Monthly Archives: October 2000
COMMENTARY: President Carter’s Lesson for Catholic Bishops
By Frances Kennedy — October 28, 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’s Press.) (UNDATED) The pope and bishops should pay close attention to former President Jimmy Carter’s announcement that, in […]
COMMENTARY: President Carter’s Lesson for Catholic Bishops
By Frances Kennedy — October 28, 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’s Press.) (UNDATED) The pope and bishops should pay close attention to former President Jimmy Carter’s announcement that, in […]
NEWS FEATURE: Scholar: Ignorance, Not Religious Zeal, Is Danger for America
By Cecile Holmes — October 27, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Since its first settlers sought to found a godly “city upon a hill,” America has been a nation shaped by religious zeal and by religious ignorance. But as growing diversity reconfigures the nation’s faith landscape, it is the ignorance, not the fervor, that poses the greater danger. For with […]
NEWS FEATURE: Scholar: Ignorance, Not Religious Zeal, Is Danger for America
By Cecile Holmes — October 27, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Since its first settlers sought to found a godly “city upon a hill,” America has been a nation shaped by religious zeal and by religious ignorance. But as growing diversity reconfigures the nation’s faith landscape, it is the ignorance, not the fervor, that poses the greater danger. For with […]
NEWS STORY: Church-State Groups Launch Counter-Offensive to Voter Guides
By Kein Eckstrom — October 25, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Just days after the Christian Coalition began a massive mailing of 70 million of its controversial voter guides, two leading church-state watchdog groups have announced their own counter-offensive aimed at key battleground states in the Nov. 7 election. The Interfaith Alliance, a broad-based coalition of moderate and liberal […]
NEWS STORY: Church-State Groups Launch Counter-Offensive to Voter Guides
By Kein Eckstrom — October 25, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Just days after the Christian Coalition began a massive mailing of 70 million of its controversial voter guides, two leading church-state watchdog groups have announced their own counter-offensive aimed at key battleground states in the Nov. 7 election. The Interfaith Alliance, a broad-based coalition of moderate and liberal […]
NEWS STORY: Church-State Groups Launch Counter-Offensive to Voter Guides
By Kein Eckstrom — October 25, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Just days after the Christian Coalition began a massive mailing of 70 million of its controversial voter guides, two leading church-state watchdog groups have announced their own counter-offensive aimed at key battleground states in the Nov. 7 election. The Interfaith Alliance, a broad-based coalition of moderate and liberal […]
NEWS STORY: Church-State Groups Launch Counter-Offensive to Voter Guides
By Kein Eckstrom — October 25, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Just days after the Christian Coalition began a massive mailing of 70 million of its controversial voter guides, two leading church-state watchdog groups have announced their own counter-offensive aimed at key battleground states in the Nov. 7 election. The Interfaith Alliance, a broad-based coalition of moderate and liberal […]
NEWS STORY: Attacks on Synagogues Stir Uncomfortable Questions in France
By Elizabeth Bryant — October 25, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service TRAPPES, FRANCE _ A few blocks from the train station, past solid stone houses laced with autumnal trees, the blackened shell of the Trappes synagogue casts a grim shadow over this placid west Paris suburb. As a raw rain beats down, Michel Mimouni climbs over yellow police tape to point […]
NEWS STORY: Attacks on Synagogues Stir Uncomfortable Questions in France
By Elizabeth Bryant — October 25, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service TRAPPES, FRANCE _ A few blocks from the train station, past solid stone houses laced with autumnal trees, the blackened shell of the Trappes synagogue casts a grim shadow over this placid west Paris suburb. As a raw rain beats down, Michel Mimouni climbs over yellow police tape to point […]
NEWS STORY: Carter: `No Longer Associated With’ Southern Baptist Convention
By Adelle M. Banks — October 21, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Former President Jimmy Carter, long known as a Southern Baptist Sunday school teacher, has announced he “can no longer be associated with” the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. In a statement and letter released Thursday (Oct. 19), Carter said he had come to this decision after Southern Baptists approved a […]
NEWS STORY: Carter: `No Longer Associated With’ Southern Baptist Convention
By Adelle M. Banks — October 21, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Former President Jimmy Carter, long known as a Southern Baptist Sunday school teacher, has announced he “can no longer be associated with” the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. In a statement and letter released Thursday (Oct. 19), Carter said he had come to this decision after Southern Baptists approved a […]
COMMENTARY: Getting Even
By Dale Hanson Bourke — October 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Dale Hanson Bourke is the mother of two teen-agers and the author of five books.) (UNDATED) “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but namesâÂ?¦” As it turns out, names can not only hurt you, they could be the reason for the rage driving teen-agers to kill, according to a […]
COMMENTARY: Getting Even
By Dale Hanson Bourke — October 19, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Dale Hanson Bourke is the mother of two teen-agers and the author of five books.) (UNDATED) “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but namesâÂ?¦” As it turns out, names can not only hurt you, they could be the reason for the rage driving teen-agers to kill, according to a […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 18, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service Survey: Gore Trails Both Bush and Nader Among U.S. Muslims (RNS) Vice President Al Gore is behind both Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Green Party candidate Ralph Nader among likely U.S. Muslim voters, according to a survey by a leading Muslim advocacy group. In the non-scientific poll released Tuesday […]
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