Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Bob Abernethy, host and founder of ‘Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly,’ dies at 93
By Adelle M. Banks — May 3, 2021
(RNS) — ‘It has been a great privilege to report the many ways people of faith worship and serve others,’ he said as the show concluded.
California hermitage sees surge in lay people who want a monastic experience
By Kate Olson — February 21, 2017
BIG SUR, Calif. (RNS) New Camaldoli Hermitage's program for oblates — people who live in the world but are associated with religious communities — was launched in 1984 with 15 oblates. Now the number is around 700.
PBS show ‘Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly’ to end after 20-year run
By Adelle M. Banks — December 15, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) Founded by Bob Abernethy and launched in 1997, it provided national and international news coverage and analysis about religion.
Remembering 9/11, a rabbi and imam nurture interfaith friendships
By Lauren Markoe — September 9, 2016
(RNS) At New York University, a rabbi and an imam model interfaith friendship for their students.
Geraldine Brooks’ ‘The Secret Chord’ tells the story of David
By Kim Lawton — October 16, 2015
MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass. (RNS) Geraldine Brooks told the PBS television program “Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly" that she returns to religious themes because she is drawn to the human quest for meaning.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: Gun violence and the faith community
By Sally Morrow — March 20, 2014
"While the Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut horrified the nation last year, every month even more children are killed by guns. Since Newtown, some faith leaders and religious groups have supported new gun restrictions. Others have advocated a need both to use force and to have the guns to do so."
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: The real Philomena
By Sally Morrow — March 3, 2014
The movie “Philomena" was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, at the Academy Awards on Sunday (March 2). The real Philomena Lee, played by Judi Dench in the movie, speaks with Religion & Ethics Newsweekly about her journey.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: Christmas gift giving
By Sally Morrow — December 4, 2013
Kim Lawton looks at the ways some churches are urging their members to avoid consumerism and practice more meaningful Christmas gift giving.
Video: Robert Randolph and “Sacred Steel”
By Sally Morrow — September 19, 2013
Lap steel and pedal steel guitars were embraced in worship in place of an organ. Today Robert Randolph is one of the most talented sacred steel musicians around.
Video: Sister Joan Chittister
By Sally Morrow — September 3, 2013
“Roman Catholicism is the storehouse, the treasure house of the Christian tradition. It’s this whole notion of the blend of wisdom, of commitment, of knowledge, of holiness. That’s the church for me. That’s the church I’m waiting for.”
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: Tobi Kahn’s spiritual art
By Sally Morrow — August 1, 2013
“God moves through the artist,” says Rev. Walter Smith, president of the HeathCare Chaplaincy in New York City, and the paintings, sculpture, and installations that result are “avodah”—a single act of both work and worship.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: Bloodless surgery
By Sally Morrow — July 18, 2013
It began as a way to allow Jehovah’s Witnesses and others with religious prohibitions on blood transfusions to undergo surgeries.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: Bobby McFerrin’s music and faith
By Sally Morrow — May 28, 2013
Ten-time Grammy-award winning artist Bobby McFerrin believes music has a transcendent spiritual power.
50 years later, recalling the young ‘foot soldiers’ of the civil rights struggle
By Kim Lawton — May 1, 2013
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) In May 1963, thousands of Birmingham school children faced police dogs, fire hoses and possible arrest to demonstrate against segregation. Now, 50 years later, those who were part of what became known as "the Children’s March'' say they don’t want their story to be forgotten.
No limbs, no limits – Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Video: Nick Vujicic
By Sally Morrow — April 3, 2013
Evangelist Nick Vujicic travels the world speaking to people. He says, "I started speaking 10 years ago and we’ve been across 44 countries, spoken 2,000 times to a live audience of 5 million face to face." Considering that he has no arms and no legs, traveling the world as he does is no small accomplishment.
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