AltWeeklies Wire
Touchdown, Jesusnew
Who says you can't worship God in between wings and a beer on a Sunday?
Willamette Week |
Paul Gerlad |
08-29-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
God Says 'Sell'new
Evans Community Baptist Church sells its property for $1.6 million, makes plans to start seven new churches with the money.
Metro Spirit |
Angel Cleary |
08-20-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Wal-Mart Starts Selling 'Faith-based' Toysnew
Starting this week, the store becomes the first mainstream retailer to sell toys from the One2believe company, which wants to provide alternatives to "toys and dolls that promote evil, destruction, lying, and cheating."
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-17-2007 |
Business & Labor
Pulpit Nonfictionnew
Alleged victim of sex abuse by San Francisco clergy is writing a book.
Tags: religion
Interfaith Movement Keeps Folks in Phillynew
Anna Guarneri is the Philly Fellows' best-case scenario, but hardly their only success story.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Kristin Pazulski |
07-31-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Religious Leader Indicted for Failing to Abate Asbestosnew
Earlier this month, a grand jury indicted Ray Landers and his nonprofit religious organization, Equipping the Saints Ministry International Inc., on eight counts of environmental crimes apiece.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
07-26-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Cardinal Roger Mahony's Tainted Legacynew
Many priests' sex crimes will stay secret, but now some victims can rest.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeffrey Anderson |
07-20-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
They See Dead Peoplenew
The mediums at Wonewoc Spiritualist Camp believe in life after death, in the here and now.
Tags: religion
Neighbors are Squawking About a Santeria Ritualnew
But the Supreme Court says it's OK.
Miami New Times |
Tamara Lush |
07-16-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Renegade Bloggers Besiege the Southern Baptist Conventionnew
Bloggers have become the new Baptist bogeymen -- for non-Baptists, their ascendance may well mean that the potent political force against secular culture will become less powerful in national politics.
The Texas Observer |
Michael Erard |
07-16-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
A Bible College Reverses its Ban on Tattoosnew
And inked-up Christians rejoice.
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
07-12-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Wings of a Dovenew
OK, they were pigeons, but the onslaught of birds brought a congregation to serve a church that needed their help -- and yours, too.
Metro Spirit |
Stacey Hudson |
07-03-2007 |
History
God vs. Countrynew
When Chinese scholars arrive at UC Berkeley, Christian ministers help them get settled -- but church involvement may set the visitors up for trouble back home.
East Bay Express |
Lygia Navarro |
06-27-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Sexing Godnew
Thoughts on the Almighty's gender and other unknowables.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
06-27-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Creation Museum Tells a Whopper of a Talenew
The newly opened museum in Northern Kentucky offers exhibits that back a literal interpretation of Genesis and the Old Testament: the Earth is 6,000 years old; dinosaurs and humans lived together; and American society's rejection of such beliefs has led to abortion, pornography and homosexuality.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
Lew Moores |
06-19-2007 |
Religion
