Plus: Sri Lanka's anti-conversion bill ruled unconstitutional, Namibia bans all religious broadcasting, violence against Christians thwarted in Indonesia and Philippines, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 4/13/2006 12:00AM
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Controversy over Christian band revisited in Rossford | The Rossford school board has called a special meeting tonight with its attorneys to discuss issues involving Pawn, the Christian rock band restricted from playing during school hours (The Toledo Blade, Oh.)
Christianity, schools meeting topic | Educator in Humansville commandments case to be joined by others at Branson conference (News-Leader, Springfield, Mo.)
District's lawyers see 'good sign' | But lawyers for the parents said they can still prove their case (York Daily Record, Pa.)
Evolution and religion can and do peacefully coexist | Despite growing up in a fundamentalist church which regularly ridiculed the idea of people being descended from monkeys, I learned later that Darwinism and Christian faith were easily reconcilable by anyone able to free his or her thinking from the rigid dogmas that so often hamper the rational processes of scientists and religionists alike (Don Shaw, Modesto Bee, Ca.)
Nepal Christians to renew ties with Bengal college | Christians in Nepal can reaffirm their faith by choosing to join a degree course in divinity to be introduced for the first time in this overwhelmingly Hindu nation (IANS, India)
Entertainment:
A sluggish pursuit, mostly by faith | Evander Holyfield, a religious man who says he believes that the Bible speaks to him, is convinced that his pursuit of a fifth heavyweight title is preordained. God's plan for him as a boxer is "a greater ending than my beginning," he said (The New York Times)
The rating says PG, but is that guidance enough? | How do parents decide what entertainment is appropriate for their children in the age of videocassettes, DVD's, computer games and cable television? (The New York Times)
Jerry Springer Opera, featuring 'gay Jesus', sparks record 5,500 complaints | Plans to broadcast a London musical that features a nappy-wearing Jesus who admits he is "a bit gay," have sparked a record 5,500 complaints, a television watchdog said (AFP)
Also: The art of swearing | Decades of increasing public use, not least among the young, is diluting the power of such words to shock (Editorial, The Guardian, London)
Vera's timely reminder | Mike Leigh's film about a backstreet abortionist provides a much-needed antidote to 'pro-life' propaganda (Polly Toynbee, The Guardian, London)
Reality TV finds God | Travel the Road, now in its third season on TBN, shows Christian missionaries living a travelogue life while viewers watch their aches, pains and trials trying to spread the Gospel (Australian Broadcasting Corp.)
Other stories of interest:
Religion news in brief | Copts released; Admirers push to include Thomas Merton in new U.S. Catholic catechism; Baptist World Alliance official disputes Southern Baptist report; Texas church groups sell fireworks; Montana bills address debate over evolution (Associated Press)
Hour of scour | OC Metro ignores Robert Schuller's Commie-bashing past (OC Weekly)
Embracing sloth, a self-help guide | Naomi Glauberman reviews Sloth by Wendy Wasserstein (Los Angeles Times)
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