Top Religion Stories of 2008
Time, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today weigh in.
Pastors Off the Hook in Sex Cases
Earl Paulk case dropped, Lonnie Latham not guilty, Md. pastor gets mistrial. Plus: Calling Akinola out on Nigeria’s anti-gay law, W&M’s cross returns, Jars of Clay’s un-Dixie Chicks moment, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Focus Praises NAE’s ‘Broader Social Agenda’
Plus: The evangelicals at the center of the U.S. attorneys firing fight, Time‘s cover story on the Bible in public schools, Colo. becomes another center of the Anglican wars, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Warren, Obama, the Christian Coalition, and ‘the Evangelical Agenda’
Plus: A lonely Christmas war, the correction of the year, the Pope’s Turkey trip, and many other stories from online sources around the world.
Graham Family Takes Disagreement Over Burial Site Public
Plus: The Left Behind video game, Jay Bakker’s documentary, the other Christmas tree war, and more stories from online sources around the world.
Super-Mega Weblog: Thousands of Articles, One Story
Actually, there are dozens of interesting religion stories beyond the Pope Benedict and Islam conflict, including a worship ban in libraries, All Saints’s ongoing fight with the IRS, Kerry’s remarkable religion speech, and a fall TV preview.
Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity Attacked in India
Plus: Baylor Regents reject yet another attempt to remove president Sloan, and Time gives a close-up look at an Episcopal Church split.
Bishops Should Excommunicate Supporters of Iraq War, Says <em>Sojourners</em>
Plus: NAE releases draft statement on civic engagement, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Federal Marriage Amendment Reworded to Allow Civil Unions
Plus: Time profiles Rick Warren, Christian Coalition reportedly not paying its bills, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Kerry’s Religion Is Today’s Big Politics Story
Plus: Partial-birth abortion ban goes to court three times today, remembering Rwanda’s genocide, Moscow bans Jehovah’s Witnesses, and other stories from online sources around the world.