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• Quiet revolution takes place in gospel music | Zimbabwe's gospel musicians now outnumber musicians in other genres (The Daily News, Harare)
  
  
• Earlier: Gospel music continues to excel (Zimbabwe Standard, Harare, Jan. 27)
  
  

Media:

• 'Godless' bishop given BBC Good Friday slot | Richard Holloway, retired head of Scottish Episcopal Church, denies the divinity of Christ (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• USA Today series on Franklin lends support to criticisms of media biases | Newspaper says that God, gays and guns separate Americans after Sept. 11. This nation deserves more credit. (Tim Chavez, The Tennessean)
  
  
• Earlier: 'Christian values' set the tempo of daily life in Franklin, Tenn. | Christian evangelicals dominate religious life here, and they are straightforward about their convictions (USA Today)
  
  

Church life:

• Hour of white power | Robert H. Schuller relies on a man with ties to Neo-Nazis to build religious understanding (OC Weekly)
  
  
• Clergy members mine golden parables from Enron tale | For some area clergy, energy giant collapse also a spiritual scandal (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Dog gets own permit to attend mass | Edgar Deno told Dutch priests he never goes anywhere without his three-year-old pet Motril (Ananova)
  
  

Denominational controversies:

• Moderate Baptists gear up for showdown in Dallas | Conservatives' creed, support for missionaries on agenda Tuesday (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Let non-English bishop replace Carey, says Tutu | Serious consideration was given to offering him the position in 1990 (The Times, London)
  
  
• We're part of you, says Glasgow's new archbishop | Church "is the heart of the city, at the heart of the world, a Church passionately in love with humanity." (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  

Missions & ministry:

• Others' fervor irks low-key Mormons | Mormon leaders promised that they wouldn't use the Olympics to woo converts. Now, they are concerned that some visitors mistakenly think they created the religious carnival. (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Afghan mullahs see missionary conflict | Muslim for a millennium, this prostrate land now looks from far-off pulpits like a God-given opportunity for missionary work (Associated Press)
  
  
• They're believers first, then artists | Only committed Christians can join Actors Co-op. They say shared faith lends cohesion on stage. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• His parish is a three-ring circus | 'Father Jerry' shares the joys and sorrows of entertainers under the big top (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• A cathedral at sea | In an atmosphere that's as much like home as the Navy can make it — right down to fake stone walls and faux-stained glass windows — people of many religions go to worship as the USS John F. Kennedy heads to war (Associated Press)
  
  
• Way cleared for faith-based nursing home deal | A maverick Christian group will this week throw in the towel in its campaign to spoil a £12.3m takeover of nursing homes company Trinity Care by its larger rival Southern Cross (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Monastery seeks a few new monks | Utah abbey hopes to cut average age (Chicago Tribune)
  
  

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