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NEWS FEATURE: Critics chafe at Baha’i conservatism
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ The first 19 days of March are a special time for Baha’is, members of a worldwide religion with a liberal reputation based on its vision of the underlying unity of all faiths, the oneness of humanity and the harmony of science and religion. The Baha’i faith grew out […]
NEWS STORY: Russian Orthodox threaten to pull out of WCC
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service GENEVA _ Russian Orthodox Church leaders said Tuesday (Sept. 16) that Patriarch Alexii, angered about the direction of the World Council of Churches, is likely to sever ties with the ecumenical group before the WCC’s eighth general assembly in Zimbabwe next year. The withdrawal would represent a severe blow to […]
NEWS STORY: Israeli ultra-Orthodox are now country’s most hawkish group
By Elaine Fletcher — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service JERUSALEM _ Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews _ once regarded as pacifistic opponents of the modern Jewish state _ are today the most hawkishly nationalistic members of Israeli society, according to a recent poll. The survey by Tel Aviv University’s Steinmetz Center for Peace Research found the ultra-Orthodox to be even more […]
COMMENTARY: People still don’t get it about cults
By James Rudin — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service (Rabbi A. James Rudin is the national interreligious affairs director of the American Jewish Committee.) UNDATED _ Let me say it loud and clear to people who still don’t get it about cults that carry out murder and suicide: I told you so! For more than 20 years, I have […]
COMMENTARY: `Dolly’ tops the year’s religion and ethics news stories
By James Rudin — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service (Rabbi Rudin is the National Interreligious Affairs Director of the American Jewish Committee.) UNDATED _ Here are my picks for the top 10 religion and ethics stories of 1997: 1. The religious world’s first reaction to the cloning of a sheep named Dolly was predictable. The possibility of duplicating human […]
NEWS STORY: European Christians confront growing appeal of `cults,’ sects
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service GRAZ, Austria _ The activities of evangelical Christian groups and”cults”were very much on the minds of traditional European Christians assembled here this week to forge a united front on religious issues in the post-Cold War era. As Orthodox Church clergy remain bogged down in leadership struggles and Catholic prelates try […]
NEWS STORY: Harmony put to the test at America synod
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY _ Harmony was the buzzword of the day as bishops from the two American continents gathered Monday (Nov. 17) for the first working session of a monthlong meeting, or synod, on the religious, social, economic and political issues of the vast region. At what may be the largest […]
NEWS FEATURE: Patriarch in America: a journey into to the future
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service UNDATED _ The face behind the long, gray beard is remarkably young for the man Orthodox Christians consider to be the 270th successor to the apostle Andrew. According to Christian tradition, Andrew was the first of the 12 disciples to embrace the teachings of Jesus and carry them out of […]
RNS Daily Digest
By RNS Blog Editor — January 1, 1997
c. 1997 Religion News Service Pope, Dylan: the winds of spirituality are blowin’ (RNS) For some, it was a most unlikely meeting of faith and culture. But for others, folk-rock legend Bob Dylan singing before Pope John Paul II and an audience of 300,000 young people was a marriage made in heaven.”It’s the stuff of […]
German fear of Scientology leaves jazz musician short of gigs
By RNS Blog Editor — July 24, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) American jazz musician Chick Corea has been the subject of bans and boycotts in Germany because of his membership in the Church of Scientology, the controversial group that is currently an object of public scorn in Germany. Corea, an internationally acclaimed musician who has won several Grammy awards, has […]
COMMENTARY: Could this be the Republican crack-up?
By RNS Blog Editor — July 23, 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 is tempting to say that Bob […]
COMMENTARY: In defense of Gypsies
By RNS Blog Editor — June 28, 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. His home page on the World Wide Web is at http://www.agreeley.com. Or contact him via e-mail at agreel(AT)aol.com.) (UNDATED) Victor Hugo would not see much connection between his […]
RNS Daily Digest
By Carl Anderson — May 15, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service Twelve anti-abortion leaders call for intact GOP abortion plank (RNS)-A coalition of 12 anti-abortion leaders issued a statement Tuesday (May 14) demanding that the existing anti-abortion plank of the Republican Party be adopted this year”without any change or deletion.””In the past week, there has been considerable media comment about proposals […]
TOP STORY: CULTS: European cults exploit fears of coming millennium and social anxieties
By RNS Blog Editor — April 3, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service ROME (RNS)-Italian authorities recently arrested two cult leaders from a group called”Children of Satan,”after learning that they had allegedly performed an occult ritual in the presence of several minors. Compared to the murders and suicides increasingly associated with wacky or dangerous cults in Europe and elsewhere, news of the group’s […]
TOP STORY: RELIGION AND CULTURE: `Celestine’ sequel means more meditating
By Greg Garrison — February 15, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS)-Being married to the author of one of the most successful spiritual novels ever has given Salle Merrill-Redfield a high profile for promoting feminine spirituality and women’s issues. “My mission is to help women feel good about themselves,”she said.”There’s so much depression, so much anger and sadness.” By […]
