Government & Politics
TOP STORY: SEEKING REFUGE: As Germany prepares to evict Bosnians, churches fight back
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service BERLIN _ Religious leaders and refugee advocates here are in an uproar over the recent decision by the German government to force many of the estimated 320,000 Bosnian refugees who have sought safety in Germany to go back home. According to a new policy that went into effect Tuesday (Oct. […]
COMMENTARY: The spirit of King Herod is alive and well
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 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 at 71421.1551(at)compuserve.com.) UNDATED _ Revelations of large cash donations to […]
SPECIAL REPORT: RELIGION’S EFFECT ON ELECTION ‘96
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Commentaries on the political obliteration of Robert J. Dole are focusing on gender gaps, rank miscalculations, increasing abrasiveness and a truncated speaking style. They also speak of the candidate’s age and perhaps even snafus such as the unscheduled plunge off a stage in Chico, Calif. But most pundits overlook […]
COMMENTARY: Whitewater pardons: Shall the law be king?
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 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 at 71421.1551(at)compuserve.com.) UNDATED _ Pre-election speculation about potential pardons for […]
COMMENTARY: No matter who occupies the Oval Office, God’s on his throne
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 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 at 71421.1551(at)compuserve.com.) UNDATED _ Our national obsession with competitiveness manifests […]
COMMENTARY: A lost generation, running on empty
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 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 at 71421.1551(at)compuserve.com.) (UNDATED) It may be my election-season imagination, but […]
COMMENTARY: Dunce caps for the candidates when talk turns to religion
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 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 at 71421.1551(at)compuserve.com.) (UNDATED) Well, it’s clear that neither President Clinton […]
COMMENTARY: Cheap cuts on TV: Humiliating people for fun and profit
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 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 at 71421.1551(at)compuserve.com.) (UNDATED) When it comes to plumbing the grimier […]
COMMENTARY: The grim nativity of an inconvenient infant
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 _ The story has become familiar: Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson were high school sweethearts in a New York City suburb usually […]
HANUKKAH MEMOIR: Tribute to a matriarch who shines with light of love and faith
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rabbi Eli Hecht is vice president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He is the director of Chabad of South Bay in Lomita, Calif., and has been involved in counseling and outreach programs for more than 25 years.) UNDATED _ My sweet grandmother is a tiny woman, barely five feet […]
TOP STORY: VIRTUAL PORN: CyberNOT! A real-world guide to porn-proofing kids
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Rodolpho Carrasco is associate director of Harambee Christian Family Center in Pasadena, Calif. He consults with churches and organizations nationwide on urban youth outreach and the Internet. Contact him at genxlatino(AT)aol.com) UNDATED _ In their June ruling blocking enforcement of the Communications Decency Act that sought to outlaw offensive material […]
Presidential character, glimpsed through lenses of faith and charity
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service WASHINGTON _ Bill Clinton and Bob Dole are in a double bind. The public demands that they make some show of religious belief and give generously to charity _ but questions their motives when they do. When it comes to matters of faith and charity, however, voters have some solid […]
TOP STORY: CHRISTMAS WITHOUT THE TRIMMINGS: A simple Christmas, where the light comes from within
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. _ There are no Christmas lights, but a fire burns in the wood stove. There is no Christmas tree. Instead, there is an Advent wreath _ white pine branches and purple candles that have burned their way through December. Santa isn’t coming. Mary and Joseph wait alone […]
COMMENTARY: Those whom the gods destroy they first make mad
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) (UNDATED) Woe to those who frustrate a peace process. They will suffer more violence […]
COMMENTARY: Bias against religion remains with us
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.) (UNDATED) Maybe it’s just me, but in these nervous and restless times, it seems […]
