A Brief History of the Salvation Army The Salvation Army has a devoutly religious mission, rooted in its founding in 1865 by an evangelical protestant minister (and former pawn broker) named William Booth. (Time magazine)
Christian Triplets Lead Liberty Women's Basketball Seniors Megan, Molly and Moriah Frazee — who produced a combined 2,782 points and 1,470 rebounds in their first three seasons — have led the Flames to two Big South titles, two NCAA tournament berths and a 72-22 record in three years.
Religion shaped 2008 in big, dramatic ways Barack Obama may have chosen Joe Biden, and John McCain may have turned to Sarah Palin, but in the end the most sought-after running mate in the 2008 campaign never appeared on a single ballot. (Religion News Service)
Muslim convert baptized by pope forms new political party Magdi Allam, the former Muslim whose baptism as a Catholic by Pope Benedict XVI made world news earlier this year, has started a political party to promote "Judeo-Christian" values in Europe. (Religion News Service)
Judge: Suit against Green Bay diocese can proceed A lawsuit filed by two sexual abuse victims against the Green Bay Catholic Diocese survived a test Monday when a judge ruled it may proceed under fraud statutes. (Associated Press)
Minn. college students safe in Bangkok A group of 18 students and three teachers from Northwestern College in St. Paul is safe after getting stranded in Bangkok, where anti-government protesters have taken over the airport. (Minnesota Star-Tribune)
Atheists put up sign in Capitol building The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a group of atheists and agnostics, has put up a sign in the Capitol building in Olympia — the latest in what's become an annual wintertime debate over what's appropriate to display in the public square. (Seattle Times)
Broader medical refusal rule may go far beyond abortion The Bush administration plans a new 'right of conscience' rule that would allow more workers to refuse more procedures. Critics say it could apply to artificial insemination and birth control. (Los Angeles Times)
Deadly Nigeria Clashes Subside Soldiers recently wrested control of the streets from armed Christian and Muslim gangs that had roamed the city, in the worst religious violence Nigeria has seen in four years (The New York Times)
Deadly Nigerian riots tied to rifts over election Iki Atsen told the women in his family to flee and grabbed an ax as a man with a bullhorn urged 100 Muslim men to storm Atsen's Christian homestead and kill all nonbelievers. (Associated Press)
Religion shaped 2008 in big, dramatic ways Barack Obama may have chosen Joe Biden, and John McCain may have turned to Sarah Palin, but in the end the most sought-after running mate in the 2008 campaign never appeared on a single ballot. (Religion News Service)
A Political Place For Evangelicals Lian Hansen interviews the NAE's Rich Cizik and Esperanza's Luis Cortez about the political direction of American evangelicals--white and hispanic. (NPR)
Inquiry Set on Mormon Aid for California Marriage Vote California officials will investigate accusations that the Mormon Church neglected to report nonmonetary contributions on behalf of a ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage. (The New York Times)
Awash in New Light, Angels Are Revealed at St. John the Divine The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine was rededicated on Sunday during a three-hour service filled with pageantry, dance and the booming chords of its restored organ (The New York Times)
Macabre find at Highland church Grisly discovery under the floorboards of ancient building. (Press & Journal; Aberdeen, Scotland)
Pastor's Advice for Better Marriage: More Sex The sex challenge was a bit much for some of his church members, who sat with arms crossed in uncomfortable silence, Pastor Young recalls, while many in the audience gave him an enthusiastic applause. (The New York Times)
What Happy People Don't Do Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds. (The New York Times)
Religion shaped 2008 in big, dramatic ways Barack Obama may have chosen Joe Biden, and John McCain may have turned to Sarah Palin, but in the end the most sought-after running mate in the 2008 campaign never appeared on a single ballot. (Religion News Service)
Muslim convert baptized by pope forms new political party Magdi Allam, the former Muslim whose baptism as a Catholic by Pope Benedict XVI made world news earlier this year, has started a political party to promote "Judeo-Christian" values in Europe. (Religion News Service)
Atheists put up sign in Capitol building The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a group of atheists and agnostics, has put up a sign in the Capitol building in Olympia — the latest in what's become an annual wintertime debate over what's appropriate to display in the public square. (Seattle Times)
Broader medical refusal rule may go far beyond abortion The Bush administration plans a new 'right of conscience' rule that would allow more workers to refuse more procedures. Critics say it could apply to artificial insemination and birth control. (Los Angeles Times)
Let the Biblical Times Roll Before she moved to Israel, Hannah Trasher used to be a professional fashion designer. Today, she spends most of her days dressed up as an ancient Israelite, sporting sandals, a robe and a turban-like head wrap. (Haaretz)
A Literate Church The state of Catholic Bible study today. (David Gibson, America magazine)
Hoaxes from the Holy Land The faltering prosecution of an antiquities dealer in the James ossuary case underscores problems in authenticating biblical artifacts. (Los Angeles Times)
Pass on the pie — and heavenly guilt Weight loss is hard enough without the feeling that the Almighty is on your back, too. (Christine B. Whelan, USA Today)
Judge: Suit against Green Bay diocese can proceed A lawsuit filed by two sexual abuse victims against the Green Bay Catholic Diocese survived a test Monday when a judge ruled it may proceed under fraud statutes. (Associated Press)
Atheists put up sign in Capitol building The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a group of atheists and agnostics, has put up a sign in the Capitol building in Olympia — the latest in what's become an annual wintertime debate over what's appropriate to display in the public square. (Seattle Times)
Judge allows charges in prayer death case A judge Monday refused to dismiss reckless homicide charges against parents accused of praying instead of seeking a doctor’s care as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes. (Associated Press)
The Secret Weapon Religious Abuse in the ‘War on Terror’ (Michael Peppard, Commonweal)
A Brief History of the Salvation Army The Salvation Army has a devoutly religious mission, rooted in its founding in 1865 by an evangelical protestant minister (and former pawn broker) named William Booth. (Time magazine)
Spreading gospel in big pants Sid Teske has taken his Christian clowning skits around the world - to Poland, Russia, Latvia, Germany and Mexico, besides many stops in the United States. (McClatchy Newspapers)
Australians facing jail in Papua A CHRISTIAN missionary is largely responsible for the nightmare facing five Australians who have been detained in Papua for three months and face possible prison sentences after illegally landing their light plane in the politically sensitive Indonesian province. (smh.com.au)
Riding coattails to plug books I am wearied by how the children of famous evangelicals make money off their parents' reputations. (Julia Duin, Washington Times)
A Brief History of the Salvation Army The Salvation Army has a devoutly religious mission, rooted in its founding in 1865 by an evangelical protestant minister (and former pawn broker) named William Booth. (Time magazine)
The Secret Weapon Religious Abuse in the ‘War on Terror’ (Michael Peppard, Commonweal)
Bishops Call Obama-Supported Abortion Rights Bill a Threat to Catholic Church The nation's Catholic bishops Tuesday approved a statement declaring that if the Democratic-controlled Congress and the incoming Obama administration enact proposed abortion rights legislation, they would see it as an attack on the church. (Washington Post)
Abortion Foes' Dilemma: Confront or Cooperate? After making significant gains during the Bush administration, the anti-abortion movement was dealt sharp setbacks in last week's election with the defeat of three state ballot measures restricting abortion. (Wall Street Journal)
Obama's Call to Change - What Is Everyone Waiting For? The President Elect could set loose his army right now to start bringing about the change he promised — by working for local nonprofit groups and causes. (Lawrence Downs, The New York Times)
A Literate Church The state of Catholic Bible study today. (David Gibson, America magazine)
Holy Cow! What my 3,000-pound steer has taught me about faith. (Jon Katz, Slate)
Grace links food and faith Saying grace might be more likely at a big family Thanksgiving dinner than in everyday life, but evangelical pastor Brady Boyd sees a renewal in mealtime prayer offerings in these uncertain economic times. (The Denver Post)
Occult politics and economy in Nigeria The Church which would have helped had long been "bewitched" as evidenced by strange teachings and practices completely outside the Word as it is written. (Ekeng A. Anam-Ndu, The Daily Triumph)
Out of this world The transcendental effects of silence. (The Economist)
Seminaries tighten their belts Seminaries in the 250-member Association of Theological Schools will likely be looking for ways to cut costs next year, said ATS executive director Daniel Aleshire in an interview. (The Christian Century)
Clergy brace for downturn in giving The next few weeks, between Thanksgiving and New Year's, will be a key indicator of how dramatically the nation's financial crisis will affect religious organizations. (The Boston Globe)
AIDS fight is worth it For reasons both selfish and altruistic, U.S. shouldn't back down from this lifesaving commitment (Ken Hackett, Baltimore Sun)
The Prop 8 Campaign Money Based on the facts that have come out so far, the state is right to look into whether the church broke state laws by failing to report campaign-related expenditures. (Editorial, The New York Times)
A Decision of the Heart Daniel Cere reviews Called Out of Darkness, Anne Rice's spiritual confession. (America)
Thank the Lord Mark Lawson on why artists can't resist the lure of Christianity. (The Guardian, London)
What Happy People Don't Do Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds. (The New York Times)
Disgraced pastor returns, as Christian businessman While his exact plans remain unclear, Haggard is unmistakably making himself a public figure again, nine months after his former church said he walked away from an oversight process meant to restore him (Associated Press)
In Va., a Powerful and Polarizing Pastor A Loudoun minister inspires loyalty from followers, anger from ex-members with torn lives and moral pain (Washington Post)
A new twist on the "Is Obama a Christian?" debate The “Is Obama a Christian?” discussion is starting up again, this time not by people who suspect he’s a Muslim but those who think he’s a phony follower of Jesus Christ. (Reuters FaithWorld)
Museveni mourns Gonahasa President Yoweri Museveni has mourned the late Bishop Emeritus of Kampala Diocese, Lucas Gonahasa, saying his death was a great loss to the church and the country. (New Vision Online)
Gay Bible angers Christians A gay version of the Bible, in which God says it is better to be gay than straight, is to be published (The Guardian)
Mainstream Houses Market Christian Fiction They're finding it makes economic sense to market books with Christian undertones to a mainstream market—even if the company has a faith-oriented imprint in-house. (Publishers Weekly)
A Decision of the Heart Daniel Cere reviews Called Out of Darkness, Anne Rice's spiritual confession. (America)
New World, New Ideas What the Pilgrims and Puritans believed, about God and man and giving thanks. (Marc Arkin, WSJ.com)
The Day of Restlessness Every week, a challenge arises for churchgoers and nonbelievers alike (The Wall Street Journal)
2 Italian Catholic nuns kidnapped in Kenya The nuns had been working in Kenya for decades and were among the few non-Muslims in town, the Catholic Information Service said. They ran a small dispensary and offered medical care to malnourished children. (Associated Press)
Kenya: Kenyans anticipate Obama victory At Obama's ancestral home in Kogelo, a number of activities were lined up for Monday through to Wednesday, among them a a thanks giving prayer and sporting activities. (Afrique en ligne)
Missionary couple share ordeal A missionary couple who survived a ruthless assault in Kenya this summer say they can raise up to $200,000 to start a new orphanage through a speaking tour. (Canwest News Service)
Kenyan pastors on their country's travails Christians in Kenya and elsewhere [in the Continent of Africa] were caught asleep at the wheel concerning their Christian duty and witness. (Presbyterian News Service and Dallas Morning News)
Minn. college students safe in Bangkok A group of 18 students and three teachers from Northwestern College in St. Paul is safe after getting stranded in Bangkok, where anti-government protesters have taken over the airport. (Minnesota Star-Tribune)
Christmas Wins Another Round Legal experts generally say that within some limits, Christmas displays are unlikely to result in litigation at public colleges and universities. (Inside Higher Ed)
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