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Billy Graham scheduling Cincinnati crusade for next June:

• Plea for healing touched Graham | Official announcement won't come until Sept. 26, but Graham has unofficially accepted the invitation (The Cincinnati Post)
• Billy Graham visit looks possible | Still no official word, but ball is rolling (WLWT)
• Billy Graham invited to Cincinnati | Church leaders hope a crusade would help heal racial tensions (WLWT, Cincinnati)

Evangelism and missions:

• Get thee to the house of God—please? | Day-to-day Bible-bashing won't do much to bring modern people to Christianity (Chris McGillion, The Sydney Morning Herald)
• The violence of evangelism | We have been alarmed by recent rumors of people being "beaten over the head with the Bible." (Andy Crouch, re:generation quarterly)
• Missionary impossible: Azerbaijan tackles religion | New state committee will monitor religious organizations for evangelism (Asia Times)

Other religions:

• Children seduced by forces of Satanism on the Internet | Teachers' groups are worried that nobody is monitoring the effect this fascination with the occult is having on its teenage followers. (The Times, London)
• Student suspended for wearing pentacle | Dress code prohibits disruptions in class, but student likens symbol to cross (KOCO, Oklahoma City)
• Occult caper is eyed as bias | Broken crucifix was found lying on top of what appeared to be two occult symbols on the front steps of Catholic Church (New York Daily News)
• Slovakia's churches exercise their clout against yoga plan | Roman Catholic and Protestant clergy decry plan to include "path to total atheism" in schools (The Boston Globe)
• Also: Education minister bends to church pressure on yoga (Ananova)

Education:

• Supreme Court likely to hear vouchers case | Justices could say by late September whether it will consider Cleveland case (Associated Press)
• Religious freedom sought in public schools | Michigan and Wisconsin school districts change policies on distribution of religious literature after suits by Christian students (The Washington Times)
• Canadian teachers' union to fight 'homophobic,' 'racist' private schools | Ontario's Education Ministry immediately spoke out against remarks (Canadian Press)
• Students convert to bag Bachelor of Education seats | Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education complains that minority colleges are exploiting rules (The Times of India)
• Church schools deny loss of morality | Report accuses the schools of losing their nerve in the face of growing secularism since the 1960s (The Times, London)

Displays in the Alabama Supreme Court:

• King display blocked from Ala. court | Black lawmaker wants "I have a dream" speech posted next to Roy Moore's Ten Commandments monument (Associated Press)
• Also: Alabama court refuses plaque for Dr. King (The New York Times)
• Poll shows 'Ten Commandments judge' has wide support | Three-quarters of Alabamans approve of monument (Religion News Service)

Politics:

• Faith and funding simplified | Distinguishing between faith-linked, faith-filled, and faith-based programs (John A. Calhoun, The Washington Post)
• After DiIulio, where is faith-based initiative? | As one who initially supported this proposal, I hereby register my disdain for the hash that is being made out of it in Washington (David P. Gushee, Religion News Service)
• Chilean president warns Vatican | Cardinal backs conservative senate candidate (BBC)
• Vatican Radio transmissions to comply with Italy's emissions law | Italian government had threatened to pull the plug on the broadcaster (Associated Press)

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August (Web-only) 2001, Vol. 45