Monthly Archives: February 2007
Romney Once Tilted Left, Now Right, of Official Mormon Teaching
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — February 21, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service SALT LAKE CITY _ Presidential candidate Mitt Romney once sounded like a Mormon liberal. In his 1993 race for the U.S. Senate, the Massachusetts Republican spoke eloquently of abortion rights, protecting gays from discrimination and the possibilities of stem-cell research. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), […]
Questions and Answers on the Anglican Meeting in Africa
By RNS Blog Editor — February 21, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Top bishops from the Anglican Communion concluded their meeting in Tanzania on Monday (Feb. 19) with a challenge to U.S. Episcopalians to stop blessing same-sex unions and prohibit openly gay bishops or face consequences. The bishops, or primates, of the 38 member churches in the Anglican Communion gave the […]
XXXChurch aims to shield pastors from pornography addiction
By Aaron Ogg — February 21, 2007
(RNS) — Craig Gross and XXXChurch co-founder Mike Foster gained national attention when they began frequenting porn conventions and handing out Bibles.
Project Tries to Give Troops Option to `Girlie Magazines’
By RNS Blog Editor — February 21, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) It’s an effort to send more than 35,000 boxes of Christian reading material as an alternative to what one retired chaplain called “girlie magazines” _ and it all began with a request sent to the wrong location. An American soldier serving in Iraq had thought he was writing his […]
COMMENTARY: Lent: A Serious Time for Serious Introspection
By Tom Ehrich — February 21, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) If I could wish you a “Holy Lent,” it would have two components: personal and communal. At the personal level, it is time to focus on the basics: prayer, study and self-examination. That means taking time away from normal pursuits _ sleep, work, play _ and giving time to […]
Anglicans Urge Panel to Resolve Disputes in Episcopal Church
By Daniel Burke — February 20, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Top Anglican bishops concluded a tense five-day meeting in Africa Monday (Feb. 19) by calling for a new international council to solve disputes between liberals and conservatives in the Anglican Communion and its U.S. branch _ the Episcopal Church. At the heart of the meeting was the Episcopal Church’s […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — February 17, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Biblical Translator Bruce Metzger Dies at 93 (RNS) Bruce Metzger, a revered biblical scholar who was both respected and sometimes criticized for championing the use of modern language in translating the Bible, has died at the age of 93. Metzger, a long-time professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and a towering […]
Kids Assume the Lotus Position on the Path to Nirvana
By Greg Garrison — February 17, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ On a Sunday afternoon at the Birmingham Shambhala Meditation Center in Avondale, children sitting on red cushions took turns talking about Buddha and discussed learning how to meditate. “I’m kind of crazy these days,” said Ashlin Duncan, 6, “and my mom says I should come here.” “I […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Five Years Later, a Scandal That Remains Unresolved
By David Clohessy — February 17, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Five years ago, the Boston Globe published a series of articles that exposed the Catholic sex abuse and cover-up scandal, which soon burst onto the national stage. Eventually, church authorities admitted that more than 5,000 priests were exposed as molesters, and hundreds of bishops were exposed as complicit. But […]
Why Is There a Baby Inside My Cake?
By Jackie Walker — February 17, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS _ A newcomer to this city walked in the bakery door one day holding a small doll in a little napkin. “She pulled me over to one side and said, `Son, I don’t want to make a big stink, but I found this in my cake,”’ remembers David […]
Clipping the Hedges …
By Kevin Eckstrom — February 16, 2007
Bruce Tomaso, our friend over at the Dallas Morning News, has sparked some chatter by posting Ron Csillag’s Q&A with Chris Hedges, the author of “American Fascists.”
Presbyterians Face Defection to Evangelical Denomination
By Daniel Burke — February 16, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (RNS) A network of Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations has one foot out the door after voting en masse to build a new bridge with the more conservative Evangelical Presbyterian Church. The New Wineskins Association of Churches says it’s tired of battling the PCUSA over theology and policy and has found […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — February 16, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service Professor Pulls Book With Controversial `Blood Libel’ Claim JERUSALEM (RNS) The author of a controversial new book that says a small number of Jews living hundreds of years ago may have ingested the blood of Christian children has asked his publisher to stop distributing the book. The book, “Easter of […]
Luther’s Spiritual Heirs Face an Uncertain Future
By Niels Sorrells — February 16, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service WITTENBERG, Germany _ Faced with declining membership, dwindling income and more demands to provide community services, Germany’s Protestants see an overwhelming stretch ahead of them. And so, in search of inspiration, some 300 church members returned here, the town where Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door […]
Confusion Reigns in N.J. Over State of Gay Unions
By RNS Blog Editor — February 16, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service NEWARK, N.J. _ Donna Waliky and Lill Rimac of Rockaway Township are registered domestic partners. Steven Goldstein and Daniel Gross of Teaneck traveled to Vermont to form a civil union. Lianne Sullivan-Crowley and Julie Sullivan were married in Massachusetts before they moved to New Jersey. They are among thousands of […]
