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Church seeks line between interfaith and intolerance

DES PERES, Mo. (RNS) In a time when disdain for other faiths is commonplace, even blessed in some religious circles, how does a Bible study instructor contrast the teachings and doctrines of another tradition and his own without seeming intolerant? Tim Townsend reports.
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Court says Quebec parents can’t pull students out of religion class

| Feb 21, 2012

TORONTO (RNS) Canada's highest court has ruled that children in Quebec schools cannot opt out of a course on ethics and world religions. By Ron Csillag.
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After C.S. Lewis College flops, a free campus for the taking

| Feb 21, 2012

NORTHFIELD, Mass. (RNS) The billionaire Oklahoma family that owns the 217-acre college campus here aims to give it away to a Christian institution for free. All the winner needs is an orthodox Christian vision and the financial wherewithal to pull it off. By G. Jeffrey MacDonald.
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On eve of Darwin’s birthday, states take steps to limit evolution

| Jan 31, 2012

(RNS) On the eve of the 203rd anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday, six bills in four states would hinder the teaching of evolution in public schools, and another two are poised to do the same without naming evolution outright. By Kimberly Winston.
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Pennsylvania Catholic bishop criticized for Hitler comment

| Jan 27, 2012

HARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) "In totalitarian governments, they would love our system," Bishop Joseph McFadden said. "This is what Hitler and Mussolini and all those tried to establish: a monolith so all the children would be educated in one set of beliefs and one way of doing things." By Diana Fishlock.
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After angering Catholics, White House honors teachers

| Jan 25, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) Days after angering Catholics with a new rule that forces religious groups to offer contraceptive coverage, the White House on Wednesday tried to repair relations by honoring nine Catholic educators. By Lauren Markoe.
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Photographer captures Muslims’ self-portraits

| Nov 22, 2011

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Artist Todd Drake has aimed his camera lens at truck drivers, Alzheimer's patients and employees of an exotic nightclub. But he's trying to build interfaith bridges by asking Muslims to turn the lens on themselves. Drake's traveling exhibit, "Muslim Self Portraits," started...
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Film explores shifting debate over evolution

| Oct 11, 2011

(RNS) A new documentary examines the evolving battle over teaching evolution in American classrooms as tactics have shifted from a hard-nosed debate to a more subtle fight in the name of "academic freedom." The film, "No Dinosaurs in Heaven," follows Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National...
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Can young Jews become more Jewish without much Judaism?

| Sep 22, 2011

(RNS) Samantha Perilstein is a bubbly hospitality major at the University of Delaware and deeply connected to Jewish life on campus. Which is a change from where she started. To Rabbi Jeremy Winaker, that made Perilstein a perfect candidate for an ambitious national experiment to bring college Jews...
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Study probes why college students leave church

| Sep 14, 2011

PASADENA, Calif. (RNS) Millions of college freshmen are overwhelmed right now trying to make new friends, adjusting to more rigorous school work and learning to live away from home. Whether they also find time for church during their first two weeks on campus will set the mold for the rest of their...
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Muslim teens push back against 9/11 bullying

| Sep 7, 2011

(RNS) At first, Sarah O'Neal thought the older boy's comment was directed at the towel she was carrying to water polo practice. "What are you looking at towel-head?" he said. And that's when it sunk in. A freshman at Wilcox High School in Santa Clara, Calif., at the time, O'Neal, now 16, marched ove...
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