Weblog: The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, 10 Years Later
Plus: Luther's loo located, the end of Urbana in Urbana, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 10/01/2004 12:00AM
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Preaching to the preachers | Pastors come to Duke to learn and rejuvenate (The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
Church life:
Family sues over pastor's alleged affair | Accusation in church service led to near brawl, arrests. Negligence, false arrest are among claims (The Beacon Journal, Akron, Oh.)
Casual Sundays make their way to church | Area ministries trying to gear more services toward younger crowd (The State, Columbia, S.C.)
Catholic Church:
Iowa diocese says it's near bankruptcy | A judge Thursday rejected a request by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport to delay a trial dealing with alleged sex abuse by priests, a ruling the diocese said would force it to file bankruptcy (Associated Press)
Church property still on the minds of selectmen | With less than a week until Our Lady Help of Christians Church closes its doors, and sends the key to the Boston Archdiocese, the Board of Selectmen is fine-tuning a vision for the historic building and adjacent green space (The Concord Journal, Mass.)
Crime:
Slain pair were store's owners | Couple believed killed in botched holdup (The Kansas City Star)
Police: Pastor's porn computer-generated | Search continues for more photos on his computers (The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.V.)
2 women imprisoned after Manhattan jury rejects 'Lord made me do it' defense | Roberta Dupre and Beverly Stambaugh duped more than 1,000 investors nationwide out of nearly $2 million (Associated Press)
Teacher accused of taking drugs into jail | She hid them in the binding of a Bible (The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y.)
More articles of interest:
U2 frontman Bono finds his missing lyrics | A long-lost briefcase full of notes and lyrics that were intended for the 1981 U2 album "October" has been returned, 23 years after it was stolen at a Portland concert (Associated Press)
'Thou Art Loosed' keeps it real by simply addressing a serious topic | The movie is a Christian self-help sermon masquerading as a mother-daughter melodrama. While the story couldn't be simpler and the filmmaking is crude, it forcefully addresses a reality more pressing than driving Jimmy Fallon around Manhattan (The Boston Globe)
US calls for increased global assistance for Darfur | The White House called for stepped-up international efforts to end the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, adding that the United States continues to support humanitarian efforts underway (AFP)
Building faith | At new mosque, a day to thank Jewish, Christian friends (The Boston Globe)
Soul-searching time: Try or not to find a flu shot? | The shortage of flu vaccine has imposed an unusual moral and philosophical calculus on healthy New Yorkers as they face up to the worries of a flu season that is expected to leave half a million New Yorkers sneezing, sniffling, coughing and running fevers (The New York Times)
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