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Rocketown Makes Christianity Cool for Kidsnew
Nashville's music venue/skate park/coffee bar has managed to navigate the tricky terrain of faith-based outreach for disenfranchised teens.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
12-04-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Books on Tape -- All 27 of 'Emnew
JoBe Cerny's audio re-creation of the New Testament, titled The Word of Promise, is expected to set record sales for an audiobook largely because of its A-list cast. Once Jim Caviezel got on board as Jesus, lots of actors wanted in. Terence Stamp plays God. Marisa Tomei is Mary Magdalene.
Chicago Reader |
Mike Sula |
11-26-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Rev. Barry W. Lynn Stumps for the Constitution's Establishment Clausenew
The executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State has supported vigorous national debate on a host of Religious Right pet initiatives, and he continues with his book Piety & Politics.
San Antonio Current |
Elaine Wolff |
11-21-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
The Aging of the Moorsnew
Eighty years ago a prophet came to Chicago's south side and drew thousands of followers. Today the remaining few face an uncertain future.
Chicago Reader |
Tasneem Paghdiwala |
11-19-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Rick Stembridge Turns Debt Case into Holy Warnew
He alleges he's had his identity stolen and his credit destroyed. He's lost the business he built with his own hands; he labors just to pay a debt he insists he never incurred. And now that he's fallen behind on those debt payments, he faces incarceration. "I believe God has gotten me into this," he says.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Thomas Francis |
11-14-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Church of God in Changeovernew
A global institution at a turning point celebrates its centennial in Memphis.
The Memphis Flyer |
Preston Lauterbach |
11-09-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
The Church Ladiesnew
Two St. Louis women will soon become ordained Catholic priests -- and in a Jewish synagogue, no less.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
11-09-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Consuming Christ: What Can He Do for You?new
In a crowded marketplace, churches are repackaging Jesus.
Style Weekly |
Scott Bass |
11-08-2007 |
Religion
Rifts in Church Reveal Plight of Christian Homosexualsnew
Peter Mitchell has "suffered from same-sex attraction" all his life and still feels tempted in "really insecure moments when life is particularly hard," but he's as convinced as anyone that homosexual behavior is a sin.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-07-2007 |
Religion
Jesus for Salenew
Meet the real Rex Humbard, the father of televised religious fraud.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
11-02-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
The Death of Father Kaisernew
Was it a Kenyan assassin who killed the missionary, or was it madness? Seven years later, the verdict is in.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Aimee Levitt |
10-24-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
The Muslim Student Union is Up Against the Wallnew
Praying, eating and bowling with the most hated student group at UC Irvine.
Tags: religion
Rattle and Hymn at the U2charistnew
As the name might suggest, a U2charist is a Eucharist (Holy Communion) mass using the music of U2 instead of traditional hymns.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
10-23-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Lifestyles of the Rich Evangelistsnew
In wake of former Oral Roberts University professors' suit against president Richard Roberts, an inventory of the way some churches handle fiduciary responsibility.
Urban Tulsa Weekly |
Brian Ervin |
10-23-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
It's Turning Out to Be a Big Year for the Mormonsnew
Coincidentally, Mitt Romney's presidential race is contemporaneous with the release of a movie dramatizing the darkest moment in Mormon history, the massacre of some 120 non-Mormons in a Utah meadow 150 years ago.
Arkansas Times |
Doug Smith |
10-18-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
