Buddhism
TOP STORY: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.: A theology of peace, in King’s own words
By RNS Blog Editor — January 10, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-Here are excerpts from the speeches and writing of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., touching on his theological concept of the `beloved community’: “The ultimate aim of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is to foster and create the `beloved community’ in America where brotherhood is a reality. … The […]
COMMENTARY: A new climate of soul-searching on abortion
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — January 10, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book”Real Choices”and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today and other publications.) (RNS)-Each year, the end of January marks a sober anniversary: the Supreme Court decision known as Roe vs. Wade. But the year […]
Denomination Report
By RNS Blog Editor — January 6, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Following is a collection of news stories compiled from RNS staff, wire and denominational reports). Black churches want King’s assassination anniversary as day of prayer (RNS)-The Congress of National Black Churches plans to call for a day of reflection and prayer to mark the April 4 anniversary of the assassination […]
COMMENTARY: Platoons to the rescue in an age of moral decline
By RNS Blog Editor — January 6, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson via e-mail: 71421,1551 at compuserve.com.) (RNS)-If Americans are united about one thing, […]
Gospel, New Age Grammy nominees announced
By RNS Blog Editor — January 5, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (RNS)-More than two dozen gospel and New Age artists were among the Grammy award nominees announced Thursday by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The winners in 88 categories of music will be announced Feb. 28 at a ceremony in Los Angeles that will be broadcast on CBS. […]
Global Religion Report
By RNS Blog Editor — January 5, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Following is a collection of international religion stories compiled by RNS staff, wire and denominational reports.) Brazil seeks to freeze assets of controversial evangelist (RNS)-The government of Brazil has asked a state court in Sao Paulo to freeze the assets of the Rev. Edir Macedo, a controversial evangelist, saying on […]
TOP STORY: AN ACT OF FAITH: Memphis mother crusades against city’s sex trade
By Angela Waters — January 3, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service MEMPHIS, Tenn. (RNS)-Carolyn McKenzie has learned to follow faith’s footprints. Faith led her as an Army nurse through the emotional land mines of Vietnam. Years later, faith guided her in a hospital as her baby son nearly died of bacterial meningitis. Now, at age 48, faith leads her out of […]
Eternal gridlock awaits millenial pilgrims in the eternal city
By RNS Blog Editor — January 3, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS)-As ancient Rome prepares for the third Christian millennium, one thing is already clear. The celebration will be no Roman holiday-not for the guests and not for the hosts. When Pope John Paul II, the putative master of ceremonies, recently observed that in Christianity “time has a fundamental […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Court case raises questions about religious test for public office (RNS) Advocates of strict separation between church and state said Tuesday (Oct. 8) that a case pending before the South Carolina Supreme Court raises important questions about what constitutes a religious test for public office. The court heard oral arguments […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Muslim Arab-Americans favor Clinton by wide margin (RNS) President Clinton holds a double-digit lead over Bob Dole among all Arab-Americans, with Muslim Arab-Americans favoring Clinton by a margin of more than 40 percentage points, according to the first-ever national survey of Arab-American voters. The survey, released Thursday (Oct. 10), showed […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Pope returns to Vatican from hospital amid reports of Parkinson’s (RNS) Pope John Paul II returned to the Vatican on Tuesday (Oct. 15), one week after having his appendix removed at a Rome hospital, amid persistent reports that he is suffering from Parkinson’s disease. The 76-year-old pontiff moved haltingly as […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Vatican criticizes anti-Cuba economic embargo law (RNS) The Vatican has challenged both the legality and morality of a U.S. law aimed at tightening the American economic embargo on Fidel Castro’s regime by penalizing foreign firms that do business with Cuba.”It is a law that involves extra-territorial application in a way […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Archbishop Tutu suggests need for improved U.S. race relations (RNS) Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who is leading the Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigating human rights abuses committed during the apartheid era in South Africa, said Sunday (Nov. 17) the United States could use a similar truth-seeking process to improve race relations […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Muslim woman calls for release of Christian husband who faces flogging (RNS) A Muslim student in South Carolina is calling on officials of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to”unconditionally release”her Christian husband, who has been sentenced to a year in prison and a flogging after an Islamic court ruled that […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Report: Another exodus of Rwandan refugees from Zaire may be underway (RNS) The United Nation’s World Food Program (WFP) said Wednesday (Nov. 20) it has”strong indications”that tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees are heading through chaotic eastern Zaire to Rwanda. It would be the second mass exodus in a week […]
