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• 'Govt. not involved in Benny Hinn's crusade' | Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria debunks claims that the Federal Government is involvement in the organization of Benny Hinn's crusade coming up at the ending of this month (This Day, Nigeria)

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Former Greek Orthodox archbishop dies:

• Greek Orthodox Church head Iakovos dies | Archbishop Iakovos, who led the Greek Orthodox Church in the Americas for 37 years, reaching out to other religious groups as a champion of ecumenism, was 93 (Associated Press)
• Archbishop Iakovos, major ecumenical force, dies | In his stewardship, Archbishop Iakovos became an imposing religious figure and a champion of social causes, and the Greek Orthodox Church moved into the mainstream of religious and political life (The New York Times)
• Archbishop Iakovos, 93; led Greek church | During his long tenure as archbishop, Iakovos led the U.S. Greek Orthodox church out of immigrant isolation and into the mainstream of American religious life, playing a leading role in bringing English into the liturgy (Los Angeles Times)

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Radical feminist writer Andrea Dworkin dies:

• Radical feminist writer Andrea Dworkin dies | Andrea Dworkin, 58, a self-proclaimed radical feminist whose scathing writings about sexuality, and pornography in particular, made her a provocative icon of the women's movement, died April 9 at her home in Washington (The Washington Post)
• Radical feminist Andrea Dworkin dies at 58 (Associated Press)
• Related: Smut's insidious threat | The single most powerful force in undercutting sex equality at work remains the cultural sexualization of women (Catharine A. MacKinnon, Los Angeles Times)

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Other religions:

• Proxy baptisms not unique to LDS | At least one other group, Jordan's little-known Gnostic Mandaean sect, performs a similar rite, though it's not really a baptism as we understand it (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Prayer breakfast's insult leaves bad taste | My role was to read a selection from the Psalms, a welcome task. But it was hardly welcoming to be followed directly by the reading of the well-known passage from the Gospel of John (14:6), which quotes Jesus: "No man cometh unto the Father, but by me" (Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.)

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More articles of interest:

• Britain may have to give up oldest known Bible | The British Library is facing the possible loss of one of its most important manuscripts, the world's oldest Bible, to a Middle Eastern monastery (The Times, London)
• Going forward by going back | Multiplatinum Christian band Jars of Clay drifts easily between music of many ages and genres (The Tennessean, Nashville)
• Seeking out lives of faith, in all their awesome absurdity | Passionate, idiosyncratic expressions of roadside religion challenge a scholar's cynicism and ironic distance. Timothy K. Beal, a professor of religion and director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University, takes us on a drive (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

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