Monthly Archives: July 2004
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 7, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Presbyterians Move to Divest in Israel, Urge U.N. Role in Iraq RICHMOND, Va. (RNS) The Presbyterian Church (USA) took steps on Friday (July 2) to begin divesting in companies doing business in Israel, the first such move since the denomination divested in South Africa during the anti-apartheid movement in the […]
NEWS FEATURE: Anti-Terror Policies Create Obstacle for Muslim Students
By Timothy C. Morgan — July 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ This is the first summer in four years M’hamed, a Moroccan graduate student, will not be going home to visit. M’hamed’s student visa has expired, and he is afraid that if he leaves the country, he will not be able to return to Virginia, where his wife still […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Missouri Synod Sees Large Congregation Increase (RNS) The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod increased its number of congregations by 94 in 2003, the most in the last 15 years. Robert Scudieri, the top U.S. missions official for the denomination, said the LCMS has increased by an average of about 60 congregations each […]
NEWS FEATURE: Nuns, Facing Decline, Take Bold Step and Merge
By RNS Blog Editor — July 3, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service BEDFORD, Ohio _ The nuns walked slowly down the ramp from the motherhouse and proceeded toward the Shrine of Our Lady of Levocha _ their final acts as Vincentian Sisters of Charity. Most had taken this same walk as young women the day they took their first vows, and again […]
Republicans Plan `Catholic Outreach Tour’
By Daniel Burke — July 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The Republican National Committee has sent a letter to Catholic leaders urging them to get involved in the presidential campaign and announcing the start of a “Catholic Outreach Tour.” The letter has annoyed a church-and-state watchdog group that has accused Republicans of manipulating religion for partisan politics. In […]
COMMENTARY: The Backwash of the Sex Abuse Tidal Wave
By Frances Kennedy — July 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Eugene Cullen Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author of “Cardinal Bernardin’s Stations of the Cross,” published by St. Martin’s Press.) (UNDATED) In a remarkable example of follow-up journalism, the Dallas Morning News has broken a […]
COMMENTARY: The Language of Religious Extremism
By James Rudin — July 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin, the American Jewish Committee’s senior interreligious adviser, is Distinguished Visiting Professor at Saint Leo University.) (UNDATED) Some recent events prove again that nothing is ever really settled in history, especially when it comes to religion. In case you haven’t noticed, religious extremism is on the rise throughout the […]
NEWS FEATURE: African-American Men Joining the Ranks of Liturgical Dancers
By Adelle M. Banks — July 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Ask Lorenzo Waters how he became a liturgical dancer and he tells of an indirect route. “I began dancing in college as a member of a dance troupe, just to increase my flexibility,” said the former hurdler. It wasn’t until he saw an African-American male dance troupe perform […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 2, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Presbyterians Vote to Maintain Policy on Late-Term Abortions RICHMOND, Va. (RNS) The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted Thursday (July 1) to maintain its position on late-term abortions, defeating a resolution that would have urged the “live delivery” of babies instead of abortion. Delegates to the church’s General Assembly meeting defeated, 260-256, […]
NEWS STORY: Presbyterians Vow to `Re-examine and Strengthen’ Ties with Jews
By Kein Eckstrom — July 1, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service RICHMOND, Va. _ The Presbyterian Church (USA) promised on Wednesday (June 30) to re-examine and strengthen ties with Jews, but left the door open to fund future “Messianic Jewish” congregations that have angered some Jewish groups. Delegates to the church’s General Assembly voted 260-233 to preserve national-level funding for new […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — July 1, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service Clergy Poll: Too Much Church-State Separation (RNS) Almost 80 percent of Protestant clergy think America has gone too far in separating its churches from the state, according to a recent survey. The survey was conducted for the LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, which published the results in […]
NEWS STORY: Christian Retailers Balance Ministry, Savvy in Competitive Climate
By Terry Byrne — July 1, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service ATLANTA _ At this year’s convention of the nation’s Christian retailers, more than 11,000 industry representatives gathered here in late June amid what is, for many, a grim economic landscape. Because “big box” stores like Wal-Mart and Costco now dominate the retail world, Christian independents face a tougher road than […]
COMMENTARY: A Holocaust Memorial That Dishonors the Dead
By Jeff Weiss — July 1, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (Avi Weiss is senior rabbi at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in New York City and president of Amcha _ The Coalition for Jewish Concerns. He is a longtime activist in the preservation of Holocaust memory and a leader in efforts to create rituals to memorialize the Holocaust.) (UNDATED) On […]
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