Monthly Archives: July 2006
COMMENTARY: Shanghai’s Jewish Legacy
By James Rudin — July 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) We usually think of Holocaust survivors as traumatized and emaciated Jews who were liberated from Nazi German death camps in Europe at the end of World War II. But there was also another kind of survivor. During the horrific period between 1933 and 1945, the United States, Britain and […]
Veterans Group Worries Removal of One Cross Could Lead to Others
By RNS Blog Editor — July 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ As the battle over the legality of a publicly displayed cross continues to intensify, a prominent veterans group has suggested that if the San Diego monument is removed, memorials in military cemeteries could be next. “Disallowing crosses and other religious imagery and references at veterans memorials would lead […]
Q&A with Bobby Schuller
By Christa Brown — July 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) America has searched for the next pop idol, top model and ballroom dancer. Now, apparently, it is time to look for the next inspirational speaker. On July 23, The Learning Channel will launch a new reality series, “The Messengers,” in which 10 contestants compete for a book deal and […]
“The Christian Norman Rockwell”
By RNS Blog Editor — July 13, 2006
Christ Is Literally at Center of Artist’s Work Chris Meehan profiles Nathan Greene, an artist influenced both by Norman Rockwell and by his faith, in this week’s RNS full text article, linked above. Quote: One of Greene’s most famous paintings is called “Chief of the Medical Staff.” It shows Christ in a high-tech operating room […]
Mushroooms Can Induce “Mystical Experiences,’’ Study Finds
By RNS Blog Editor — July 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) A recent Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine study suggests “sacred mushrooms” can provide a religious experience that makes one see the world from a different, more positive perspective. The study tested psilocybin, the active agent in so-called “sacred mushrooms,” to determine whether it could induce “mystical experiences” in […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Church of the Brethren Calls for End of War in Iraq (RNS) The Church of the Brethren passed a resolution calling for the end of the war in Iraq at its recent annual meeting. “As disciples of Christ and members of one of the three historic peace churches, we cannot […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: A God-Centered Truth
By Nancy Sleeth — July 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) “What do you make of Al Gore’s movie?” I’ve been asked. “Is ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ a political ploy? Unproven science? Another Y2K scare?” Last night I saw the movie and can now answer a few of those questions. But first a disclosure: I’m a born-again evangelical Christian, as well […]
Romney Must Be Guided _ Not Constrained _ by Mormon Faith
By Kimberly Winston — July 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, he was the first Catholic to seek the Oval Office. To win, he had to convince non-Catholic voters that he wouldn’t take orders from the pope. Now, another Massachusetts politician with an eye on the White House _ Republican Gov. […]
Episcopal Church to Address “Anti-Jewish Prejudice’’ in Scripture, Liturgy
By Daniel Burke — July 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Almost unnoticed amid its clamorous debate over human sexuality, the Episcopal Church has directed an internal committee to address “anti-Jewish prejudice” in Christian Scriptures and liturgical texts. A majority of lay and ordained delegates to the church’s triennial meeting in June voted to ask a church committee to “collect […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Nigerian Church Calls Episcopal Church a `Cancerous Lump’ (RNS) The Anglican Church in Nigeria has compared the Episcopal Church _ its liberal counterpart in the United States _ to “a cancerous lump” that “should be excised” from the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Tuesday (July 4) statement from the Anglican Church […]
Rick Warren scheduled to preach in North Korea
By Tracy Gordon — July 12, 2006
Quote of the Day: Suzanne Scholte of the North Korea Freedom Coalition “If Rick Warren goes in there and preaches, Kim Jong Il can say, `What about our lack of religious freedom? We had Rick Warren.’ But if Rick Warren says, `Kim Jong Il is not your god,’ what will be the ramifications?” -Suzanne Scholte, […]
Aid Groups Urge Help for Refugees Caught in Web of Terrorism Rules
By Peter Sachs — July 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Advocacy groups are pressuring Congress to take broader action to alleviate the plight of refugees who have been caught in a tangle of new regulations designed to keep terrorists from entering the United States. Refugee Council USA, which includes numerous faith-based organizations, estimates that as many as 20,000 […]
Openly Gay Priest Heads to Africa to Combat AIDS
By Renée K. Gadoua — July 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service SYRACUSE, N.Y. _ A New York priest who is one of the few openly gay Catholic priests in the world will spend 18 months in Lesotho, southern Africa, ministering to people with HIV and AIDS. The Rev. Fred Daley said he initiated the assignment and it is not a punishment […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Navarro-Valls Retires as Vatican Spokesman VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday (July 11) named the current head of Vatican radio and television to succeed his veteran spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls. The appointment of the Rev. Federico Lombardi to head the Holy See Press Office partially consolidates the Vatican’s media […]
COMMENTARY: The Huddled Masses, Yearning to Breathe Free
By Tom Ehrich — July 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ A trip to Ellis Island requires long lines and long waits. But it’s nothing like the anxious hours, sometimes days, of scrutiny once imposed on poorer immigrants seeking entry into the United States after two weeks in steerage on an ocean liner. Our wait was more like […]
