Steve Rabey
Steve Rabey is an author at Religion News Service.
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More cinematic Buddhism
By Steve Rabey — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service (UNDATED) _ If”Seven Years in Tibet”whets your appetite for films about Tibetan Buddhism, check out the following movies available on video: _”The Razor’s Edge.”Like”Seven Years,”an adaptation of a book, this time W. Somerset Maugham’s story of a rich young man’s search for truth in Tibet. Tyrone Power, who stars in […]
MEDIA STORY: HOLLYWOOD AND THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT: A cinematic battle between the reprehensible and the
By Steve Rabey — August 22, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) It’s been a thrilling, chilling blockbuster movie season this summer, as films like “Twister,” “The Rock,” and “Independence Day” played to packed theaters and toyed with Americans’ fears about attacks from the violence of nature, well-armed terrorists, and space aliens. But the latest high-octane action-adventure film exposes a threat […]
TOP STORY: RELIGION AND POLITICS: A reader’s guide to the Religious Right
By Steve Rabey — May 7, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Just in time for the upcoming election season, a number of new books by conservative religious leaders-and some of their critics-raise intriguing questions about the power of the Religious Right and the popular appeal of its agenda.”Active Faith”by Christian Coalition Executive Director Ralph Reed is the most eagerly awaited book […]
NEWS STORY: Hillary Clinton urges Methodists to take their faith into the world
By Steve Rabey — April 25, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service DENVER (RNS)-In a speech laced with references to Jesus, John Wesley and her recent book,”It Takes A Village,”Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday (April 24) told United Methodists to take their faith out into the world but warned that the world”is complex … and maybe hostile.” The First Lady’s 31-minute speech to […]
NEWS STORY: Methodists vote to strengthen ties with other denominations
By Steve Rabey — April 24, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service DENVER (RNS)-Representatives of the United Methodist Church, meeting here for the denomination’s quadrennial General Conference, voted Tuesday (April 23) to deepen ecumenical ties with a number of other Protestant denominations. Church leaders also continued to debate the issue of homosexuality, which has stirred strong emotions in the 8.9 million-member denomination. […]
NEWS STORY: Methodist meeting takes up agenda of conscience
By Steve Rabey — April 19, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service DENVER (RNS)-Delegates and visitors to a 10-day meeting of the United Methodist Church’s top decision-making body held a two-hour worship service Thursday (April 18) that promoted greater openness to people of diverse backgrounds and denounced sexism and racism. The service was aimed at uniting the church, which is seeking to […]
NEWS FEATURE: Christian music industry sounds note of disappointment
By Steve Rabey — April 18, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Three years ago, leaders in the growing Christian music industry boldly predicted that gospel would follow in the bootsteps of country, emerging from the shadows to become a major pop genre. But today, gospel still accounts for only 3 percent of America’s $12 billion music industry, just slightly ahead of […]
TOP STORY: Religion and Money:Colorado churches face measure to strip tax exemption
By Steve Rabey — February 8, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Churches and other non-profit organizations have long enjoyed exemption from property taxes, but this fall Colorado voters could make their state the first in the nation to end that tradition. John Patrick Michael Murphy, a Colorado Springs personal injury attorney, has collected nearly 90,000 signatures in support of a constitutional […]
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