Marcia Z. Nelson
Marcia Z. Nelson is an author at Religion News Service.
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Armed guards on peace-church campuses raise questions
By Marcia Z. Nelson — May 21, 2008
(UNDATED) Two separate shooting rampages at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University left nearly 40 people dead and prompted intense discussion on college campuses nationwide on how best to protect students and staff. In the wake of those massacres, several colleges that previously relied on unarmed security staff _ Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., […]
Muslim country singer breaks all the stereotypes
By Marcia Z. Nelson — March 26, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) He wears a mighty nice cowboy hat, hails from a small town in Oklahoma, and sings with a twang about wantin’ to hear the ayyyn-gels. He drove a pickup truck in high school and admits he used to take his dog hunting. And did we mention that he’s a […]
10 minutes with … Karen Armstrong
By Marcia Z. Nelson — November 22, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Independent scholar and former Catholic nun Karen Armstrong has been writing books for 25 years. In an age of narrowly focused scholarship, she has tackled the broad scope of the world’s great religions. Her breakthrough work, “The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions,” examines the spiritually fertile […]
Scholars Trace a Lifetime of Faith
By Marcia Z. Nelson — July 20, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Michele Dillon and Paul Wink have interviewed scores of septuagenarians about their faith _ or lack thereof _ and compared their answers to those they gave during their teens and middle age. Their discovery? People really don’t change much over time _ religiosity in early adulthood is comparable to […]
Exhibit Displays Sallman’s Iconic Images of Christ
By Marcia Z. Nelson — July 18, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Late one evening in 1924, Warner Sallman, a commercial artist, was working on deadline on a new magazine cover. He went to bed but was restless. When an image appeared in his mind’s eye sometime after 2 a.m., he got up and drew what he saw. That nocturnal vision […]
As the War Goes On, So Does the Work of Military Chaplains
By Marcia Z. Nelson — April 6, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service CHICAGO _ Once you’ve seen the brutal face of evil, says the Rev. Robert Barry, you start looking for the tender face of God. Barry is an Air National Guard chaplain who spends his summers working with injured soldiers at Landstuhl military hospital in southern Germany, where American military personnel […]
NEWS STORY: Survey Shows 18 Percent of Consumers Bought Religion, Spirituality Books
By Marcia Z. Nelson — June 8, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service CHICAGO _ A new survey by the trade magazine Publishers Weekly shows that 18 percent of consumers bought books dealing with religion or spirituality in the past year. Preliminary results of the survey, conducted in May, were announced Friday (June 4) at Book Expo America, the major annual publishing industry […]
NEWS FEATURE: Numbers From Publishers Weekly Survey
By Marcia Z. Nelson — June 8, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service CHICAGO _ Here are findings from the Publishers Weekly survey on the religion and spirituality book-buying habits of American consumers: Why Consumers Purchased Religion, Spirituality Books _ interest in subject: 48 percent _ find God’s presence: 30 percent _ find purpose in life: 29 percent _ improve relationships: 21 percent […]
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