Weblog: Just Us Sunday 2: This Time, It's Impersonal
Plus: ELCA's votes on gay unions and clergy, Time covers "Warren of Rwanda," and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 4/13/2006 12:00AM
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Biographer catches Colson's warts, good works | Mark Davis reviews Jonathan Aitken's Charles W. Colson: A Life Redeemed (Daytona Beach News-Journal, Fla.)
Jan Karon's life story is the one to read | She was driven. She was daring. She lived in the `fast lane' -- until the day she fell to her knees and prayed (The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
Tumbling toward perdition | Journalist turns his screed to the demons that lurk in a civilized society. (The Baltimore Sun, via Sun-Sentinel)
How witchcraft made America | Harry Reid reviews Judge Sewall's Apology: The Salem Witch Trials and the Forming of a Conscience by Richard Francis (The Herald, Glasgow)
Biblical scholar, rebel pamphleteer | A review of Julia Keay's Alexander the Corrector: The Tormented Genius Whose Cruden's Concordance Unwrote the Bible (The Washington Times)
Film:
The Da Vinci gamble | 'Code' flick poses big risk for Sony (New York Daily News)
Churches fear damage from curse of 'The Da Vinci Code' | Fans of the bestseller have been vandalizing ancient buildings and stealing mementos in their search for the Holy Grail. And it will get worse when the film comes out (The Independent, London)
Bell stops tolling for Hanks film | The filming of a multi-million pound movie version of The Da Vinci Code is due to start in Lincolnshire this week (BBC)
Leesburg pastor shows he has 'The Touch' for filmmaking | Church production wins accolades at industry contests (Ocala Star-Banner, Fla.)
Music:
Revelatory reunion | The progenitors of today's Christian rock decide to throw a party that everyone can attend (The Orange County Register, Ca.)
Worshippers get their groove back | A sacred music maker shows congregations how rhythm can transport them to a spiritual place faster than a dull devotional dirge (The Vancouver Sun)
More articles of interest:
Springer opera tour under threat | Arts Council England has denied that it refused to fund a UK tour of the musical Jerry Springer: The Opera over protests by Christian groups (BBC)
Belief isn't everything | We pay a high price for the current predilection for defining people primarily by their religions (Nick Cohen, The Observer, London)
When Jesus heads the firm | For Christian businessman, every transaction is a statement of his faith (The Indianapolis Star)
Website tests religious hatred bill with appeal for holy jokes | Ship of Fools wants the best and potentially most offensive religious jokes (The Guardian, London)
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