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Multnomah says it ordered Berry to pull the promotion not based on sexuality issues but on intellectual property rights. Berry "inappropriately used Multnomah's intellectual property to create an implied affiliation and endorsement that if not addressed could lead to the diminished value of the intellectual property rights and impair Multnomah's ability to protect such rights in the future," says a statement from the publisher. Berry says she became an authorized Prayer of Jabez book dealer in August 2000, before Multnomah knew the nature of her site. But she says she didn't have the money to fight the matter in court.

Church life:

• Finding strength in their faith | A day after a car plows into a crowd, students and teachers at Christian school pray and find things to be thankful for. (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Everyday saints all in the cards for this church | Photos of living townsfolk used to illustrate hagiological series: Raising parish profile (The National Post, Canada)
  
  
• Gay priest's status in question | Roman Catholic priest revealed that he is gay in a splashy interview with a gay and lesbian magazine, but the church has not decided whether to defrock him for what it considers a "moral disorder." (Associated Press)
  
  
• Tambourine man | Detroit pastor shakes a joyful noise in worship (Detroit Free Press)
  
  
• A place for faith in healing | Parish nurses work out of area churches to meet the health needs of parishioners, and promote unity of body, mind and soul (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  

Religion and education:

• Mistakes in teaching about religion don't mean schools are 'anti-Christian' | Instead of making this another culture-war battle, let's work together to ensure that all teachers have the preparation they need to get it right (Charles Haynes, Freedom Forum)
  
  
• Judges hear debate over tile paintings | Columbine parents eye religious words (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
  
  
• Seeking a role for religion on campus | David K. Scott believes the modern university has lost its way in a world crying out for attention to values and spiritual concerns (The New York Times)
  
  

Religion and politics:

• Let the matter of the breast rest | Critics say Attorney General John Ashcroft has turned out to be that wing ding fundamentalist Christian prude they all predicted he would be (John Gibson, Fox News)
  
  
• Activists hear right notes from White House | Conservatives cheer administration policy announcements (ABCNews.com)
  
  

Pop culture:

• Simpsons offer 'moral orientation' | Scottish academic gets in on Mark Pinsky's act (BBC)
  
  
• Shaken and stirred | Post-Sept. 11, audiences turn to Christian Contemporary Music (ABCNews.com)
  
  
• Spirits, sales rise | Contemporary Christian Music is going mainstream (ABCNews.com)
  
  

Theology and syncretism:

• The case for 'yellow theology' | A former Buddhist preaches a style of Christian evangelism that is sensitive to Asian culture (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• African churches' new spirit of independents | As varied and multihued as Kente cloth, independent churches are mostly homegrown churches that meld Christianity with age-old tribal practices (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  

Opinions you'll probably disagree with:

• Preaching has its place, but it's not here | When people open up their sports section in the morning, they don't do it to read Warner's views on being born again. (Rick Morrissey, Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• St. Paul began history of denying women clout | Many of the major religions in this country continue to treat women as second-class citizens, refusing to ordain them as spiritual leaders or allow them to lead congregations as lay people (Lisa Bertagnoli, Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Religion can provoke rage as well as rapture | The very source of hope—belief in the perfection and ultimate value of God—can be the source of the feelings and judgments that lead to religious violence. (Dwight Furrow, Los Angeles Times)
  
  

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