Monthly Archives: October 2005
Living by the tenets
By Tracy Gordon — October 17, 2005
Quote of the Day: Actor Wesley Snipes “The good Lord says `Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.’ These are the tenets I live by.” -Actor Wesley Snipes, reacting to a New York court’s dismissal of a paternity suit against him. He was quoted by the Associated Press.
Violence Escalates in Sudan as Church Groups Urge Peace Talks
By Carl Anderson — October 15, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) A flare-up of violence in Sudan’s western Darfur region threatens to spiral out of control as international religious aid agencies press the Sudanese government and rebel forces to engage in substantive peace talks. Last week (Oct. 8) rebels associated with the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army killed three African Union peacekeepers […]
What’s Behind Our Sense of Obligation to the Future?
By RNS Blog Editor — October 15, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) It’s the human condition: The future looms, and we grapple with how to plan. Whether the issue is pollution, retirement savings or the state of education in America, politicians, scholars, interest groups and even Mom and Dad talk about leaving new generations a better world, one unencumbered by mistakes […]
Christian Gives Ruined Torah Scrolls Jewish Burial
By Bruce Nolan — October 15, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS _ Working alone with a shovel in her back yard two weeks after Hurricane Katrina, a Christian woman honored Jewish tradition and carefully buried the ruined sacred Torahs of a flooded New Orleans synagogue, to the relief of its distressed members who could not care for the scrolls […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 15, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Jews Call for Investigation into High Price of Sukkot Palm Fronds JERUSALEM (RNS) An Israeli watchdog organization is calling on the Israeli government to investigate the high price of lulavs, a kind of palm frond used by Jews during the holiday of Sukkot, which begins at sundown Monday (Oct 17). […]
Rev. Mahoney on Miers’ nomination
By Tracy Gordon — October 14, 2005
Patrick Mahoney, Director of Christian Defense Coalition “Do not patronize us by assuming that we will immediately support Ms. Miers as a Supreme Court justice because we hear she is an evangelical Christian.” -The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the conservative Christian Defense Coalition, criticizing President Bush for asking conservatives to support Miers’ nomination because […]
Disney Plays up `Narnia’ with Contemporary Christian Music
By RNS Blog Editor — October 14, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) If Mel Gibson’s “The Passion Of The Christ” awakened movie studios to a huge religious market, Disney’s “Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is trying to tap it for all it’s worth _ with a loud boost from the contemporary Christian music industry. The strategy’s […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 14, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Catholics Urged to Limit Local Customs at Mass VATICAN CITY (RNS) Bishops and Vatican officials advising Pope Benedict XVI at a worldwide assembly urged Catholics on Thursday (Oct. 13) to limit the use of local customs at Mass. Cardinal Francis Arinze, who heads the Vatican’s department on sacraments,told a press […]
Scholar Examines Lewis, Narnia Mystique
By RNS Blog Editor — October 14, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” was published in 1950, it was impossible to conceive the influence this story, written by a childless Oxford professor, would have on generations of readers. Anticipating the Dec. 9 film release of Disney’s “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch […]
Disney’s `Narnia’ Fuels Fascination of Author C.S. Lewis
By RNS Blog Editor — October 14, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ When 8-year-old Douglas Gresham met C.S. Lewis, the man who would become his stepfather, he was disappointed. The American boy had expected the British author of “The Chronicles of Narnia” fantasy books “to be wearing silver armor and carrying a sword with a jeweled pommel.” Instead, Lewis […]
COMMENTARY: Religion Must Face the Question: Is a Good God Behind These Bad Disasters?
By RNS Blog Editor — October 14, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) If you want religion to represent more than “sermons, songs, and shaking hands,” you need to confront the issue of theodicy as soon as possible. In recent weeks I have met many people who are stunned by the unrelenting series of natural and human disasters: lethal earthquakes, sudden tsunamis, […]
Bishops Mostly Silent on Issue of Denying Communion for Abortion Stance
By RNS Blog Editor — October 14, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ When Archbishop William Levada, the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog, urged a synod of bishops to weigh in on how the Roman Catholic Church should confront politicians who profess the faith but defy its moral teachings, many expected a chorus of input to ring through the assembly hall. What […]
Religion v sports
By RNS Blog Editor — October 13, 2005
Quote of the Day: Jeff Halpern, captain of Washington Capitals hockey team I wish we didn’t have a game. But it’s too important to me, my family and the community that has supported me, not to participate. I’m not the most religious person in the world, but this is something my family has always observed.” […]
Religion and the Mall
By RNS Blog Editor — October 13, 2005
RNS senior correspondent Adelle Banks looks at the growing importance of events at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for religious and faith-based organizations. To see the full text of the story, click here. Quote: “It is the national green,” said Steve Chavis, director of communications for Promise Keepers, an evangelical Christian ministry that gathered […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — October 13, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Bush Defends Touting of Nominee’s Religious Background WASHINGTON (RNS) President Bush on Wednesday (Oct. 12) defended the touting of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers’ evangelical Christian background to skeptical conservatives, saying “part of Harriet Miers’ life is her religion.” “People are interested to know why I picked Harriet Miers,” Bush […]
