Plus: Too loud churches, banning home worship, Salon on religious persecution abroad, Dobson backs Bush, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 8/01/2004 12:00AM
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Music:
It's rock with redemption | Christian fest offers kids secular sounds, spiritual meaning (The Denver Post)
Evanescence singer takes Christian band in new direction | While it would be understandable if Amy Lee grew weary of explaining her decisions to disavow Christian radio and to split with Ben Moody, she'll answer the questions (Houston Chronicle)
Books:
The social history of the afterlife | From heavenly choirs to the circles of Hell, from sitting shiva to waiting for resurrection, the peoples of the book have evolved their ideas of the afterlife as they traveled through history. A conversation with Alan Segal, author of Life After Death : A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion (Talk of the Nation, NPR)
The Guardian profile: Dan Brown | The author of The Da Vinci Code, the world's biggest selling hardback novel, has a taste for religious controversy, conspiracy theories and Jeffrey Archer. His next book is set in Washington and tackles the Freemasons (The Guardian, London)
Other stories of interest:
'Pledge' not to take the words lightly | My students still say the Pledge, but not as regularly as we are directed to say it. When we do, I ask them to consider the words instead of just saying them (Dan Kimber, News-Press, Glendale, Ca.)
Mormons mix science into spirituality | With words like "hypothalamus," "neuroanatomy" and "variables," it was anything but a typical LDS discussion on homosexuality (Daily Herald, Provo, Ut.)
Evangelicals seen forging alliance with 'Messianic Jews' | Some observers say a new era could be dawning, with evangelical Christian groups more willing to risk their good relations with Jews and Israel by allying themselves with the messianists (Forward)
Judicial choice | Shariah comes to Canada (Jesse Walker, Reason)
No skirting the issues | Teen whose uniforms have skirts takes sports, religion seriously (Jackson Sun, Tenn.) Preferred KOCE buyer yet to pay up | The station's fundraising arm gets yet another deadline extended to turn in a big down payment (Daily Pilot, Newport Beach, Ca.)
Religion news in brief | Pope John Paul II on the Iraq church bombings, Meeting of U.S. Greek Orthodox fuels tension between laity and hierarchy, Arkansas Catholics told to give up bingo, King of Tonga dedicates Methodist church in Utah, and more (Associated Press)
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