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1. 'Gospel of Judas' to be published | The first translation of an ancient, self-proclaimed "Gospel of Judas" will be published in late April, bringing to light what some scholars believe are the writings of an early Christian sect suppressed for supporting Jesus Christ's infamous betrayer (Religion News Service)
   
   
2. Faithful remembrance | Can you write a spiritual memoir without bitterness? (Christine Rosen, The Wall Street Journal)
   
   

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Spirituality:

1. A study finds Americans unrelentingly cheerful | White evangelical Protestants report they are happiest: 43 percent say they are very happy (The Washington Post)
   
   
2. In John they trust | South Pacific villagers worship a mysterious American they call John Frum—believing he'll one day shower their remote island with riches (Smithsonian)
   
   
3. Putting women in their place | Christianity arose during a time of general social progress for women, scholar says (The Montreal Gazette)
   
   
4. Ex-minister walks atheist path | Retiree James Young encourages USF students to look inward, not to the heavens, for answers and says we should all be concerned about the religious right (St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
   
   

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Other stories of interest:

1. Fund scam earns him 20 years | A convicted confidence man, whose arrest was aided by a former confidence man turned evangelical preacher, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison, the maximum term, for running a $55-million hedge-fund scam (Newsday)
   
   
2. Salem acquires online Christian content provider | Salem Communications has acquired online Christian content provider of graphics and online community services CrossDaily.com for $2.3 million (Nashville Business Journal)
   
   
3. Corpus Christi preacher urges the faithful to help archaeologists | Gary Collett has become a Pied Piper of sorts for a growing number of American Christians who journey to the Holy Land each year (The Dallas Morning News)
   
   
4. Local church leaders unite against Rev. Moon's church | Members of the Religious Advisory Council have unanimously agreed to oppose any attempts to register the Moonies' Unification Church in the Cook Islands (CINEWS/PNS, link from Religion News Blog)
   
   

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