Weblog: National Geographic Suggests Noah's Ark Expedition Was Just a Stunt
Plus: Deal Hudson ousted as Crisis editor amid new allegations, Paul Crouch's accuser speaks, Swaggart apologizes, CARE Act gets final push, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 9/01/2004 12:00AM
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Religion & politics:
Bush's wild card: The religious vote | The turnout among a core Republican constituency — conservative, white evangelical Protestants — was lower in 2000 than it was in 1996 (Mark J. Rozell, USA Today)
Born-again Bush, once-born Kerry? | Like all Catholics, Kerry was born anew in baptism. But his faith doesn't seem to influence his politics (Robert Royal, Beliefnet)
Monitors visiting activist churches | A few area churches are flirting with losing their tax-free status by dwelling on election-year issues, the group says (The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
Education:
Belmont, Baptists may shift alliance | Belmont University appears to be moving away from its traditional Baptist roots and into a more mainstream Christian university (The City Paper, Nashville)
When Christian schools bear false witness | Private schools founded on Christian values are forgetting their mission statement (Guy Rundle, The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
Business & ministry in Knoxville, Tenn.:
Partnerships, construction help church do Lord's work | God's Business Chilhowee Hills plays role in national ministry; elder-care home among local plans (Knoxville News-Sentinel)
A.M.E. Zion's good works include bookstore, offices, venture capital fund | The A.M.E. Zion Church Center on Magnolia Avenue, which opened last September, is the result of its denomination's vision for not only building spirits but empowering East Knoxville economically (Knoxville News-Sentinel)
Community Evangelistic Evangelical Presbyterian Church builds homes, finds partners to support vision (Knoxville News-Sentinel)
Church expansions pump dollars into area's economy | New jobs, surge in property values among benefits (Knoxville News-Sentinel)
Missions & ministry:
The Church can play vital role in reconstruction | Jamaica has just experienced another traumatic disaster which has affected every Jamaican to a lesser or greater extent. Now is a time for national reconstruction and renewal and every individual, family, and community needs to be involved (E Anthony Allen, The Jamaica Observer)
A newfound friendship sparks kidney transplant | Today, Lorraine Lamb is expected to be released from Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital with one of Glenda McCloskey's kidneys, four months after the two met for the first time (The Detroit News)
Theology:
The Rapture racket | What if the Book of Revelation doesn't mandate death, destruction and the annihilation of all but true believers? (Bill Berkowitz, WorkingForChange.com)
More than a feeling | Believers are told their beliefs are 'true for you, but not for everybody.' But religious experiences aren't the same as emotion (Frederica Mathewes-Green, Beliefnet)
More articles of interest:
Survivor calls capital punishment 'madness' | He urges people to get involved in the movement to abolish it (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Mixed blessings | Are secular life ceremonies the wave of the future? (Michael Kress, Slate)
Trial of Rwandan priest suspended | The trial of a priest accused of involvement in the Rwandan genocide has been halted for a day, after protests at the UN war crimes court in Tanzania (BBC)
PBS: The Question of God | Armand M. Nicholi will host a chat (The Washington Post)
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