Cecile Holmes
Cecile Holmes is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Cecile Holmes
NEWS FEATURE: Two Books Look at the Mystical Experience
By Cecile Holmes — June 4, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) To the uninitiated, the mystic’s path seems otherworldly, a road into the unknown taken by people like cloistered Christian nuns, whirling Sufis and wandering Hindu holy men. But do the mystics seek the mysticism or does it seek them? Two new books suggest that mystics _ especially Christian ones […]
NEWS FEATURE: As `Left Behind’ Series Winds Down, Final Book Off to Strong Start
By Cecile Holmes — April 30, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Just weeks after hitting bookstore shelves, the final book in the amazingly successful, 12-volume “Left Behind” series is “No. 1” on national best-seller lists. “Glorious Appearing,” the last progeny of a prodigious partnership between conservative minister the Rev. Tim LaHaye, and Christian writer Jerry Jenkins, was released March 30. […]
NEWS FEATURE: Prayer Book Explores Jewish Roots of Christian Prayer Cycle
By Cecile Holmes — January 1, 2003
c. Religion News Service “Sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs among yourselves, singing and chanting to the Lord in your hearts, always and everywhere giving thanks to God who is our Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 5:19- 20 (UNDATED) The first major literary and liturgical reworking of the Benedictine […]
NEWS FEATURE: Christian Authors Focus Novel on Roots of Israeli Nation
By Cecile Holmes — January 1, 2003
(UNDATED) In their newest book, Christian authors Bodie and Brock Thoene build upon research for two earlier book series linked to World War II and the roots of Israeli statehood. “Jerusalem Vigil” (Viking) is the first book in what the Thoenes envision as a six-book series, to be called Zion Legacy. “Vigil” opens as the […]
NEWS FEATURE: Christian Authors Focus Novel on Roots of Israeli Nation
By Cecile Holmes — January 1, 2003
(UNDATED) In their newest book, Christian authors Bodie and Brock Thoene build upon research for two earlier book series linked to World War II and the roots of Israeli statehood. “Jerusalem Vigil” (Viking) is the first book in what the Thoenes envision as a six-book series, to be called Zion Legacy. “Vigil” opens as the […]
NEWS FEATURE: Scholar: Ignorance, Not Religious Zeal, Is Danger for America
By Cecile Holmes — October 27, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Since its first settlers sought to found a godly “city upon a hill,” America has been a nation shaped by religious zeal and by religious ignorance. But as growing diversity reconfigures the nation’s faith landscape, it is the ignorance, not the fervor, that poses the greater danger. For with […]
NEWS FEATURE: Scholar: Ignorance, Not Religious Zeal, Is Danger for America
By Cecile Holmes — October 27, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Since its first settlers sought to found a godly “city upon a hill,” America has been a nation shaped by religious zeal and by religious ignorance. But as growing diversity reconfigures the nation’s faith landscape, it is the ignorance, not the fervor, that poses the greater danger. For with […]
NEWS FEATURE: Sustaining Belief During a Dark Night of the Soul
By Cecile Holmes — October 11, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The dark night of the soul. No one knows precisely how to describe it, nor how long it may last. Even revered Roman Catholic mystics like St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross experienced it. In an era of quick-fix spirituality, Philip Yancey’s newest book, “Reaching […]
NEWS FEATURE: Sustaining Belief During a Dark Night of the Soul
By Cecile Holmes — October 11, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The dark night of the soul. No one knows precisely how to describe it, nor how long it may last. Even revered Roman Catholic mystics like St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross experienced it. In an era of quick-fix spirituality, Philip Yancey’s newest book, “Reaching […]
NEWS FEATURE: Theologian Looks At the Negative Impact of Technology
By Cecile Holmes — July 6, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service HOUSTON _ Theologian Rick Gaillardetz worries that the genie of technology has escaped its bottle and threatens to enslave Christian as consumers. According to Gaillardetz, techno-wizardry _ from the Internet to the microwave _ can undermine family relationships and personal spirituality, and speed the vanishing sense of community once common […]
NEWS FEATURE: Theologian Looks At the Negative Impact of Technology
By Cecile Holmes — July 6, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service HOUSTON _ Theologian Rick Gaillardetz worries that the genie of technology has escaped its bottle and threatens to enslave Christian as consumers. According to Gaillardetz, techno-wizardry _ from the Internet to the microwave _ can undermine family relationships and personal spirituality, and speed the vanishing sense of community once common […]
NEWS STORY: Pollster Gallup Sees a `Pick-and-Choose’ Religion
By Cecile Holmes — February 5, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The nation’s premier pollster says the spiritual quest percolating among Americans today might best be described as “religion a la carte.” Although a Canadian sociologist, Reginald Bibby, coined the term, it has been pollster George Gallup Jr. who has most thoroughly researched its application in the United States. At […]
NEWS STORY: Pollster Gallup Sees a `Pick-and-Choose’ Religion
By Cecile Holmes — February 5, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The nation’s premier pollster says the spiritual quest percolating among Americans today might best be described as “religion a la carte.” Although a Canadian sociologist, Reginald Bibby, coined the term, it has been pollster George Gallup Jr. who has most thoroughly researched its application in the United States. At […]
NEWS FEATURE: Exhibit Captures Multi-Layered Mexican Spirituality
By Cecile Holmes — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The photographs of Graciela Iturbide on display through Sept. 24 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts plunge the viewer into an array of images evocative of the deep spirituality of Latin America. Titled “Images of the Spirit: Photographs of Graciela Iturbide,” the exhibit features more […]
NEWS FEATURE: Exhibit Captures Multi-Layered Mexican Spirituality
By Cecile Holmes — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The photographs of Graciela Iturbide on display through Sept. 24 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts plunge the viewer into an array of images evocative of the deep spirituality of Latin America. Titled “Images of the Spirit: Photographs of Graciela Iturbide,” the exhibit features more […]
