Plus: Why religious believers should oppose the flag desecration amendment, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 4/13/2006 12:00AM
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A test of faith | Bruce Nelson contracted dengue fever during a mission trip to India two years ago. Since then, he lost his job as an assistant pastor at Calvary Chapel Rialto (San Bernardino Sun, Ca.)
Money & business:
In praise of the faith market | Companies are trying to sell religion and merchandise as a package (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
Targeting gay rights | People will go out of their way not to buy a product that supports causes they don't believe in (Randy Sharp, The Boston Globe)
Boycott mania | As business ethics fall, consumer activism rises (The Boston Globe)
Faiths back govt ban on tobacco and beer adverts | The Government's plan to ban cigarette and alcohol advertisements has won the backing of Muslim, Hindu and Christian faiths (The East African Standard, Nairobi, Kenya)
God vs. Satan | Who's the better investor? (Slate)
Books:
The state of the church-state debate | Has Noah Feldman come up with a feasible compromise? (Alan Wolfe, Slate)
In Harry's world, there's little of the Bible—but plenty on good and evil | Potter's world has never been less religious than in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (The Dallas Morning News)
It's only make believe | I'd prefer the president listen to witches than to fundamentalists who oppose the Harry Potter books (Glen McAdoo, Lahontan Valley News, Nev.)
Augustine for the new age | G. W. Bowersock reviews James J. O'Donnell's Augustine: A New Biography (The New York Times Book Review)
Da Vinci Code put on Trinity syllabus | Trinity College Dublin will devote a course to the book (The Times, London)
Film:
Wanted: anti-Christ, five. Must have angelic looks, demonic presence and sinister smile | Twentieth Century Fox is looking for a boy to step into the shoes of the world's scariest child for a remake of The Omen (The Telegraph, London)
Expressing spirituality through the silver screen | A German Catholic priest distributes foreign films in Korea that he believes promote religious value (JoongAng Daily, Seoul)
Music & television:
Russian Orthodox TV launched | "Spas" (Saviour) is funded by private investors and there is no direct sign of any state support for it (BBC)
Rock on for God | Music in the Rockies' 31st annual Christian music event sounds off in Estes Park (Boulder Daily Camera, Co.)
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