Monthly Archives: September 2008
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 25, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service Orthodox rabbis to draft standards on ethical kosher products NEW YORK (RNS) As the Conservative and Reform Jewish movements work to create a seal of approval for labor practices at kosher food companies, a group of Orthodox rabbis has decided to draft their own guidelines for workplace standards. The Rabbinical […]
Falwell hopes 10,500 Liberty students help tip election
By Tracy Gordon — September 25, 2008
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. is spearheading an on-campus voter registration drive that he hopes is decisive in putting the toss-up state of Virginia into the winner’s column on Election Day.
CAIR says anti-Muslim violence is down, but profiling is up
By Tracy Gordon — September 25, 2008
WASHINGTON – Anti-Muslim discrimination reached an all-time high in 2007, according to a report released Wednesday (Sept. 24) by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Biden tries to reassure Jews on Obama and Israel
By Tracy Gordon — September 25, 2008
WASHINGTON -Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden assured a group of Jewish voters Tuesday (Sept. 23) that he would not have joined the Democratic ticket if he doubted presidential nominee Barack Obama’s support for Israel.
Orthodox rabbis to draft standards on ethical kosher products
By Tracy Gordon — September 25, 2008
NEW YORK -As the Conservative and Reform Jewish movements work to create a seal of approval for labor practices at kosher food companies, a group of Orthodox rabbis has decided to draft their own guidelines for workplace standards.
COMMENTARY: A pox on both their houses
By Phyllis Zagano — September 25, 2008
Conservative Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, who calls Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign “rootless, reactive and panicky,” told the Religion Newswriters Association last week that Obama’s camp had abandoned religious voter outreach. Within hours, Joshua DuBois-Obama’s religionist-in-chief-was on the convention podium disagreeing. DuBois said the Obama campaign wants to attract people of “moderate” beliefs, who will […]
Scott Bader-Saye
By Tracy Gordon — September 25, 2008
In the final weeks of Campaign 2008, presidential candidates are lavishing promises to keep America safe from terrorist attacks and from economic meltdown. But some Christian thinkers are wondering aloud whether America might be truer to Christian ideals-and a safer country-if voters and candidates would accept the idea that some things are more important than […]
10 minutes with … Scott Bader-Saye
By Bridget MacDonald — September 25, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the final weeks of Campaign 2008, presidential candidates are lavishing promises to keep America safe from terrorist attacks and from economic meltdown. But some Christian thinkers are wondering aloud whether America might be truer to Christian ideals _ and a safer country _ if voters and candidates would […]
COMMENTARY: A pox on both their houses
By Phyllis Zagano — September 25, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) No doubt about it, abortion is the elephant in the election booth this year. Neither John McCain nor Barack Obama seems to want to address it directly, and their surrogates are playing hardball on different fields. While the Obama camp is making a big push for the religious vote, […]
Ripped from the shelves
By Adelle M. Banks — September 25, 2008
Gospel Today, a Christian magazine, was pulled from the shelves of dozens of LifeWay Christian Bookstores, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Its cover featuring women pastors didn’t sit well with the bookstores’ owner, the Southern Baptist Convention. Interested customers must request it from a store clerk who can retrieve it from under the counter. Said Chris […]
Tancrazy
By Daniel Burke — September 24, 2008
Rep. Tom Tancredo, Nativist Party-Colo., has introduced legislation that would deny visas to anyone who promotes the introduction of Sharia Law into the U.S. Tancredo dubbed his bill the “Jihad Prevention Act,” cause we all know Sharia and jihad are synonymous, don’t we? The bill would also make advocacy of Sharia a deportable defense. “We […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — September 24, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service Amish farmers join in case against agriculture departments (RNS) Six Michigan farmers, including two Amish men, say a state-required livestock numbering system infringes on their religious beliefs and are suing the U.S. and Michigan departments of agriculture to stop the program. The electronic numbering and tagging procedure is designed to […]
10 minutes with … Jackie Taylor
By Kevin Eckstrom — September 24, 2008
You may have seen our weekly “10 minutes with …” feature on the Rev. Ann Gillespie, the actress-turned-Episcopal-priest-turned-actress who plays Jackie Taylor on “Beverly Hills, 90210” and the new CW spin-off, “90210.” Here she is in all her monster-mommie glory, from the inaugural season (1990) of “Beverly Hills, 90210.”
Life imitates “art”
By Francis X. Rocca — September 24, 2008
A man in Rome who stabbed a priest in church says he got the idea after watching The Da Vinci Code.
Coaching the Saints
By Francis X. Rocca — September 24, 2008
When the NFL comes to EWTN, can jokes about Hail Mary passes lag far behind?
