Monthly Archives: April 2006
Navy Asks Chaplains to Practice `Nonsectarian’ Religion in Public
By Adelle M. Banks — April 15, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ A new U.S. Navy policy has become another point of contention in an ongoing battle over the appropriate role of religion in military ranks. The Feb. 21 “instruction” from the secretary of the Navy has prompted protests at recent Washington events hosted by evangelical Christians and in a […]
Should `Jesus’ Name’ Be Scratched From Public Prayers?
By Adelle M. Banks — April 15, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Retired Army Chaplain David Peterson models how he thinks sensitive Christians should pray in public. “I pray in Jesus’ name but I always give a little introduction, just two or three seconds: `I’m going to pray according to my tradition and I encourage you to pray according to your […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Pope Eulogizes Priest Gunned Down in Turkey During Cartoon Controversy VATICAN CITY (RNS) In his first Holy Thursday Mass as pope, Benedict XVI recalled the murder of a Catholic priest in Turkey as an example of priestly sacrifice. In a homily dedicated to priests, Benedict read a letter Thursday (April […]
In Post-Katrina New Orleans, a Passover to Remember
By RNS Blog Editor — April 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS _ Thousands of Jewish families, stressed by almost eight months of loss and uncertainty after Hurricane Katrina, drew together at sundown Wednesday (April 12) to celebrate Passover and reclaim a sense of normalcy and continuity in a world remade by disaster. In many places they looked out over […]
Navy Asks Chaplains to Practice `Nonsectarian’ Religion in Public
By Adelle M. Banks — April 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ A new U.S. Navy policy has become another point of contention in an ongoing battle over the appropriate role of religion in military ranks. The Feb. 21 “instruction” from the secretary of the Navy has prompted protests at recent Washington events hosted by evangelical Christians and in a […]
In Katrina’s Aftermath, New Orleans Finds New Meanings in Holy Week
By Kim Lawton — April 14, 2006
c. 2006 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly NEW ORLEANS _ The Rev. Lance Eden hasn’t been a pastor for a full year, but the United Methodist minister with a congregation of fewer than 100 has already presided over a dozen funerals. In this city, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, death and destruction have become all […]
Religious Leaders Join Immigration Protests
By RNS Blog Editor — April 13, 2006
In this week’s full-text RNS article, Piet Levy looks at the religious response to the immigrants’ rights rallies. Quote: “Dear friends, we are in an historic moment in our nation’s history,” [Cardinal Theodore E.] McCarrick told the crowd after comparing the immigration protests to Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington in 1963. “We are […]
Buddha Sites Loom Large and Blissful for Visitors to Hong Kong
By Jacqui Lewis — April 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service HONG KONG _ Places of worship sometimes turn out to be among the sights that travelers remember most. That was my experience in visiting two prominent Buddhist sites while in Hong Kong: the world’s largest outdoor bronze statue of Buddha, on Lantau Island in Hong Kong harbor; and the Temple […]
100 Years After Azusa Street, Revival Continues at a Michigan Church
By RNS Blog Editor — April 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. _ Unintelligible murmurs fill Faith Tabernacle Church. Some jabber and sway. Some shout “Hallelujah” Some ecstatically clap their hands. It has been 100 years since the Pentecostal-charismatic movement exploded in America with a spirit-filled revival on Los Angeles’ Azusa Street. An April 25-29 centennial celebration honors the […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Carter Leads Baptists in Issuing New `Covenant’ (RNS) Former President Jimmy Carter, the nation’s most famous ex-Southern Baptist, has forged a “Baptist Covenant” with Baptist groups that do not embrace Southern Baptists’ conservative tilt. Carter met with 17 Baptist leaders for four hours at the Carter Center in Atlanta on […]
COMMENTARY: Despite New `Gospel,’ Judas’ Story of Betrayal Remains the Same
By RNS Blog Editor — April 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) By sponsoring research on a document called the “Gospel of Judas,” National Geographic has transcended its musty image of piling up in waiting rooms and attics as the magazine nobody can throw away. This ancient text portrays Judas not as the traitorous apostle who hanged himself after betraying Jesus […]
How Azusa Street Ignited a Global Holy Spirit Movement
By RNS Blog Editor — April 13, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ One hundred years ago a series of boisterous revival meetings in a converted stable on Azusa Street launched a global movement that overcame differences in class, gender and race to unite around the belief that the Holy Spirit still works miracles. Today, there are about 600 million […]
RNS Weekly Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service British Judge Rules for `Da Vinci Code’ Author LONDON (RNS) Britain’s High Court ruled Friday (April 7) that author Dan Brown did not plagiarize and breach the copyright of an earlier book in writing his global best-selling novel “The Da Vinci Code.” Two of the three authors of “The Holy […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — April 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service Canadian Catholic Priest Excommunicated Over `Schismatic’ Church TORONTO (RNS) A Canadian Roman Catholic priest who supports the ordination of women has been excommunicated after he held services in what authorities called a “schismatic church.” The Palm Sunday service was the second held by the Rev. Ed Cachia at his newly […]
Gentiles Who Rescued Jews from Nazis Honored as `Righteous’
By RNS Blog Editor — April 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) From 1941 to 1944, Josef Balyk sheltered and fed three Jews in a small shed on his farm in Nazi-controlled Romanivka, Ukraine, now part of Poland. Expressing daily reassurance with some humor, “He would sing he was coming with potatoes,” said Betty Kagen, now living in Nassau County, N.Y. […]
