Mary Warner
Mary Warner is an author at Religion News Service.
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In key battleground state, religious patterns seem stable
By Mary Warner — October 18, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service HERSHEY, Pa. _ A group of twentysomethings at the Evangelical Free Church of Hershey spoke admiringly about Barack Obama’s eloquence, his impulse to heal divides and his historic campaign as a black man nominated for the presidency. But only one of the four in this key battleground state was even […]
Wal-Mart Tests Bible Figures in a Sliver of the Bible Belt
By Mary Warner — September 14, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service HARRISBURG, Pa. _ Jesus and Moses were sold out, but you could still head to the checkout counter with Mary, Noah, David and a ferocious-looking Samson, packaged with Delilah in hot pink. The world of posable action figures has traditionally belonged to hulking heroes such as Spider-Man and He-Man. But […]
Film Examines Amish, Others in Forgiveness
By Mary Warner — April 3, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service HARRISBURG, Pa. _ Filmmaker Martin Doblmeier, who set out to explore the nature of forgiveness, was almost finished when the news broke about the Amish school shooting in West Nickel Mines, Pa., last October. So he went to Lancaster County to film a segment on what happened after a gunman […]
Violence, Guns Virtually Unknown Among the Amish
By Mary Warner — October 4, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service HARRISBURG, Pa. _ The Amish teach their children that a gun is for hunting wild game and any other use is a sin. They do not serve in the military. They reject the use of violence, even in self-defense. They organize their community around their church and draw sharp boundaries […]
Court Battle Joined on Teaching of Intelligent Design
By Mary Warner — September 24, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service HARRISBURG, Pa. _ In Harrisburg on Monday, as the nation watches, a 21st-century courtroom drama will emerge from an old and ongoing cultural divide in America. It’s about evolution. In a nonjury civil trial expected to last until late October, the latest challenge to evolution in public schools receives its […]
NEWS FEATURE: Televangelist Meyer _ A New Breed Preaching Healing, Prosperity
By Mary Warner — May 11, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service HERSHEY, Pa. _ Televangelist Joyce Meyer, down-home despite her trim purple corporate suit, talks about her listeners’ troubles with the intimacy of a sister sufferer. She knows they lose patience with their husbands and kids and feel bad about it; they worry all the time; they overeat. She knows they […]
NEWS FEATURE: Prayer hotline offers alternative to psychics
By Mary Warner — January 1, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Ads offering people psychic direction about their love life or finanical future via toll calls have become staples on television, especially late night TV . Now there’s an evangelical Christian alternative. During breaks in”The Jerry Springer Show”or”Judge Judy,”30-second TV ads tout the Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based National Prayer Hot Line […]
NEWS ADVANCE: Sexuality, unity issues top agenda for Presbyterians
By Mary Warner — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ Sexuality issues, especially the role of gays and lesbians in the church, are likely to continue to play their dominant and divisive role when the Presbyterian Church (USA) meets for its annual General Assembly in Syracuse, N.Y., June 14-21.”I expect this (sexuality) to be the most discussed and […]
NEWS FEATURE: Exhibit tells story of first English Bible translator
By Mary Warner — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The nation’s capital, a city of tributes and memorials to soldiers and statesmen, presidents and politicians. And this summer, to a Bible translator, too. The extraordinary life story of William Tyndale (1494-1536) and the evidence of his persistence in creating the first printed English translation of the New […]
NEWS STORY: Catholics to open cultural center in Washington
By Mary Warner — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The pope has chosen the nation’s capital as the site for the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center _ a facility part interactive museum and part think-tank _ to explore the faith, values and global impact of Roman Catholicism. Construction of the $50 million facility, called the first […]
NEWS STORY: Catholics to open cultural center in Washington
By Mary Warner — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The pope has chosen the nation’s capital as the site for the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center _ a facility part interactive museum and part think-tank _ to explore the faith, values and global impact of Roman Catholicism. Construction of the $50 million facility, called the first […]
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