Monthly Archives: June 1996
TOP STORY: TENSIONS IN THE WEST BANK: Ancient Hebron a key site in saga of Israeli turmoil
By Elaine Fletcher — June 18, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service “And Sarah died in Qiryat Arba, that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan … and Abraham stood up from before his dead and spoke to the sons of Het, saying, I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with you […]
COMMENTARY: Children: A divine inheritance
By RNS Blog Editor — June 18, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.) (RNS)-“Children are a heritage from the Lord,”the Bible tells us,”a reward from Him.”This instruction, expressed in Psalm 127, reminds us that […]
COMMENTARY: Children: A divine inheritance
By RNS Blog Editor — June 18, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Samuel K. Atchison is an ordained minister and has worked as a policy analyst and social worker to the homeless. He currently is a prison chaplain in Trenton, N.J.) (RNS)-“Children are a heritage from the Lord,”the Bible tells us,”a reward from Him.”This instruction, expressed in Psalm 127, reminds us that […]
COMMENTARY: A dream of supreme proportions
By RNS Blog Editor — June 18, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail at 71421.1551(AT)compuserve.com.) (RNS)-The hour was late and I was still […]
COMMENTARY: A dream of supreme proportions
By RNS Blog Editor — June 18, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail at 71421.1551(AT)compuserve.com.) (RNS)-The hour was late and I was still […]
TOP STORY: ISRAELI ELECTIONS: Netanyahu aide says peace process will continue
By Ira Rifkin — June 15, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS)-Israel’s new Likud government has signaled American Jewish leaders that it does not intend to scuttle the Middle East peace process or roll back recent gains achieved in the Jewish state by Judaism’s non-Orthodox movements. Speaking Thursday (June 13) to members of the Conference of Presidents of Major […]
NEWS STORY: Government changes SBA rule to include church stores in loan program
By Carl Anderson — June 15, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS)-The Clinton administration, seeking to remove obstacles to religious expression in the marketplace, said Friday (June 14) it has adopted a new regulation making it easier for religiously oriented businesses to qualify for federal small-business loan guarantees.”The administration … is concerned about increasing secularization (of America) through unintentional obstacles […]
NEWS STORY: Government changes SBA rule to include church stores in loan program
By Carl Anderson — June 15, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS)-The Clinton administration, seeking to remove obstacles to religious expression in the marketplace, said Friday (June 14) it has adopted a new regulation making it easier for religiously oriented businesses to qualify for federal small-business loan guarantees.”The administration … is concerned about increasing secularization (of America) through unintentional obstacles […]
On arguing with young women
By RNS Blog Editor — June 14, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. His home page on the World Wide Web is at http://www.greeley.com. Or contact him via e-mail at agreel(AT)aol.com.) (RNS)-Humankind is a contentious and stubborn species. It does not […]
On arguing with young women
By RNS Blog Editor — June 14, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. His home page on the World Wide Web is at http://www.greeley.com. Or contact him via e-mail at agreel(AT)aol.com.) (RNS)-Humankind is a contentious and stubborn species. It does not […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — June 14, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service U.S. government to provide North Korea with $6.2 million in food (RNS)-The U.S. government said Wednesday (June 12) that in response to what it described as”a very grave humanitarian crisis”it will provide $6.2 million in food aid to North Korea.”We’re convinced that the food situation, based on the reports that […]
NEWS STORY: Disney boycott capstone of Baptist meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Wiley Drake quickly shed his Mickey Mouse tie Wednesday (June 12) after persuading his fellow Southern Baptists to call for a nationwide boycott of the Walt Disney Co., accusing the entertainment giant of promoting”anti-Christian and anti-family”values. But Drake said his own boycott resolution, adopted overwhelmingly by delegates to the Baptists’ […]
NEWS STORY: Disney boycott capstone of Baptist meeting
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Wiley Drake quickly shed his Mickey Mouse tie Wednesday (June 12) after persuading his fellow Southern Baptists to call for a nationwide boycott of the Walt Disney Co., accusing the entertainment giant of promoting”anti-Christian and anti-family”values. But Drake said his own boycott resolution, adopted overwhelmingly by delegates to the Baptists’ […]
TOP STORY: AFTERMATH OF WAR: Family planning becomes politically charged issue in post-war Croatia
By RNS Blog Editor — June 14, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service ZAGREB, Croatia (RNS)-A patchwork collage of multi-color maps of Croatia and posters of wet, wide-eyed babies checker the walls and windows of the Croatian Population Movement’s (CPM) Zagreb office.”Have one more child,”reads one poster with a smiling preschooler in army fatigues flashing the two-finger victory sign.”These black fields show where […]
COMMENTARY: A new reality sets in for Israel
By James Rudin — June 14, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee. (RNS)-An Israeli friend once compared the Middle East peace process to an accelerating train speeding past one station after another without stopping to pick up passengers. Warming to the metaphor, he described the train’s crew members as […]
