Monthly Archives: January 2015
Netanyahu’s sacred unintended consequence
By Mark Silk — January 30, 2015
How the miscalculated speech to Congress may actually do some good.
Name radical Islamic ideology for what it is, but give reformers a chance (COMMENTARY)
By Dennis R. Hoover — January 30, 2015
(RNS) Here at last is bipartisanship -- on the question of Islam being part of the problem. But the critique is not being paired with serious acknowledgement, much less practical encouragement, of those working to make Islam part of the solution.
Controversial Koch brothers give big (again) to Catholic University
By David Gibson — January 30, 2015
(RNS) Many Catholics — and some would say Pope Francis — say the kind of libertarian free-market capitalism pushed by the billionaire Koch brothers runs against Catholic teaching.
Mormon Relief Society president finds “intense joy and intense frustration” in the inner city
By Jana Riess — January 30, 2015
How do you host ward activities if nobody has a car and the ward boundaries stretch from here to forever? Or if the Relief Society is mostly single moms and there are no YW/YM to help babysit their kids? An Atlanta Relief Society president shares the reality from the trenches.
Ewan McGregor pulls off a convincing Jesus in ‘Last Days in the Desert’
By Dick Staub — January 30, 2015
PARK CITY, Utah (RNS) McGregor delivers a stand-out performance, and quipped that “somehow playing Satan came more naturally to me then playing Jesus."
Saved from the German ‘death march,’ he returned to thank his Polish rescuer
By Michele Chabin — January 30, 2015
(RNS) On Jan. 18, 1945, during the final stages of the war, Shalom Lindenbaum and his father were among 1,500 surviving prisoners sent on a death march into the forest, starving and freezing.
Words matter
By Boz Tchividjian — January 30, 2015
Wounding words, abuse survivors, and our need to discover a world of radical selflessness and love.
ATF offers $20,000 for tips on church arson after Ferguson riots
By Lilly Fowler — January 30, 2015
ST. LOUIS (RNS) Flood Christian Church is set off from the main protest area in Ferguson, and no adjacent buildings were damaged. Michael Brown's father is a member of the church.
Vatican offers shaves, haircuts to Rome’s homeless
By Reuters — January 30, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Barbers and hairdressers would volunteer their services on Mondays, the day their shops are traditionally closed in Italy.
Vatican to offer haircuts, shaves as well as showers to Rome’s homeless
By Reuters — January 30, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Hairdressers would volunteer their services on Mondays, the day their shops are traditionally closed in Italy.
EPA chief hopes pope will spur concern on climate change
By Reuters — January 30, 2015
(RNS) Francis has said he believes that man was primarily responsible for climate change, and that he hopes a U.N. summit in Paris, due to agree a global pact to limit greenhouse gases, will take a courageous stand.
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly listings – January 30
By Religion News LLC — January 29, 2015
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1822 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on January 30 (check local listings). Science for Seminarians – The American Association for the Advancement of Science is supporting the study of science in seminaries for future ministers. […]
Religious and secular advocates urge IRS to clarify rules on political endorsements from the pulpit
By Adelle M. Banks — January 29, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) Current IRS rules, dating to 1954, permit clergy to address issues but prohibit candidate endorsements. But those rules are routinely broken with little or no consequence.
Freedom of the press trumps respect for religion in a new survey
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 29, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) Most Americans who know about the Charlie Hebdo killings still say it was OK to publish cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad.
Synagogue: ‘Peeping Tom’ rabbi refuses to leave synagogue residence
By Lauren Markoe — January 29, 2015
(RNS) Kesher Israel leaders said the rabbi, accused of ogling naked women in the synagogue's mikvah, is illegally residing on congregational property.
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