Monthly Archives: February 1996
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — February 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Lost Luther manuscript returns to Germany (RNS)-A rare manuscript by Protestant reformer Martin Luther, thought to have been lost at the end of World War II, has been discovered at the Concordia Historical Institute in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton, Mo., and will be turned over to German government […]
TOP STORY: ISLAM IN BOSNIA: From the ashes of war, Islamic awareness rises in Bosnia
By RNS Blog Editor — February 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service GORAZDE, Bosnia (RNS)-On the east bank of the River Drina, Mufti Muhammed Effendic, leader of Gorazde’s Islamic community, inspects the latest repairs on the minaret of Sinanbeg Sijercic Mosque. The new minaret is an ungainly construction of steel poles and twisted wires with a loudspeaker perched precariously at its top. […]
COMMENTARY: Without people’s trust, democracy doesn’t work
By RNS Blog Editor — February 20, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail at 71421,1551(at sign)compuserve.com.) (RNS)-Do you trust your neighbor? How about […]
Denominational Report
By RNS Blog Editor — February 17, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Following is a collection of news stories compiled from RNS staff, wire and denominational reports). Vatican delays acting on views of gay ministry leaders (RNS)-The Vatican has delayed deciding whether the theological views of the Rev. Robert Nugent and Sister Jeannine Gramick, founders of a controversial ministry with gays and […]
TOP STORY: RELIGION AND POLICY: House hearings key on persecution of Christians around the world
By Kim Lawton — February 17, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS)-A diverse coalition of church leaders and human rights advocates is challenging the U.S. government to take a stronger international leadership role to combat ongoing persecution of Christians in many regions of the world. “Clearly, the United States government has been woefully negligent in dealing with the issue of […]
COMMENTARY: In Northern Ireland, peace didn’t have a chance
By RNS Blog Editor — February 17, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and sociologist at the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center. His home page on the World Wide Web is at http://tekweb.com/greeley.html. Or contact him at his e-mail address: agreel at aol.com.) (RNS)-When the history is written of the most […]
A covenant on racial reconciliation
By RNS Blog Editor — February 17, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service ATLANTA (RNS)-Leaders of Promise Keepers, an evangelical Christian men’s movement, signed an”Atlanta Covenant”at the close of a conference for clergy Thursday (Feb. 15). The covenant, cast as an agreement between God and the pastors, is an expansion of the seven promises members of the movement are asked to embrace. Many […]
Promise Keepers focusing on racial reconciliation
By Adelle M. Banks — February 17, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service ATLANTA (RNS)-For five years, the evangelical Christian movement known as Promise Keepers has preached a gospel of contrition and reconciliation, urging men to become better husbands and fathers and more committed members of their churches. Now the movement, which has drawn hundreds of thousands of men to stadiums and convention […]
Global Religion Report
By RNS Blog Editor — February 16, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Following is a collection of international religion stories compiled by RNS staff, wire and denominational reports.) State Department criticizes Farrakhan visits to Iran, Libya (RNS)-The State Department has condemned Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan for”cavorting”with leaders of Iran and Libya-countries the United States considers sponsors of international terrorism.”It’s shameful […]
TOP STORY: RELIGION AND RACE: Promise Keepers focusing on racial reconciliation
By Adelle M. Banks — February 16, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service ATLANTA (RNS)-For five years, the evangelical Christian movement known as Promise Keepers has preached a gospel of contrition and reconciliation, urging men to become better husbands and fathers and more committed members of their churches. Now the movement, which has drawn hundreds of thousands of men to stadiums and convention […]
Michael W. Smith, dc Talk lead Dove Award nominations
By RNS Blog Editor — February 16, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS)-Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter Michael W. Smith and dc Talk’s Toby McKeehan led the list of nominees for the Gospel Music Association’s 27th annual Dove Awards. Smith, who will host the awards show set for April 25 at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House, was nominated in seven categories, including […]
NEWS FEATURE: Book gives an irreverent look at Hasidic Jews
By RNS Blog Editor — February 16, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Robert Eisenberg urges you to imagine an America in which the only Jews will be Hasidim and other Orthodox. It’s not merely possible, he says. By the year 2075, it’s likely. The vision shapes Eisenberg’s new book,”Boychiks In The Hood: Travels in the Hasidic Underground”(Harper San Francisco), an irreverent, detail-packed […]
COMMENTARY: In search of a world in which religions can coexist
By James Rudin — February 16, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) (RNS)-Many people think theology is a set of eternal beliefs etched in stone. Wrong. Theology constantly changes from generation to generation. In the past, theologians provided a strong religious sanction for believing that women, blacks, Jews and […]
TOP STORY: RELIGION AND CULTURE: `Celestine’ sequel means more meditating
By Greg Garrison — February 15, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS)-Being married to the author of one of the most successful spiritual novels ever has given Salle Merrill-Redfield a high profile for promoting feminine spirituality and women’s issues. “My mission is to help women feel good about themselves,”she said.”There’s so much depression, so much anger and sadness.” By […]
TOP STORY: UNIFICATION CHURCH: Moon church takes a low profile in India
By Tim Murphy — February 15, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service MOOLAVATTOM, India (RNS)-It is a small, obscure town in India’s southern state of Kerala, in the heart of one of the nation’s largest, most conservative Christian communities. Yet Moolavattom is where the Unification Church, founded in Korea in 1954 by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, has set up its southern […]
