Plus: Mugabe's demand for church support, Economist predicts a new golden age of giving, new claims about the Dead Sea Scrolls, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 7/01/2004 12:00AM
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Psychologists group backs gay marriage (Associated Press)
Social justice:
Doing well and doing good | Why a new golden age of philanthropy may be dawning (The Economist)
Empty bowls, heads and pockets | Malnutrition makes the poor less productive. To beat poverty, hunger must first be defeated (Editorial, The Economist)
'Stigma has become a silent killer' | The Christian church must shoulder much of the blame for stigmatising those with HIV/Aids, says Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane (Sunday Times, South Africa)
People:
Bill Cosby addresses black educators on Island | But this time the entertainer included Christians and educators in his tirade (The Beaufort Gazette, S.C., also in The Island Packet)
Former American hostage recounts ordeal | Gracia Burnham testified softly Thursday at the trial of eight al-Qaida-linked guerrillas (Associated Press)
A redemption story | Youth ministry leader turns life around (The Herald, New York)
Beloved preacher's toughest challenge | "Giant in social justice" battling Lou Gehrig's disease (The Denver Post)
Books:
Guess who does all the work on the ark | In David Maine's The Preservationist, Noah's daughters-in-law put up with a lot to save the world (The Christian Science Monitor)
Problem isn't fictional book, but big picture | Some church leaders are aghast. Predictably, their problem with The Da Vinci Code is sex (Steve Gushee, Palm Beach Post)
"Book-burning" controversy | It's not your typical book-burning, but the meaning's the same. The Jesus Church in Cedar Rapids is getting rid of books, music, movies and clothing they say harms their relationship with God (KWWL, Waterloo, Ia.)
Music:
Jamming for Jesus | Though officially illegal, the capital's last Messianic Youth Ministry continues to recruit local Jewish teens (The Jerusalem Post)
Leap of faith | For today's Christian rockers, the music is the message (The Daily Camera, Boulder, Co.)
Mainstream airplay vaults Christian group to a higher place | Mainstream success has brought Christian rockers MercyMe a bumper crop of mainstream fans (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Christian artist tries to reach people's hearts | He's not the Jonathan Jackson of "General Hospital" fame, but the 28-year-old contemporary Christian musician from Huntington might still have a prescription for an ailing heart (The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W. Va.)
Finding my religion | Hip-hop gets the Spirit (MTV)
Rock 'n' religion | Worlds co-exist, collide (The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wa.)
More articles:
University of Oklahoma changes policy on funding campus religious publications | Christian student newspaper had sued (The Oklahoman)
The best place for George W. Bush is back at the ranch | Back in 2000 I hailed the election to the presidency of George W. Bush, mainly because he was a Christian. I should have known better (Garth George, The New Zealand Herald)
Church brings Bible to the blind | Messiah Lutheran Church has a press that makes biblical tracts for blind people around the country and the world, and the church needs some fresh manpower a few hours per month to assemble books for the blind (McKinney Messenger, Tex.)
Keep the hate alive | Troubled water is just what Bishop Peric wants to flow between the Muslim and Christian parts of the sundered Herzegovinian capital (The Guardian, London)
Religion news in brief | Twin Cities' third openly gay ELCA pastor, some New Hampshire Episcopalians quit over gay bishop while others enlist, College students' views vary markedly by religion, and other stories (Associated Press)
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