Nancy Haught
Nancy Haught is an author at Religion News Service.
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A Confusion of Labels
By Nancy Haught — July 29, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the past 50 years or so, Jeff Strang has been a churchgoer, an agnostic, an atheist and a humanist. If anyone knows what these words mean, it ought to be he. Yet even he admits to some “fuzziness” around the terms. Strang has his own working definition: “A […]
Muslim Professor Displays Islam’s Diversity
By Nancy Haught — July 26, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. _ Kambiz GhaneaBassiri is a Muslim. He has a doctorate in Islamic studies from Harvard University and teaches at Reed College here. He has one book to his credit and is halfway through writing his second, a history of Islam in the United States since Colonial times. He […]
Questions and Answers From a Bishop in the Spotlight
By Nancy Haught — July 6, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, recently elected leader of the Episcopal Church, is back in Nevada, adjusting to her new role. She isn’t the only one. Her selection _ as a woman, a second-career priest, a bishop from a Western diocese and a supporter of gay ordinations _ has shaken […]
`Munich’ Film, World Events Show Nature of Revenge
By Nancy Haught — March 23, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) In the movie “Munich,” Steven Spielberg tells the story of five covert hit men, recruited to avenge the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian terrorists during the Olympic Games in 1972. The film has been controversial because, blending fact and fiction, the avengers wrestle with the ethics […]
Christian Instructor Shows Men How to Write Heartfelt Letters to Loved Ones
By Nancy Haught — March 2, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Most months, Larry and Jeannie Sanders of McMinnville, Ore., manage a family budget in which there’s not likely to be $100 left over. But last June, when Larry burst into the gas station where his wife is a cashier and asked for that amount, Jeannie didn’t think twice. The […]
COMMENTARY: A Quick Guide to Finding the Perfect House (of Worship)
By Nancy Haught — January 31, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) “Why isn’t there someone, like a real estate agent, who can help me find a church?” Hmmm. What a good idea. After all, finding a church isn’t all that different from shopping for a house. A lot of the same issues come into play: the reasons for looking in […]
Authors Take Lighthearted Look at Hell
By Nancy Haught — December 31, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The world has been going to hell in a handbasket for 4,000 years. That’s about the time someone gouged the epic hero Gilgamesh’s name into a ream of clay tablets and began, at least in writing, the human preoccupation with the netherworld. So say two writers, Chuck Crisafulli and […]
In Case You Become Pontiff, a Clever Guide to the Vatican
By Nancy Haught — December 20, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Obviously, the position has been filled. But you still might want to file away a copy of “How to Be Pope” (Chronicle Books, $10.95, 127 pages) for future reference. Piers Marchant’s collection of truly useful tips, subtitled “What to Do and Where to Go Once You’re in the Vatican,” […]
Fitting the Bible to Every Buyer
By Nancy Haught — December 8, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The Holy Bible, a staple of hotel rooms and many American households, remains a popular choice for Christmas giving. Especially now that publishers are determined to light a candle in every imaginable lifestyle niche. This season’s offerings include portable Bibles, quick-read Bibles, Biblezines and the latest in devotional […]
The Pomegranate, a Most Spiritual Fruit
By Nancy Haught — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Next time you’re wandering the produce aisle, pick up a pomegranate and treat yourself to a lesson on world religions. Beneath that smooth, red and bitter skin lie hundreds of tiny scarlet seeds _ and almost as many religious associations. “People use whatever is at hand to express their […]
The Pomegranate, a Most Spiritual Fruit
By Nancy Haught — November 23, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Next time you’re wandering the produce aisle, pick up a pomegranate and treat yourself to a lesson on world religions. Beneath that smooth, red and bitter skin lie hundreds of tiny scarlet seeds _ and almost as many religious associations. “People use whatever is at hand to express their […]
Natural Disasters Spike Christians’ `Rapture Index’
By Nancy Haught — November 12, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Whether you see earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis as natural disasters or acts of God, this has been a bad year for the world and a good one for the rapture index. The index, a feature on the Web site http://www.raptureready.com, is a measure of how quickly the world is […]
Author Weaves Mystery Around Saint and Stigmata
By Nancy Haught — October 8, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) St. Francis of Assisi, painted and sculpted with a bird on his shoulder and a lamb or wolf at his feet, may be the most popular Christian saint, inside the Roman Catholic Church and out. Francis is revered as the patron saint of Italy, animals, merchants and ecologists. His […]
Author Weaves Mystery Around Saint and Stigmata
By Nancy Haught — October 8, 2005
NANCY HAUGHT c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) St. Francis of Assisi, painted and sculpted with a bird on his shoulder and a lamb or wolf at his feet, may be the most popular Christian saint, inside the Roman Catholic Church and out. Francis is revered as the patron saint of Italy, animals, merchants and […]
How Much Do You Know About the Ten Commandments?
By Nancy Haught — July 9, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Thou shalt memorize the Ten Commandments. You never know when you might need them and, if you’re inside a courthouse, you probably won’t find them posted on the wall. In two 5-4 decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 27 that displaying the Ten Commandments on government land […]
