Monthly Archives: December 2005
Ruling Calling Intelligent Design Religious Expected to Have Big Impact
By RNS Blog Editor — December 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service HARRISBURG, Pa. _ Days after the six-week intelligent design trial ended last month, U.S. Middle District Judge John E. Jones III, relaxing in his chambers, promised to weigh the evidence and “rule as I see fit.” Jones would not comment on whether he would limit his ruling to the Dover […]
Film Tells Story of Slain Missionary and a Violent Amazon Tribe Transformed
By RNS Blog Editor — December 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the movie “End of the Spear,” 8-year-old Steve Saint watches as his missionary pilot father, Nate Saint, builds a miniature yellow airplane such as the one Nate flew into the jungles of the Amazon. Nate promised his son he would teach him how to fly and repair planes […]
What Makes a Terrorist? Science Explores How Extreme Ideology Impacts Brain
By Amy Ellis Nutt — December 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Tawfik Hamid stood with 200 other students for afternoon prayers inside a mosque at the University of Cairo. It was important for them to stand with their feet touching, as the Quran teaches, so that even in prayer they were prepared for war: “Truly Allah loves those who fight […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — December 29, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Pope Calls for `Unity’ With Church of England, Accepts Ambassador VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI on Friday (Dec. 23) accredited the first Catholic in centuries to serve as Britain’s ambassador to the Holy See and called for Rome and the Church of England to work toward “full visible unity.” […]
RELIGION BEST-SELLERS
By RNS Blog Editor — December 29, 2005
(Editor’s note: This December list is compiled by Publishers Weekly magazine from data received from general independent bookstores, chain stores and wholesalers within the month of November. Copyright 2005 Publishers Weekly. Distributed by Religion News Service.) HARDCOVER 1. Light From Heaven, by Jan Karon. (Viking, $26.95) 2. Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Women’s Soul, […]
Holy Humor for the Holidays
By RNS Blog Editor — December 29, 2005
c. 2005 The Joyful Noiseletter (UNDATED) “Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” _ Ginger, age 7 X X X Uses for fruitcakes _ Use as a cornerstone for a new church or synagogue under construction. _ Use instead of sandbags during flood. _ Use […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — December 28, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service New Jersey Attorney General Bans Religion as Sole Profiling Factor (RNS) New Jersey authorities cannot use “ethnicity, religious affiliation, or religious practice” as the sole factor in determining whether to investigate someone for possible terrorist activity, according to an order by state Attorney General Peter Harvey. The written order, released […]
Shame on the “NunBun” thief!
By Tracy Gordon — December 28, 2005
Quote of the Day: `NunBun’ Owner Bob Bernstein “They went right for the bun. What the heck they are going to do with it, I can’t imagine. It’s sure not something anyone would eat. I hope they do eat it. It will teach them a lesson.” -Bob Bernstein, owner of the Bongo Java coffee shop […]
Family Advocacy Groups Push for `a la Carte’ TV Choices
By RNS Blog Editor — December 28, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Advocacy groups say plans of cable television companies to offer family-friendly programming packages are flawed and designed to thwart consumers from getting what they really want: a la carte sales, in which subscribers pick and choose their channels. The marketing model traditionally used by cable companies and the two […]
Rocker Bono Parlays Fame Into Advocacy for the Desperate
By RNS Blog Editor — December 28, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When Elvis Presley shook hands with Richard Nixon in 1970, it wasn’t much more than a fleeting photo op. When Bono got together with President Bush for lunch at the White House in October, however, they spoke for nearly two hours about debt relief, AIDS and other issues. Bono […]
COMMENTARY: In 2006, May Politics Not Shape Faith
By Tom Ehrich — December 28, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Well, I feel thoroughly manipulated. How about you? In 2005, we skirmished in supposed controversy over “separation of Church and State.” I realize now that the point wasn’t to separate religion and politics, but to separate liberals and conservatives, with liberals being tagged as religion’s enemy. Some of us […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — December 28, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Thief Takes Collection from Altar After Christmas Eve Mass EDISON, N.J. (RNS) The Grinch stole Christmas _ at least in one Catholic church. Someone stole close to $8,000 in cash and checks from the collection basket at The Church of the Guardian Angels just after a crowded Christmas Eve Mass […]
Mormon scholar talks about Joseph Smith
By Tracy Gordon — December 27, 2005
Quote of the Day: Mormon Scholar Richard Lyman Bushman “I do think there is a growing willingness to respect Joseph Smith because of the success of the Mormon Church. With so many sensible, likable people who are Mormons and who believe in him, it’s not as easy to dismiss him as it was in the […]
$1,000 Award for Missing `NunBun’
By Kevin Eckstrom — December 27, 2005
The Grinch didn’t steal Christmas, but he may have made off with the NunBun. Friends and fans of the famous “NunBun” at Bongo Java cafe in Nashville have posted a $1,000 reward for the safe (and uneaten) return of the famed cinnamon bun that bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta. […]
Huston Smith, a leading authority on religions
By Tracy Gordon — December 23, 2005
Quote of the Day: Religion Expert Huston Smith “Christianity has always been my meal. I only receive vitamins from other faiths.” -Huston Smith, author of “The World’s Religions” and a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Berkeley, Calif. He was quoted by United Methodist News Service.
