Arts & Media
NEWS FEATURE: Cloistered Nun Finds Divine Inspiration for Her Artwork
By David Briggs — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ Her world was the galleries of New York, the Art Institute of Chicago and journeys to Mexico to paint themes of revolution and learn the style of Central American muralists. Then, in the act of taking Communion at St. Peter’s in Rome, she discerned a different calling. And […]
NEWS FEATURE: Thousands Flock to New Shrine Where Mother Angelica Lives
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service HANCEVILLE, Ala. _ A snow-white picket fence lines both sides of the two-lane country road that winds through pastureland just a few miles from this quiet town in Cullman County. Horses graze along the route, which is dotted with “For Sale” signs and a few new houses, some with statues […]
NEWS STORY: Research finds religious people don’t like religious TV
By Ted Parks — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service ANAHEIM, Calif. _ In a study commissioned by a Christian broadcasting network, a third of the viewers polled who consider themselves evangelical Christians said they don’t like religious television. The figure jumps to 60 percent for people who say they are religious but not evangelical. The results led the Total […]
COMMENTARY: The Singer, Not the Song
By Frances Kennedy — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Eugene Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author most recently of “My Brother Joseph,” published by St. Martin Press.) (UNDATED) The death of the distinguished Irish tenor Frank Patterson was as sad as many of the […]
NEWS FEATURE: Cloistered Nun Finds Divine Inspiration for Her Artwork
By David Briggs — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ Her world was the galleries of New York, the Art Institute of Chicago and journeys to Mexico to paint themes of revolution and learn the style of Central American muralists. Then, in the act of taking Communion at St. Peter’s in Rome, she discerned a different calling. And […]
NEWS FEATURE: Durer Exhibit Focuses on Suffering Jesus
By Bridget MacDonald — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service CAMBRIDGE, Mass. _ A new Harvard University art exhibit has self-consciously defied museum trends by drawing attention to the religious feelings motivating a great artist of the Reformation era. “Durer’s Passions,” which opened Sept. 9 at the Busch-Reisinger Museum, brings together for the first time images from six of Albrecht […]
NEWS STORY: Research finds religious people don’t like religious TV
By Ted Parks — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service ANAHEIM, Calif. _ In a study commissioned by a Christian broadcasting network, a third of the viewers polled who consider themselves evangelical Christians said they don’t like religious television. The figure jumps to 60 percent for people who say they are religious but not evangelical. The results led the Total […]
NEWS FEATURE: Artist Brings Meditative Labyrinths to Capitol Hill
By Shelvia Dancy — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ According to legend, kings in ancient Scotland strolled the passageways of labyrinths when they needed to meditate or ponder difficult decisions. Within labyrinths, it was thought, lay the route to wisdom, peace and knowledge. Centuries later, a Virginia artist has brought that tradition to the nation’s capital with […]
NEWS FEATURE: Retiring `Peanuts’ Captured a Cultural, Spiritual Era
By Julie Wolfe — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Rats! Charlie Brown and his pals are leaving us! As everyone knows, the final”Peanuts”strip appears on Sunday, Feb. 13. Saying goodbye to Snoopy and the gang is breaking the hearts of millions. It’s a painful cultural milestone for everyone from cartoonists to theologians, say cultural historians. Why are we […]
COMMENTARY: Probing Shavuot
By James Rudin — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) (UNDATED) The holiday of Shavuot, which will be celebrated June 9 and 10, is called the birthday of the Jewish religion because it marks the time when the Torah was revealed on Mount Sinai. The biblical account […]
COMMENTARY: The Singer, Not the Song
By Frances Kennedy — January 1, 2000
c. 2000 Religion News Service (Eugene Kennedy, a longtime observer of the Roman Catholic Church, is professor emeritus of psychology at Loyola University in Chicago and author most recently of “My Brother Joseph,” published by St. Martin Press.) (UNDATED) The death of the distinguished Irish tenor Frank Patterson was as sad as many of the […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — December 18, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service Controversial painting of Virgin Mary sabotaged at Brooklyn museum (RNS) A controversial painting of the Virgin Mary was smeared with white paint Thursday (Dec. 16) by a visitor to the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Dennis Heiner, 72, was arrested immediately after allegedly committing the act of sabotage on the painting, […]
NEWS FEATURE: New View of Botticelli _ As Illustrator of Dante’s “Divine Comedy’’
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1999
c. 2000 Religion News Service ROME (RNS) _ Sandro Botticelli, the Renaissance painter best known for his Venus, his angels and his flowery allegory of springtime, emerges in a new role in a unique Holy Year exhibit: as illustrator of Dante’s religious and literary masterpiece, “The Divine Comedy.” Botticelli’s style is as unexpected as his […]
NEWS FEATURE: A Contemporary Craftsman Renews an Ancient Art
By Shelvia Dancy — January 1, 1999
c. 2000 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Alexander Sokolov was 17 years-old when he stumbled upon a crossroads for his love of art and Orthodox Christianity, his newly adopted religion: painting religious icons. “When I first started making them, they were for me an image of another world, a spiritually rich world,” said Sokolov. “When […]
NEWS FEATURE: Museum show offers another dimension to Kevorkian
By Chris Smith — January 1, 1999
c. 1999 Religion News Service WATERTOWN, Mass. _ A horrified man clings to life with frayed fingers as the abyss of death yawns below. Santa Claus, descending a chimney, plants his boot on the Christ child. A decapitated man devours himself as the Roman god of war Mars looks on approvingly. They’re bright, brazen and […]
