Top Religion Stories of 1997

(as selected by CT editors and writers)

1. Promise Keepers’ Stand in the Gap draws 1 million men to Washington, D.C.2. Gender-inclusive New International Version canceled.3. Supreme Court rules RFRA unconstitutional.4. Churches worldwide unify against religious persecution.5. New Russian law restricts freedom of religion.6. Oregon favors first law for physician-assisted suicide.7. U.S. State Department notes global religious persecution.8. New Era’s John Bennett imprisoned for fraud.9. Disney boycott gathers momentum.10. Partial-birth abortion battle moves to states.

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