WASHINGTON (RNS) White evangelicals and Tea Party members are less
likely to believe in evolution and climate change than most Americans, a
finding that could pose a particular problem for Republican presidential
hopefuls.
WASHINGTON (RNS) The independent and bipartisan U.S. Commission on
International Religious Freedom could be forced to shut its doors if the
Senate does not vote by week's end to reauthorize the panel.
Does the Southern Baptist Convention need a new name? The president
of the nation's largest Protestant denomination, Bryant Wright, who is
also a pastor in Marietta, Georgia, says the idea should be explored
again for the sake of evangelistic success alone.
Berlin, September 21 (ENInews)--Pope Benedict XVI, on his first state
visit to his native country, arrives in Berlin on 22 September in what many see
as a unique opportunity for increased understanding between Catholic and
Protestant Churches.
NEW YORK (ABP) – An already contentious debate about the role of
faith in presidential politics took a new twist Sept. 20 when Texas Gov.
Rick Perry told a New York City press conference he believes America’s
continued support for Israel is a theological priority.
Inspired by their religious callings -- and the $713 million in
revenue that social deal pioneer Groupon took in last year -- a growing
number of entrepreneurs are making a go of the fast-growing social
coupon space with sites specifically targeting religious groups.
(RNS) The way you see God tells a lot about how you see the U.S.
economy, according to a new national survey.
About one in five Americans combine a view of God as actively
engaged in daily workings of the world with an economic conservative
view that opposes government regulation and champions the free market as
a matter of faith.
Bangalore, India, September 20 (ENInews)--Muslims in Kashmir, in the
northwest of the Indian subcontinent, are supporting the re-building of a
Christian school that was destroyed by fire during anti-Christian violence one
year ago.
LONDON (RNS) A group of 30 leading scientists, including a Nobel
laureate and a prominent atheist professor, are pressing the British
government to ban all teaching of creationism in the nation's publicly
funded schools.
(RNS) The saying goes that when God closes a door, he opens a window.
So when the Borders bookstore chain -- the nation's second-largest
-- finishes closing all of its stores this month, Christian retailers
see a window of opportunity in the death of a mega-competitor that once
threatened to put them out of business.
WASHINGTON (RNS) Dozens of religious and civil rights organizations
challenged President Obama to fulfill a campaign promise to end
religious discrimination in federally funded jobs.
A long-standing tax break for clergy and other "ministers of the
gospel" is facing the lastest in a string of challenges in federal
court. The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation filed suit
September 13 to challenge the constitutionality of tax deductions that
clergy are allowed to claim on their housing expenses.
PELHAM, Ala. (RNS) Five years ago, Living Word Church had dwindled to 40
members, had lost its founding pastor and was unable to pack more than
about 80 people into its 280-seat sanctuary and unsure of the future.
Now, it's part of one of the nation's largest megachurches -- and
could serve as a model for the thousands of small U.S. churches that are
closed every year.
(RNS) Just days after prominent anti-abortion activist Rev. Frank Pavone
was ordered to suspend his work as head of Priests for Life, Pavone and
his bishop, Patrick J. Zurek of Amarillo, Texas, are seeking a way out
of the tense standoff.
"Music," Ludwig van Beethoven said, "is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."
Transcending dogma, creed, culture and even language, music has the power to elevate the soul as well as the mind. It's the source of a type of faith that is as often discovered outside traditional organized religion as within it.
