Julia Lieblich
Julia Lieblich is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Julia Lieblich
NEWS FEATURE: Learning to cope with an `unbelieving partner’
By Julia Lieblich — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service DICKERSON, Md. _ Yvonne Mulgrew, 40, rarely mentions God at home. She cannot discuss the subject she cares most about _ her evangelical Christian faith _ with the man she loves the most, her husband.”It becomes extremely lonely,” she said. “I long to be able to talk to my husband […]
TOP STORY: THE STARLET WHO MADE HERSELF A SAINT: Who was the real Evita?
By Julia Lieblich — December 27, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service UNDATED _ As millions of moviegoers flock to see”Evita,”the new musical starring Madonna, they’ll follow the story of Evita the Whore, a second-rate actress who slept her way into the Argentine presidential palace in the 1940s. But there’s another view of Argentine first lady Eva Peron: Evita the Saint. To […]
TOP STORY: COSMETIC CHRISTIANITY: Preaching in pink: the religion of Mary Kay Cosmetics
By Julia Lieblich — December 6, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service DALLAS _ Mary Kay Cosmetics’ philosophy has always been:”God first, family second, career third”and founder and chairman emeritus Mary Kay Ash attributes the cosmetic giant’s success to its initial decision to “take God as our partner.” That unique mix of faith and facials, which continues to attract”spiritually strong”people promoting and […]
TOP STORY: RELIGION AND POLITICS: When `evangelical’ doesn’t necessarily mean `conservat
By Julia Lieblich — July 18, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) When the progressive civil liberties group People For the American Way was considering civic activist and philanthropist Carole Shields for its presidency, board members liked the idea of a religious Christian at the helm. “Somebody said, `Wouldn’t it be nice to have a Baptist preacher’s kid as president of […]
NEWS FEATURE: Tortured nun begins hunger strike
By Julia Lieblich — April 25, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS)-Sister Dianna Ortiz began a bread-and-water fast Monday to pressure the Clinton administration to release information about possible U.S. government involvement in her 1989 abduction, rape and torture in Guatemala. Sitting through cold, rainy nights in a makeshift encampment in front of the White House, the Roman Catholic nun […]
National security adviser makes late-night visits to protesting nun
By Julia Lieblich — April 16, 1996
c. 1996 Religion New Service WASHINGTON (RNS)-National Security Adviser Anthony Lake left the White House at about 10:30 last Wednesday night (April 10) and walked across the street to Lafayette Square, where a handful of homeless men were weathering the cold. For the third time that week, he stopped at an encampment of umbrellas covered […]
TOP STORY: A NEW BIBLE TRANSLATION: In the beginning, there were many different words
By Julia Lieblich — January 11, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service BOSTON (RNS)-Everett Fox was 21 when he decided to translate the first book of the Hebrew Bible into English, and he approached the project with the audacity of a graduate student undaunted by King James. The grandeur of the 17th-century King James Version-translated by a team of 47 scholars-had made […]
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