RNS Press Releases
Honoring Mizrahi Remembrance Month
By Religion News LLC — November 14, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO – On June 23, 2014 the Government of Israel adopted a law to designate November 30th as the annual national Day of Commemoration for the 850,000 Jewish refugees who were displaced from Arab countries and Iran in the 20th century. The law, which is the culmination of several years of hard work and dedication […]
Special report focuses on legal challenges facing religious institutions
By Religion News LLC — November 12, 2015
WASHINGTON – Challenges to faith-based organizations are making it increasingly difficult to serve the public while meeting their mission. The Heritage Foundation published a new special report from Eric Kniffin, an attorney with Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP, that offers an overview of these issues and how a mission audit can help organizations prepare to meet […]
UCC Clergy For A Just Middle East Peace searches for a response to Palestinian and Israeli violence
By Religion News LLC — November 12, 2015
GRAFTON, Mass. — As we watch the ongoing wave of violence in the Holy Land — with Palestinians attacking Israelis with knife stabbings and car run overs seemingly at random, and the severe Israeli response to the terror — we ask ourselves, how the Church should respond? Israelis now live in fear of leaving their […]
A 100-Year old act of ecclesiastical lynching exposed
By Religion News LLC — November 12, 2015
E. Syracuse, N.Y. — On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at the 175th anniversary event for the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, the Synod of the Northeast will clear the debt of approximately $175,000 as an act of racial reconciliation in response to the ecclesiastical lynching of the Rev. William Robeson in the late 1901. The Rev. William […]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly – November 13, 2015
By Religion News LLC — November 11, 2015
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1911 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on November 13 (check local listings). China and Climate Change – Next month in Paris world leaders will gather to see if they can slow down international climate […]
KidSpirit, sole spiritual magazine by youth, releases annual print volume
By Religion News LLC — November 10, 2015
Brooklyn, NY—KidSpirit, the award-winning spiritual magazine by and for youth, releases today its fourth print volume of the best articles, poetry, and artwork published online in 2014-15. In the words of young contributor Ammara Mohsin, 17, this book highlights the belief that “we can progress, we can rise above the lines that separate. We can […]
The real you is immortal: whether you like it or not!
By Religion News LLC — November 9, 2015
Obviously its title is radical. But scientific, medical, and psychological advances support it, by revealing a new kind of “consciousness”—of which we are not aware. So this book may read like science fiction—but it is entirely nonfiction! Much of the book therefore will be unimaginable, even controversial for some people. For example, four unrelated teenage […]
Historic gathering of global Christian leaders urges churches and governments to address growing concern for persecution of Christians
By Religion News LLC — November 9, 2015
An historic consultation of church leaders, drawn from 56 nations, to focus on intensifying ‘discrimination, persecution and violence’ against Christian communities around the world has called on churches globally to pray, support and be in solidarity with those suffering persecution due to their faith. In a two pronged response the leaders: offered “repentance” for times […]
The American church: Adapt or die?
By Religion News LLC — November 6, 2015
Church leaders, denominational executives, and social scientists gathered in Colorado recently to consider the future of the American church. At the Future of the Church Summit, sponsored by Group Publishing, summit members grappled with the implications of a just-released study concerning the “Dones,” people who have left the church. Sociologist Josh Packard presented fresh research […]
New segment added – Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly – November 6, 2015
By Religion News LLC — November 5, 2015
A segment on Criminal Justice Reform in the Faith Community has been added to this week’s listings of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, show #1910. See below Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1910 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on November […]
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly – November 6, 2015
By Religion News LLC — November 4, 2015
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information. Show #1910 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on November 6 (check local listings). If the Oceans Were Ink – American journalist Carla Power spent a year studying the Quran as taught by the renowned Islamic […]
Lilly Endowment makes grants to strengthen campus ministries serving public universities
By Religion News LLC — November 4, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS – Faced with many choices, college students long to reflect on their deepest concerns and to clarify their values. Campus ministries are responding, developing innovative programs across the nation that help students draw on their faith as they make life-defining decisions about their futures. In support of this effort, Lilly Endowment Inc. is giving […]
Jesus-Centered Bible jumps to top seller status
By Religion News LLC — November 4, 2015
The Christian Booksellers Association (CBA) reports that the Jesus-Centered Bible is the top selling specialty Bible in North America according to sales data received from over 2000 Christian retailers. Released by Group Publishing in September, the Jesus-Centered Bible offers a unique “blue letter” feature that references over 600 passages in the Old Testament that connect […]
Do our souls yearn for heaven?
By Religion News LLC — November 3, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO – One of the most significant problems our culture faces today is the loss of transcendence and its four negative consequences: It causes us to underestimate and depreciate our nature, dignity, destiny and meaning in life; It takes away an important source of healing and consolation for those who are suffering and sick; […]
Five days left to apply for Handa Fellows in Interreligious Communication
By Tiffany McCallen — November 2, 2015
COLUMBIA, Mo. — With the generous support of the International Shinto Foundation, the Religion Newswriters Association and the Religion Communicators Council announce the Handa Fellows in Interreligious Communication program for young leaders who specialize in religion reporting or religious communication. Through the Handa Fellows in Interreligious Communication program, each organization will offer training, mentorships and […]
