Ashley Gipson
Ashley Gipson is an author at Religion News Service.
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Ballot measures touch on social, ethical issues
By Ashley Gipson — November 6, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Moral issues abounded on state ballots in the 2008 election, with conservative religious groups successfully working to bar gays from marrying in several states and adopting children in another. But efforts to restrict or ban abortions failed, and measures to allow gambling, assisted suicide and embryonic stem cell […]
Cinema churches bring God to the big screen _ and to where the people are
By Ashley Gipson — October 31, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ When the medieval church wanted to communicate the biblical narratives to a largely illiterate society, it used stained glass windows to illustrate the stories. So as the modern church looks for ways to reach a generation unfamiliar with the Bible, the most obvious medium, they say, is movie […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Voters face range of social issues on November ballots
By Ashley Gipson — October 22, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Although the proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in California is garnering the most attention, Arizona and Florida both have proposals to amend their constitutions to ban same-sex marriage. A similar amendment was defeated in Arizona in 2004. For the amendment to pass in Florida, 60 percent of voters […]
This is not your grandfather’s Bible
By Ashley Gipson — October 18, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The Bible is getting a makeover as publishers try to catch every type of customer’s attention and draw in new readers who would be unlikely to pick up the holy tome in its traditional form. With different packaging, the Green Bible, the Bible Illuminated and Zondervan’s Bible Across America […]
Chaplains rush in to aid workers caught in market meltdown
By Ashley Gipson — September 19, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As the market mayhem continues to rock Wall Street, dazed employees in the financial sector who have lost their faith in the economy are turning to religious leaders for guidance. “People who still have their jobs are asking, `Am I next?’ They are much less certain of their place […]
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