Evolution Bills Die in Florida Legislature Bills that would have allowed teachers to challenge the theory of evolution failed to pass this week. (Christian Broadcasting Network)
Evangelicals press to fight global warming When the Senate takes up legislation next month to confront global warming, environmental groups will have some fervent new allies: evangelicals and other Christian activists. (Dallas Morning News)
US Evangelicals seek path beyond political sectarianism A group of 70 major American Evangelical leaders have issued a manifesto which they hope will promote better conversation within their tradition, and a more positive public profile for evangelical Christianity in the United States. (Ekklesia, UK)
In California, Millions Are Distributed for Stem-Cell Research No federal agency or state has handed out more money in one fell swoop for building university labs in one scientific discipline, California officials said. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Military makes mincemeat of church-state separation Maybe the reason the misperception persists that there are no atheists in foxholes is that nonbelievers must either shut up about their views or be hounded out of the military. (editorial, Salt Lake Tribune)
Hispanic Evangelicals Hold Potent Votes, Experts Say 'We Latino evangelicals have been misread by political parties all along. We are conservative on many values. But we have divided opinions on health care, on the death penalty." -the Rev. Nino Gonzalez (Orlando Sentinel)
Torture and Tenure at Berkeley Some groups are calling for John Yoo's dismissal for his detailed memo on torture, sparking a debate about tenure, academic freedom, accountability, and moral turpitude. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
McCain's Pastor Problem: The Video In a taped sermon, the preacher McCain calls a "spiritual guide" calls on America to see the "false religion" of Islam "destroyed." Still, the candidate won't reject Rod Parsley's endorsement. (Mother Jones)
McCain Vows to Push Religious Freedom He told a crowd Wednesday morning that policymakers need to face the fact that "evil still exists in the world." (Washington Post)
Obama’s New Gospel What does Barack Obama believe? It's a question that an army of surrogates, out trying to assure religious voters of his faith, is answering again and again. (Eve Conant and Richard Wolffe, Newsweek)
Gerson says Republican evangelical support has peaked "2004 was really a high point for evangelical enthusiasm and support for George W. Bush," says former Bush speechwriter. "I think that in some ways that was an artificial high."
US Evangelicals seek path beyond political sectarianism A group of 70 major American Evangelical leaders have issued a manifesto which they hope will promote better conversation within their tradition, and a more positive public profile for evangelical Christianity in the United States. (Ekklesia, UK)
Come On, You Call This a Manifesto? A true manifesto is bold, even extreme. The Evangelical Manifesto, by contrast, is both long, defensive, and insistently moderate. (Alan Jacobs, Wall Street Journal)
Raised in the church Some observers say immigrant teenagers are abandoning or compromising their faith because of a generational and cultural divide that is expressed mostly through appearance, language and attitude. (The Advocate, Conn.)
Evolution Bills Die in Florida Legislature Bills that would have allowed teachers to challenge the theory of evolution failed to pass this week. (Christian Broadcasting Network)
Evangelicals press to fight global warming When the Senate takes up legislation next month to confront global warming, environmental groups will have some fervent new allies: evangelicals and other Christian activists. (Dallas Morning News)
Zakaria’s ‘The Post-American World’ It's true China is booming, Russia is growing more assertive, terrorism is a threat. But if America is losing the ability to dictate to this new world, it has not lost the ability to lead. (Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek)
US Evangelicals seek path beyond political sectarianism A group of 70 major American Evangelical leaders have issued a manifesto which they hope will promote better conversation within their tradition, and a more positive public profile for evangelical Christianity in the United States. (Ekklesia, UK)
Raid on Sect in Texas Rattles Other Polygamists Rumors of an imminent Texas-style police crackdown — the authorities say none is contemplated — are among the new constants of life in northern Arizona, the historic heartland of the F.L.D.S. (The New York Times)
Uproar Over Scrapping Legislature Prayer Many Ontario citizens are calling for the Lord's Prayer to remain a part of legislative meetings. (United Press International)
U.S. evangelicals call for step back from politics A group of U.S. evangelical leaders called on Wednesday for a pullback from party politics so that followers would not become 'useful idiots' exploited for partisan gain. (Reuters)
'Evangelical Manifesto' Aims to Depoliticize Religion : NPR A group of conservative Christians released an "Evangelical Manifesto" Tuesday. The statement tries to reclaim and de-politicize the word "evangelical." (NPR)
Churches try creative approaches to attract new members Motorcycles, illusionists, video game systems and episodes of "Bonanza" aren't typically the kinds of things people associate with Jesus and spirituality. But each is something Wichita-area churches have used as a way to reach out to more people. (Wichita
In California, Millions Are Distributed for Stem-Cell Research No federal agency or state has handed out more money in one fell swoop for building university labs in one scientific discipline, California officials said. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
McCain Vows to Push Religious Freedom He told a crowd Wednesday morning that policymakers need to face the fact that "evil still exists in the world." (Washington Post)
A Phony 'War on Science' There are few things in American politics more irrationally ideological, more fanatically faith-based, than the accusation that Republicans are conducting a 'war on science.' (Michael Gerson, Washington Post)
As Executions Resume, So Do Questions of Fairness The problem with the death penalty may not be the method of execution — the issue ruled on by the Supreme Court last month — but instead “poor people getting lousy lawyers.” (The New York Times)
Author Struggles to Stay Removed from Slave Trade With $50 and a plane ticket to Haiti, one can buy a slave. This was just one of the difficult lessons Benjamin Skinner learned while researching his book, A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery. (NPR)
Sip your way to salvation with Spiritual Water? Spiritual Water, the faith-inspired venture of two Sunrise, Fla., businessmen, offers its drinkers clearer focus, positive thinking and connection to a higher power. (The Denver Post)
Faith and the Hook-up Culture A book review of Donna Freitas's 'Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America’s College Campuses' (Commonweal)
The old error of 'A New Earth' The Oprah-Tolle juggernaut is deeply unbiblical. (Peter Jones, The Christian Science Monitor)
Finding My Religion Berkeley art historian Jane Dillenberger on creativity, prayer and the spirituality of Andy Warhol. (San Fransisco Chronicle)
Debt cancellation a victory for the world Millions of the world's poorest people suffer hunger and illness as desperately needed resources flow out of their countries in the form of debt payments. (Desmond Tutu, Baltimore Sun)
Author Struggles to Stay Removed from Slave Trade With $50 and a plane ticket to Haiti, one can buy a slave. This was just one of the difficult lessons Benjamin Skinner learned while researching his book, A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery. (NPR)
American Idols: Mormons and Reality TV As reality shows dominate television, they're finding contestants in an unlikely place: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Sally Atkinson, Newsweek)
Another view of Jesus Physician Deepak Chopra challenges Christian doctrine while presenting an alternative: Jesus as a state of mind, rather than the historical rabbi of Nazareth or son of God. (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
Seven Derby Sins Each of the Seven Deadly Sins is on display at the bourbon-and-mint-scented signature event of this commonwealth. (Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.)
The church is ailing - send for Dr Who Doctor Who has caught the attention of church leaders, who are encouraging clergy to study the science fiction series to learn about its religious parallels. (The Telegraph, London)
In the Internet Age, AM Radio Needs Fine-Tuning In a digital age when older media struggle to hold on to audiences or attract young consumers, the medium that has fallen farthest and fastest is probably AM radio. (Marc Fisher, The Washington Post)
Zakaria’s ‘The Post-American World’ It's true China is booming, Russia is growing more assertive, terrorism is a threat. But if America is losing the ability to dictate to this new world, it has not lost the ability to lead. (Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek)
Author Struggles to Stay Removed from Slave Trade With $50 and a plane ticket to Haiti, one can buy a slave. This was just one of the difficult lessons Benjamin Skinner learned while researching his book, A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery. (NPR)
Modernity and Belief Peter Steinfels reviews Charles Taylor's 'A Secular Age.' (Commonweal)
Faith and the Hook-up Culture A book review of Donna Freitas's 'Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America’s College Campuses' (Commonweal)
Another view of Jesus Physician Deepak Chopra challenges Christian doctrine while presenting an alternative: Jesus as a state of mind, rather than the historical rabbi of Nazareth or son of God. (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
Kenyan President and Prime Minister Tour Displaced Camps The visit to Rift Valley was expected to kick off a reconciliation process, but it started on a hostile note when President Kibaki, his vice Kalonzo, and Internal Security minister George Saitoti were booed by the crowd. (Religious Intelligence)
KENYA: Clergy urged to ditch sanctimony in HIV fight According to National Council of Churches of Kenya officials, the "sin" tag that members of Kenya's churches still attach to HIV is hampering the fight against the pandemic.
Fresh deaths in Kenya sect riots Kenyan police have shot dead two members of the banned Mungiki sect in the capital, Nairobi. (BBC News)
Religionism a threat to East African unity Libyan leader Col Muammar Gadaffi angered Christians during his visit to Uganda last week. He said the current version of the Bible is a forgery, as it does not recognise or mention Prophet Mohammed. (The Standard, Nairobi)
Evolution Bills Die in Florida Legislature Bills that would have allowed teachers to challenge the theory of evolution failed to pass this week. (Christian Broadcasting Network)
In California, Millions Are Distributed for Stem-Cell Research No federal agency or state has handed out more money in one fell swoop for building university labs in one scientific discipline, California officials said. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
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