Carl Anderson
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Pastor answers call to free innocent prisoners
By Carl Anderson — October 8, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Abortion has been an albatross around the Democratic Party’s neck since at least 1980, helping to keep it out of the White House for all but eight of the last 28 years. Will 2008 be any different? Once again, the Democrats have tied their fortunes to abortion rights, hoping […]
Nonbelievers Experience an American Resurgence
By Carl Anderson — January 27, 2007
c. 2007 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly NEW YORK _ The United States, the polls repeatedly show, is a religious country, with 90 percent of Americans saying they believe in God or a supreme being and more than 40 percent saying they attend religious services each week. But there is another group, much smaller and less […]
Sobering HIV/AIDS Report Presents Challenge for Religious Groups
By Carl Anderson — November 28, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Ten years ago, the World Council of Churches said the AIDS pandemic “exposes the complicity and complacency of churches, challenging them to be better involved, more active, and more faithful.” On the eve of World AIDS Day on Friday (Dec. 1), religious leaders, citing a new report by the […]
Bush Concedes Impact of Torture, But Not Responsibility
By Carl Anderson — October 17, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) President Bush acknowledged last week (Oct. 11) that the scandal arising from treatment of prisoners at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison “kind of eased us off the moral high ground” in the war in Iraq. Bush’s remark came at the end of a news conference when he was asked whether […]
Evangelicals Break Ranks With Bush on North Korea Stalemate
By Carl Anderson — August 4, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When evangelical pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren announced he would undertake a preaching mission to North Korea next year, it raised a number of eyebrows in the conservative religious community. North Korea, after all, is a keystone in President Bush’s “axis of evil” and, according to the State […]
Christian Groups Press for Middle East Ceasefire
By Carl Anderson — July 26, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) As the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon entered its 13th day Tuesday (July 25), mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders around the world continued to press the combatants _ and the Bush administration _ for an immediate cease-fire. But as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a […]
Under Pressure, Presbyterians Ease Mideast Divestment Policy
By Carl Anderson — June 22, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ Under intense pressure from church members and Jewish groups, the Presbyterian Church (USA) on Wednesday (June 21) modified its controversial position calling for “phased, selective divestment” in companies involved in the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. While church leaders said divestment _ withdrawing church funds _ remains […]
In Seismic Shift, Presbyterians Make Room for Gay Clergy
By Carl Anderson — June 21, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ The nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination, in a seismic shift on the role of gays and lesbians in the church, voted on Tuesday (June 20) to allow local and regional bodies to ordain gays to the church’s ministries. After nearly three hours of debate, delegates voted 298 to […]
In Seismic Shift, Presbyterians Make Room for Gay Clergy
By Carl Anderson — June 21, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ The nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination, in a seismic shift on the role of gays and lesbians in the church, voted on Tuesday (June 20) to allow local and regional bodies to ordain gays to the church’s ministries. After nearly three hours of debate, delegates voted 298 to […]
Presbyterians Poised to Act on Gay Issues, Middle East
By Carl Anderson — June 20, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ The nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination entered the home stretch of its eight-day General Assembly on Monday (June 19), poised to take up the contentious issue of gay clergy and the thorny question of the use of church investments in the Middle East. On the gay issue, delegates, […]
Religion and Film: What Would Jesus Direct?
By Carl Anderson — June 10, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service NEW YORK _ There is a lot of buzz these days in both religious and Hollywood circles that a new relationship is being forged between faith and film. Is it for real? Or is it just a lot of hype? Michael Flaherty, president of Walden Media, a partner with Walt […]
Churches Urge Swift Action on U.N. Peacekeepers in Darfur
By Carl Anderson — May 12, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The All Africa Conference of Churches, the continent’s largest ecumenical agency, is calling on the Sudanese government to quickly approve the deployment of United Nations peacekeeping troops in the conflict-ridden Darfur region of Sudan. It is a call echoed by religious and human rights groups and governments, including the […]
Book Examines Religious Photos of Great Depression and World War II
By Carl Anderson — March 2, 2006
c. 2006 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (UNDATED) Between 1935 and 1943 _ the height of the Great Depression and the early years of World War II _ the federal government embarked on one of the most remarkable and ambitious artistic projects in American history. Under the auspices of what became known as the Farm Security […]
World Council of Churches to Meet in Brazil to `Transform World’
By Carl Anderson — February 10, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) At a moment when war, violence and poverty engulf much of the world, and when the vision of church unity seems uncertain at best and fading for many, the World Council of Churches is boldly asking God to “transform the world.” The international ecumenical body of some 347 Orthodox […]
Torture Debate Remains Unresolved, Morally and Politically
By Carl Anderson — January 7, 2006
c. 2006 Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (UNDATED) After six months of stiff resistance, and faced with an overwhelming and embarrassing political defeat, President Bush last month reversed himself and reluctantly agreed to a law banning cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of prisoners in American custody. The agreement capped a year of legal and policy debates […]
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