Monthly Archives: August 2000
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 29, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Survey Finds Prevalence of Hazing Among High School Students (RNS) Hazing is prevalent among high school students, whether they are joining a church group or a sports team, a new survey finds. The Alfred University study found that 48 percent of students who join any high school group are subjected […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 29, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Survey Finds Prevalence of Hazing Among High School Students (RNS) Hazing is prevalent among high school students, whether they are joining a church group or a sports team, a new survey finds. The Alfred University study found that 48 percent of students who join any high school group are subjected […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 26, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Annan Defends Exclusion of Dalai Lama at UN Religion Summit (RNS) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is defending the decision to not invite the Dalai Lama to next week’s historic summit of religious leaders, saying the United Nations is “a house for the member states, and their sensitivities matter.” More […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 26, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Annan Defends Exclusion of Dalai Lama at UN Religion Summit (RNS) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is defending the decision to not invite the Dalai Lama to next week’s historic summit of religious leaders, saying the United Nations is “a house for the member states, and their sensitivities matter.” More […]
COMMENTARY: Science and Religion _ Again
By Frances Kennedy — August 26, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Eugene Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author most recently of “My Brother Joseph,” published by St. Martin Press.) (UNDATED) Some observers claim science and religion are necessarily opposed to each other. Since no deep thinker […]
COMMENTARY: Science and Religion _ Again
By Frances Kennedy — August 26, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Eugene Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author most recently of “My Brother Joseph,” published by St. Martin Press.) (UNDATED) Some observers claim science and religion are necessarily opposed to each other. Since no deep thinker […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 24, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service `Survivor’ Non-survivor Says His Faith Was Too Much for Other Castaways (RNS) A former castaway on the CBS reality program “Survivor” said he believes the strength he has gained from his Christian beliefs was too much for his fellow castaways, who voted him off the island on which all 16 […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 24, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service `Survivor’ Non-survivor Says His Faith Was Too Much for Other Castaways (RNS) A former castaway on the CBS reality program “Survivor” said he believes the strength he has gained from his Christian beliefs was too much for his fellow castaways, who voted him off the island on which all 16 […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 24, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Presbyterians Try to Dampen Criticism of Peacemaking Conference (RNS) Remarks by a Presbyterian minister at a recent peace conference that Christian proselytizing is sometimes akin to religious “ethnic cleansing” have conference organizers scurrying to finesse his remarks in order to dampen growing criticism of the conference. The Rev. Dirk Ficca, […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 24, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Presbyterians Try to Dampen Criticism of Peacemaking Conference (RNS) Remarks by a Presbyterian minister at a recent peace conference that Christian proselytizing is sometimes akin to religious “ethnic cleansing” have conference organizers scurrying to finesse his remarks in order to dampen growing criticism of the conference. The Rev. Dirk Ficca, […]
NEWS FEATURE: Retiring Dan Weiss Led American Baptist To Embrace Inclusive Vision
By Adelle M. Banks — August 24, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) American Baptist leader Daniel E. Weiss still remembers the turning point in his life, when his worldview expanded from an “extremely monocultural” background to a lifelong commitment to equality and freedom. He was a visiting professor at a seminary in Costa Rica in 1968 when the news came of […]
NEWS FEATURE: Retiring Dan Weiss Led American Baptist To Embrace Inclusive Vision
By Adelle M. Banks — August 24, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) American Baptist leader Daniel E. Weiss still remembers the turning point in his life, when his worldview expanded from an “extremely monocultural” background to a lifelong commitment to equality and freedom. He was a visiting professor at a seminary in Costa Rica in 1968 when the news came of […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 24, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Who You Gonna Call? Research Finds at Many Churches, No One (RNS) No one’s picking up the phone at 40 percent of the nation’s Protestant churches, a survey by the Barna Research Group has found. The Ventura, Calif.-based marketing research firm found that researchers could never contact a person at […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 24, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Who You Gonna Call? Research Finds at Many Churches, No One (RNS) No one’s picking up the phone at 40 percent of the nation’s Protestant churches, a survey by the Barna Research Group has found. The Ventura, Calif.-based marketing research firm found that researchers could never contact a person at […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — August 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Tired and Frail Tutu Returns to South Africa for Rest (RNS) Archbishop Desmond Tutu has returned to South Africa to fight his battle with prostate cancer and resume private life after a two-year teaching stint in the United States. The 68-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was the public voice […]
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