Politics
NEWS FEATURE: Exhibit sparks debate on Jefferson’s church-state views
By B. Denise Hawkins — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ A major Library of Congress exhibit of more than 200 items examining the role of religion in early American life has sparked a new church-state debate even as it winds up its Washington stay and prepares to visit a number of major U.S. cities. On Thursday (July 30), […]
NEWS SIDEBAR
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Here is the text of remarks by President Clinton at the Religious Leaders Breakfast: Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the White House and to this day to which Hillary and the Vice President and I look forward so much every year. This is always […]
NEWS FEATURE: Supermarket tabloids and the `grocery store gospel’
By Nancy Haught — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service UNDATED _ You can spend years in seminary studying the nuances of Scripture and analyzing the words of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Or you can pick up a supermarket tabloid, and in one fell swoop glean not only the (condensed) Word of God but also Diet Tips From the […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service William Bennett criticizes Graham for comments on Clinton (RNS) Former Reagan education secretary William Bennett has criticized the Rev. Billy Graham for remarks the evangelist made on NBC’s”Today”show concerning forgiving President Clinton. The well-known evangelist was asked Thursday (March 5) about the allegations that the president had sexual relations with […]
NEWS ANALYSIS: Real change in Cuba? The wait begins, as pope returns
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Now what? As Pope John Paul II returned home and posters of his image were removed from the signposts of Havana, Vatican officials and other Catholics said they do not believe the pontiff’s five-day trip will generate any immediate wholesale changes in the communist country.”If I’ve learned […]
NEWS STORY: Rights report: Palestinian Christian converts face harassment
By Ira Rifkin — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ A report by a leading Palestinian human rights group concludes that _ contrary to allegations _ Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Authority does not systematically persecute Christians, but Palestinian evangelical Christian converts do face”religiously motivated harassment”from their Muslim neighbors. The report, draft copies of which were made available here Thursday […]
NEWS FEATURE: Little change in the year after volunteer summit
By Elizabeth Bryant — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service PHILADELPHIA _ Welcome to north Philadelphia, Revolutionary War battleground-turned-urban heartache. On historic Germantown Avenue, amid graceful stone churches and abandoned houses, sits the Germantown Boy’s & Girl’s Club, its garden and freshly painted rooms still a testament to a spring day last year when 600 volunteers _ many in town […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Heston’s `Moses PAC’ finds fertile ground in Alabama
By Kevin Hardy — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ “Moses” visited Alabama _ site of a fierce political struggle over the Ten Commandments _ at least twice last year and lo, a sea of checkbooks opened and $48,800 rolled into the conservative coffers of Arena PAC. Arena PAC, nicknamed Moses PAC, is the political action committee started […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Clinton chooses team of spiritual advisers (RNS) President Clinton, who has confessed to having”sinned”in his relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, has chosen a team of spiritual advisers _ including evangelist and sociologist Tony Campolo and the Rev. Gordon McDonald _ to meet and pray with him weekly […]
NEWS STORY: Pope says he hopes Nigeria trip gave lift to human rights
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Pope John Paul II expressed hope Wednesday (March 25) that his recent trip to Nigeria would give a lift to human rights in the country riven by the harsh suppression of dissent and ruled by a general who shows no signs of easing his powerful grip. Unlike […]
NEWS STORY: World Vision’s Seiple named to religious persecution post
By Ira Rifkin — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ A top official with the world’s largest privately funded international Christian relief and development agency was named Thursday (June 18) to a newly created State Department post dealing with the hot-button issue of religious persecution abroad. President Clinton said the appointment of Robert A. Seiple to the position […]
NEWS FEATURE: Muscle-flexing to bring people to Jesus
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. _ They bend steel bars, break concrete blocks and perform other spectacular stunts to demonstrate their strength. But they insist the most important feat of all is to spread the love of Jesus. Entertaining people with eye-popping muscle-flexing is just the bait to get people into churches […]
NEWS STORY: `Million Youth’ rallies march to different drummers
By Jonathan Tilove — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Dennis Rogers and Malik Zulu Shabazz were both born in 1966. Malcolm X was already dead a year, and by their second birthdays, Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated. Today, at 31, Rogers and Shabazz are both accomplished black leaders operating on a national scale out of […]
RNS DAILY Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service Clergy comment on Clinton as Starr report becomes public (RNS) Clergy ranging from the rabbi of Monica Lewinsky’s family to the president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops commented over the weekend on independent counsel Kenneth Starr’s report detailing sexual relations between President Clinton and the former White House […]
NEWS STORY: Pope urges action to guarantee economic and social rights in global economy
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1998
c. 1998 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Pope John Paul II is calling for urgent international action to protect the rights of individuals and states in an increasingly globalized world economy. In his annual World Day of Peace message, released Tuesday (Dec. 15) for the New Year’s Day observance, he put a strong emphasis […]
