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At Chicago assembly, NCC reaches out to Muslims, evangelicals
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The National Council of Churches (NCC) bridged deep theological divides this week, reaching out to American Muslims, evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics during its annual general assembly held in Chicago. During the five-day meeting, which adjourned Friday (Nov. 15), the NCC _ which represents some 52 million mainline Protestant […]
SPECIAL REPORT: RELIGION’S EFFECT ON ELECTION ‘96: Religious right a much tamer animal i
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The religious right emerged from the 1994 election like a tiger, claiming a clear-cut victory in turning Congress over to conservative Republican control. After this week’s election, the religious right, while hardly declawed, seems a much tamer animal. Bob Dole, favored by the religious conservatives in spite of […]
NEWS STORY: Clinton and Dole pitch morality to Christian radio listeners
By Ira Rifkin — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ President Clinton and Republican challenger Bob Dole have both started airing commercials on Christian radio stations, with each claiming the moral high ground during the last weeks of the presidential campaign. Dole last week launched the tit-for-tat ad cycle, buying time in about 15 states to broadcast a […]
POLITICAL STORY: VOTER GUIDES, LEFT AND RIGHT: Religious activists’ election guides vie for vo
By Ira Rifkin — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ As Election Day approaches, religious liberals and conservatives are engaged in a duel of voter guides, with each side maintaining that their guides just present the facts while the other guy’s are partisan. The latest shot in this contest within the larger electoral race was fired Friday (Oct. […]
SPECIAL REPORT: RELIGION’S EFFECT ON ELECTION ‘96: Religious right a much tamer animal i
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ The religious right emerged from the 1994 election like a tiger, claiming a clear-cut victory in turning Congress over to conservative Republican control. After this week’s election, the religious right, while hardly declawed, seems a much tamer animal. Bob Dole, favored by the religious conservatives in spite of […]
COMMENTARY: Finding a place in the human community
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — January 1, 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”(Multnomah) and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) UNDATED _ This season of togetherness pushes people together, and in the process they find sometimes that the fit isn’t so easy. Family […]
COMMENTARY: Who is that idiot next to the potted plant?
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — January 1, 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”(Multnomah) and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) UNDATED _ Has this happened to you? You’re watching some talk n’ politics TV show, a few people sitting around a table with […]
COMMENTARY: Sorry, Bob, the presidency isn’t a reward for dutiful service
By Ashbel S. (Tony) Green — January 1, 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”(Multnomah) and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.) (UNDATED) Sunday night’s episode of”The Simpsons”showed a briefcase-toting Bob Dole being scooped off the steps of the Republican National Committee and beamed up […]
NEWS SIDEBAR: Ballot initatives related to faith and morality
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Here is a rundown of the voting on ballot initiatives with moral dimensions or in which churches and religious groups played an activist role: PARENTS’ RIGHTS Colorado: Defeated a measure that would have amended the state constitution with a provision declaring that parents have ultimate rights in matters of […]
COMMENTARY: Loathing the poor’s less about morals than money
By Tom Ehrich — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest, author and former Wall Street Journal reporter living in Winston-Salem, N.C. Contact Ehrich via e-mail at journey(at)interpath.com.) (UNDATED)”The welfare system,”I heard a politician say,”is a disgrace to our Judeo-Christian principles.” Interesting thought. Not exactly true, but interesting. I think he means this: A welfare […]
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