Weblog: Reading Baylor's Tea Leaves on Faith-Learning Integration
Plus: Jane Roberts' abortion views aren't so easily discerned either, gay Housewives, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 4/13/2006 12:00AM
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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary names president | Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Dallas called 'a visionary' and leader (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Ava Maria's church plan scaled back | Oratory to anchor new university, town (The News-Press, Fort Myers, Fla.) Also: Ave Maria downsizes church plans | Domino's entrepreneur scales back the oratory to better fund the town's university (The Orlando Sentinel)
Also: Centerpiece of Ave Maria university, town unveiled (Naples Daily News, Fla.)
Books:
Church, state gulf goes way back | P.J. Slinger reviews Noah Feldman's Divided by God (The Capital Times, Madison, Wi.)
Church website denounces Da Vinci book | The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales begins a campaign today against Dan Brown's bestselling The Da Vinci Code, denouncing it as logically and historically flawed and a risible hoax (The Times, London)
Hogwarts horror | Critics are falling all over themselves to praise the latest Harry Potter release, but the book has all the moral problems of earlier volumes with considerably less charm (Susan Olasky, World)
Television:
Board asks for KOCE rehearing | Rejected bidder Daystar files lawsuit against college district, trustees, citing religious bias (Daily Pilot, Newport Beach, Ca.)
KOCE's future belongs with the public, viewers | If Daystar ends up getting control of KOCE, it will be a loss for Newport-Mesa and the county (Editorial, Daily Pilot, Newport Beach, Ca.)
Gospel of John on TV | Acclaimed film to be shown twice this weekend on TBN, airing in its entirety with no commercials (Christianity Today Movies)
'Desperate Housewives' claims gay attitude | "It's just gay," series creator Marc Cherry said at Outfest. "But I don't start with that. I don't start with an agenda." (Associated Press)
Parental groups lobby for cable options | Cable television companies should be forced to allow customers to choose which channels they want to subscribe to because it will help parents prevent their children from seeing racy fare geared toward adults and teens, several religious and conservative groups said (The Washington Times)
Sports:
If you billed it around faith, they will certainly come | The dozens of Faith Nights at ballparks this summer are the latest manifestation of Christianity's increasing involvement in sports (USA Today)
Softball together | In which our correspondent investigates the spiritual value of slow-pitch softball (Marc Gellman, Newsweek)
Religion looks to have left the arena | Is it just me or has God abandoned his interest in sports? (Frank Fitzpatrick, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Other articles of interest:
Church's members embrace different route on mission trip | Instead of work in Mexico, group sticks closer to home (The Dallas Morning News)
Different strokes for godly folks | For U.S. evangelicals, one size doesn't necessarily fit all (Vermont Guardian)
Fighting AIDS behind bars | The aim must be to slow the spread of AIDS in the prison system so as few people as possible get out with infections that endanger society (Editorial, The New York Times)
Religion news in brief | United Methodist Church is down, Vatican is up, and other stories (Associated Press)
It's official: Son of Chabad movement's founder converted to Catholicism | Documents have recently come to light proving that the youngest son of the founder of the Chabad movement, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Russia, converted to Catholicism (Haaretz, Tel Aviv)
Biblical center backers cling to hopes | Fire officials now looking at whether blaze at Christian art museum was accidental (The Dallas Morning News)
Grand theft adult | As always in America, sex and nudity create the scandals, not systemic violence (Editorial, The New York Times)
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