARY: Questions for a Judge Raise Questions for Catholics
By Frances Kennedy — July 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) A year ago, in a summer set sizzling more than this one by presidential politics, America’s Catholic bishops were heavily criticized for questioning Catholic John Kerry about how he squared his profession of Catholic faith with his profession of support for “a woman’s right to choose,” aka abortion rights. […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service British Hindus Say Language Requirement Is Limiting Number of Priests LONDON (RNS) Britain’s 140 Hindu temples say they are having trouble recruiting pujaris _ Indian priests trained in temple rituals _ because of a national law that mandates clergy be able to speak English. In Birmingham, the Shri Venkateswara Balaji […]
Young Nuns Look Beyond Sally Field and Maria Von Trapp
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ Think Debbie Reynolds riding a motor scooter and singing “Dominique” in “The Singing Nun.” Or Sally Field soaring in and out of trouble as “The Flying Nun.” Or Julie Andrews being late for prayer because the hills were alive with “The Sound of Music.” Religious life seemed a […]
COMMENTARY: It’s All About Abortion, All the Time
By James Rudin — July 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) It’s all about abortion, all day, all night, all week, all month, all year, all the time. Abortion is the most fevered issue in American life, even surpassing national defense, the fight against Islamic terrorism, and the financial status of Social Security, drug use, health care insurance and education. […]
Christian rock & roll soars to new heights
By RNS Blog Editor — July 29, 2005
Thursday’s top RNS story is about the revival of Christian rock. Not only is it surging ahead in the Christian music industry, but big mainstream labels are also catching on. Improved musical chops, impressive fan bases cultivated by constant touring, and artists who don’t trash hotel rooms are all part of the draw, according to […]
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