Kim Lawton

Kim Lawton is managing editor of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

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On Grammy weekend, Christian music bounces back

Feb 12, 2013 by Kim Lawton

ATLANTA (RNS) Christian recording artist TobyMac's blend of rap, hip-hop, rock and soul raced up the charts last year and shattered many stereotypes along the way.

"Toby blows everybody's perception of what Christian or gospel music is because Toby makes Jesus look cool," Billboard Magazine's Deborah Evans Price told the PBS program "Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly."

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Legacy of Vatican II at heart of dispute between Vatican, U.S. nuns

Aug 07, 2012 by Kim Lawton

c. 2012 Religion & Ethics AMITYVILLE, N.Y. (RNS) Fifty years after Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council to modernize the Roman Catholic Church, the legacy of that watershed summit that revolutionized Catholic life is at the core of a dispute between the Vatican and American nuns.

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Dalai Lama taps American to bridge East and West at Tibetan monastery

Jun 27, 2012 by Kim Lawton

c. 2012 Religion & Ethics NEW YORK (RNS) The Dalai Lama has given Nicholas Vreeland, director of The Tibet Center in New York, a daunting new assignment. On July 6, Vreeland will be enthroned as the new abbot of Rato Monastery in southern India, one of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism. He will be the first Westerner to hold such a position.

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Black Baptist says church shouldn't be defined by race

May 30, 2012 by Kim Lawton

c. 2012 Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly NEW ORLEANS (RNS) The Southern Baptist Convention began in 1845 in support of slaveholders and is now poised to elect its first African-American president, the Rev. Fred Luter Jr., in June.

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