music
‘Just As I Am’ was Billy Graham’s signature hymn
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(RNS) — But ‘Just As I Am’ was more than a favorite Graham hymn.
Beliefs
We can’t make this up: The Blessing of the Toilet Paper
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(RNS) Our guess is that they prefer Angel Soft.
Beliefs
Maryland bishop charged in DUI death is defrocked by Episcopal Church
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WASHINGTON (RNS) Heather Cook faces manslaughter charges in a hit-and-run drunk driving accident, and church officials charged her with misrepresenting her battles with alcohol.
Beliefs
Amid Nepal’s shattered shrines and temples, a religious fatalism sets in
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KATHMANDU, Nepal (RNS) A 7.8-magnitude earthquake shattered many of Nepal’s most famous religious sites but doesn’t seem to have shaken the faith of its people.
Beliefs
Colliding visions of marriage at the Supreme Court (ANALYSIS)
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WASHINGTON (RNS) As the Supreme Court finally took up the vexing question of same-sex marriage, the case came down to two competing visions of marriage: what it’s been, what it should be, and who gets to decide.
Beliefs
PHOTOS: Gay marriage supporters and opponents on Supreme Court steps
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Supporters of gay marriage easily outnumbered opponents, who were drowned out by shouts of “Love Must Win!” and “Marriage Now!”
Beliefs
#blacklivesmatter in Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s ‘A.D.’
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(RNS) Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s “The Bible” miniseries was criticized as too white. Now they’re back with “A.D.,” and the cast is more multicultural than you might imagine.
Beliefs
Bob Jones III apologizes for stone-the-gays remarks
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(RNS) “Upon now reading these long-forgotten words, they seem to me as words belonging to a total stranger — were my name not attached,” former Bob Jones University President Bob Jones III said.
Institutions
Breakaway Episcopalians win Texas church property fight
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(RNS) The ruling is an about-face for a Texas court that originally sided with the national church, until the state Supreme Court stepped in and ordered a rehearing.
Beliefs
Evangelicals pull support for Portland church over LGBT stance
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(RNS) The Evangelical Covenant Church bills itself as “evangelical, but not exclusive; biblical, but not doctrinaire; traditional, but not rigid.”
Culture
Statue of controversial missionary Junipero Serra could get booted from U.S. Capitol
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WASHINGTON (RNS) A California lawmaker wants to replace a bronze statue of soon-to-be saint Junipero Serra with a monument honoring Sally Ride, the nation’s first female astronaut.
Culture
Breakaway South Carolina Episcopalians win major court case
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(RNS) The Diocese of South Carolina said it helped form the national Episcopal Church in 1789, and was not legally bound to stay. On Tuesday (Feb. 3), a judge agreed.
Beliefs
Bess Myerson on being the first (and only) Jewish Miss America
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(RNS) Bess Myerson has been described as a modern-day Queen Esther, the Jewish woman who used her talents and beauty to advocate for her people.
Beliefs
Lapsed resolutions * Cuomo Catholics * Angry monks : Friday’s Roundup
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(RNS) All those resolutions to join a gym and work harder in 2015? Pish posh, says Billy Graham’s grandson. That and more in today’s Roundup.
Beliefs
Our 20 favorite RNS stories from 2014
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(RNS) These are the 20 stories from 2014 that captured our imagination and reminded us why we love the religion beat.