Monthly Archives: November 2005
RELIGION BEST-SELLERS
By RNS Blog Editor — November 24, 2005
(Editor’s note: This November list is compiled by Publishers Weekly magazine from data received from general independent bookstores, chain stores and wholesalers within the month of October. Copyright 2005 Publishers Weekly. Distributed by Religion News Service.) HARDCOVER 1. Your Best Life Now, by Joel Osteen. (Warner Faith, $19.95) 2. The Purpose-Driven Life, by Rick Warren. […]
RELIGION BEST-SELLERS
By RNS Blog Editor — November 24, 2005
(Editor’s note: This November list is compiled by Publishers Weekly magazine from data received from general independent bookstores, chain stores and wholesalers within the month of October. Copyright 2005 Publishers Weekly. Distributed by Religion News Service.) HARDCOVER 1. Your Best Life Now, by Joel Osteen. (Warner Faith, $19.95) 2. The Purpose-Driven Life, by Rick Warren. […]
Black Church Leaders Begin to Tackle AIDS
By RNS Blog Editor — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Black clergy in America have long been on the front lines of important causes affecting their community. But the church’s role in the increasing crisis of AIDS in black America remains an unresolved issue. Over the last decade, the rate of new HIV infections among whites has held steady […]
Black Church Leaders Begin to Tackle AIDS
By RNS Blog Editor — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Black clergy in America have long been on the front lines of important causes affecting their community. But the church’s role in the increasing crisis of AIDS in black America remains an unresolved issue. Over the last decade, the rate of new HIV infections among whites has held steady […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Senate Committee Finds Nothing `Alarming Enough’ in Probe of Muslim Groups (RNS) The Senate Finance Committee has quietly ended a two-year probe of 25 Muslim-American organizations, announcing that nothing in their tax records suggested terrorist financing. Muslim leaders welcomed the Nov. 18 decision, but expressed frustration that the organizations have […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Senate Committee Finds Nothing `Alarming Enough’ in Probe of Muslim Groups (RNS) The Senate Finance Committee has quietly ended a two-year probe of 25 Muslim-American organizations, announcing that nothing in their tax records suggested terrorist financing. Muslim leaders welcomed the Nov. 18 decision, but expressed frustration that the organizations have […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service Senate Committee Finds Nothing `Alarming Enough’ in Probe of Muslim Groups (RNS) The Senate Finance Committee has quietly ended a two-year probe of 25 Muslim-American organizations, announcing that nothing in their tax records suggested terrorist financing. Muslim leaders welcomed the Nov. 18 decision, but expressed frustration that the organizations have […]
COMMENTARY: In Israel, Don’t Write Off Shimon Peres Quite Yet
By RNS Blog Editor — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In a bitterly contested primary battle, Amir Peretz, a 53-year-old trade union leader, recently deposed Shimon Peres as head of the Israeli Labor party. Peretz gained his stunning victory by drawing 42 percent of the votes to Peres’ 40 percent. Many pundits called Peres’ defeat the end of his […]
COMMENTARY: In Israel, Don’t Write Off Shimon Peres Quite Yet
By RNS Blog Editor — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In a bitterly contested primary battle, Amir Peretz, a 53-year-old trade union leader, recently deposed Shimon Peres as head of the Israeli Labor party. Peretz gained his stunning victory by drawing 42 percent of the votes to Peres’ 40 percent. Many pundits called Peres’ defeat the end of his […]
The Pomegranate, a Most Spiritual Fruit
By Nancy Haught — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Next time you’re wandering the produce aisle, pick up a pomegranate and treat yourself to a lesson on world religions. Beneath that smooth, red and bitter skin lie hundreds of tiny scarlet seeds _ and almost as many religious associations. “People use whatever is at hand to express their […]
The Pomegranate, a Most Spiritual Fruit
By Nancy Haught — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Next time you’re wandering the produce aisle, pick up a pomegranate and treat yourself to a lesson on world religions. Beneath that smooth, red and bitter skin lie hundreds of tiny scarlet seeds _ and almost as many religious associations. “People use whatever is at hand to express their […]
COMMENTARY: A Christmas List for Us Christians
By Tom Ehrich — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Here, a few weeks in advance, is my Christmas wish list: I wish we Christians could put down our culture-war swords and doctrinal spears and proclaim a message more befitting the Prince of Peace. I wish we Christians could stand down from our institutional concerns and see the human […]
COMMENTARY: A Christmas List for Us Christians
By Tom Ehrich — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Here, a few weeks in advance, is my Christmas wish list: I wish we Christians could put down our culture-war swords and doctrinal spears and proclaim a message more befitting the Prince of Peace. I wish we Christians could stand down from our institutional concerns and see the human […]
COMMENTARY: A Christmas List for Us Christians
By Tom Ehrich — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Here, a few weeks in advance, is my Christmas wish list: I wish we Christians could put down our culture-war swords and doctrinal spears and proclaim a message more befitting the Prince of Peace. I wish we Christians could stand down from our institutional concerns and see the human […]
AIDS in the black church; National Pomegranate Month
By RNS Blog Editor — November 23, 2005
Progressive black church leaders are beginning to tackle the subject of AIDS, according to reporter Ivan Gale: Black clergy in America have long been out on the front lines of important causes affecting the black community. But the increasing crisis of AIDS in black America, and what the church’s role should be, remains a deeply […]
