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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly – April 6, 2016
By Religion News LLC — April 6, 2016
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1932 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on April 8, 2016 (check local listings). Pope Francis’ Family Document – On Friday, the Vatican will release Pope Francis’ widely anticipated document on family life, Amoris Laetitia, […]
Nearly 1,000 clergy and 2,500 people of faith respond to new state anti-LGBTQ legislation
By Religion News LLC — April 6, 2016
In the past week, North Carolina and Mississippi have passed the most sweeping anti-LGBTQ laws to date. Despite the rapid corporate and public rejection of the North Carolina law, on April 5th, Governor Phil Bryant of Mississippi signed HB 1523 into law. The law allows physicians and other medical professionals to deny services to LGBTQ […]
Spokespersons prepared to discuss Pope Francis’ highly anticipated apostolic exhortation
By Religion News LLC — April 6, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO – A group of prominent spokespersons will be available to discuss Pope Francis’ papal exhortation, “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), which will express the Holy Father’s thoughts on the controversial 2014 and 2015 synods of bishops on the family. The document is expected to potentially address such discussions as prohibiting communion for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics; the relationship between charity and truth; the need for […]
Diverse group of religion communicators gathered to build bridges, find avenues and discover intersections
By Religion News LLC — April 5, 2016
NEW YORK — In a world with dizzying religious diversity, taking time to consider ways to enrich communication among religious groups and with the public is important now more than ever before. Over three days March 31 to April 2, more than 120 communicators from across the religious spectrum gathered in New York City to […]
KidSpirit and Spirituality & Practice partner to highlight youth voices
By Religion News LLC — April 5, 2016
KidSpirit, the sole spiritual magazine by and for youth, is thrilled to announce a burgeoning partnership with Spirituality & Practice, an extensive website devoted to resources for spiritual journeys. This relationship, originally conceived at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in October, will bring youth voices into the public conversation on spiritual life fostered among […]
Religion News Service names new Christianity beat reporter
By Ron Ribiat — April 5, 2016
(RNS) Emily McFarlan Miller, an award-winning journalist who has written extensively on news and trends in Christian America, will take on one of Religion News Service’s most important beats, covering Christians and Christianity. Miller, who worked at the Chicago Sun-Times as its digital editor for social media, has delved deeply as a journalist into the […]
Training religious leaders to promote dialogue and coexistence on social media
By Religion News LLC — April 3, 2016
AMMAN, Jordan — 300 young religious leaders, and civil society representatives working with interreligious dialogue across the Middle East will be trained on the use of social media to promote respectful dialogue among followers of different religions. The first of the series of five trainings in a regional training program, organized by the Vienna-based International Dialogue […]
Literary and historical view of the charismatic figure of Moses
By Religion News LLC — April 1, 2016
Uses and Abuses of Moses: Literary Representations since the Enlightenment by Theodore Ziolkowski — “Is there another figure in the Bible who has been claimed, disclaimed, argued and fought over, or enlisted in as many contradictory causes as Moses? Here at last in Ziolkowski’s book we have a clear-headed, richly researched, and fluently crafted volume […]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly – March 30, 2016
By Religion News LLC — March 30, 2016
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1931 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on April 1, 2016 (check local listings). Chicago’s Gun Violence – The poorest parts of Chicago have become deadly war zones, armed gangs enabling nearly 500 shootings so far […]
Half of Americans think Bible is best hope for politicians
By Religion News LLC — March 30, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — President Obama recently called the current election cycle “vulgar,” suggesting that the tenor of the current presidential campaign is divisive and damaging to the reputation of the United States. It seems that many Americans agree. In the 2016 State of the Bible: The Bible and Politics released today, American Bible Society found that 51 […]
Boston College Libby Professor releases two books:
By Religion News LLC — March 29, 2016
NEWTON, Mass. — This March, Libby Professor Cathleen Kaveny sees publication of two new books about religion in public life, Prophecy without Contempt: Religious Discourse in the Public Square (Harvard University Press), and A Culture of Engagement: Law, Religion, and Morality (Georgetown University Press). Prophecy Without Contempt: Religious Discourse in the Public Square Published by Harvard University […]
N.T. Wright, Ruby Bridges, and David Kinnaman announced as Pepperdine Bible Lectures 2016 featured speakers
By Religion News LLC — March 29, 2016
MALIBU, Calif. – Thousands of visitors will flock to Pepperdine University in Malibu between Tuesday, May 3 and Friday, May 6, 2016, to experience the 73rd Pepperdine Bible Lectures. This year’s theme, “Cruciformed: Living in Light of the Jesus Story” invites attendees to discover the powerful story of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection over the […]
Flies on the wall tell all
By Religion News LLC — March 29, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO – The Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion 43 years ago created a new industry in America. A quiet giant rose among the hustle and bustle of daily life, and abortion became a business, a very profitable business. Women’s clinics became scattered among the country, and the women who signed […]
Communicating harmonies between science & religion using narrative nonfiction—through an innovative, collaborative thinking and writing program
By Religion News LLC — March 29, 2016
Think Write Publish, an innovative program at Arizona State University’s new School for the Future of Innovation in Society seeks applicants for 12 Narrative Nonfiction Writing Fellowships on the harmonies between science and religion. Science and religion, despite their rich, interwoven history, are too often portrayed as opposites in nearly every way, irreconcilable by definition. […]
Life Bible Study releases Abide, a new study from author and teacher David Platt
By Religion News LLC — March 28, 2016
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In this joint partnership between Radical and Life Bible Study, Radical Life will offer small group studies from content developed from sermon series Dr. David Platt authored and taught as the senior pastor for The Church at Brook Hills. Abide is the first study to be released in this series with additional studies expected […]
