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<!-- if browser does now support iframes insert this --> <table width=428 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td width="10"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td> <td class="text10"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="408" height="3" alt="" border="0"><br> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/in_the_pews_a_womans_hat_is_never_just_a_hat/">In the pews, a woman’s hat is never just a hat</a></b><br><br> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4003/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/4003/bC58LrmZ/" dc:title="In the pews, a woman's hat is never just a hat" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4003/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="Dr. Seuss' character Bartholomew Cubbins and his 500 hats have nothing on Paula Ellis. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; For Ellis, a bishop's daughter and retired sheriff's deputy in Kent County, Mich., wearing hats -- or "crowns," as they're sometimes called -- to church and other formal events is a sign of respect. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; "You could say I've traded my browns for crowns," Ellis joked. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; But these aren't just any hats. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Ellis sells crowns for New York designer and close friend Shellie…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-07-25 07:47:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/rowan_williams_a_quiet_man_in_a_very_public_job1/">Rowan Williams: A quiet man in a very public job</a></b><br><br> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3992/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/3992/bC58LrmZ/" dc:title="Rowan Williams: A quiet man in a very public job" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3992/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="He leads an international fellowship of 77 million Anglicans but doesn't like to travel first class. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; His official residence is a grand palace in London, but he and his family live in small rooms furnished like any other middle-class British home. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; He is the successor of Sts. Augustine and Thomas Becket, but counts himself a fan of "The Simpsons." &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; With his bushy beard and black berets, Rowan Williams may more closely resemble the headmaster at Harry Potter's…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-07-24 08:41:01 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/muslim_women_buck_tradition_and_stereotypes/">Muslim women buck tradition—and stereotypes</a></b><br><br> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3982/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/3982/bC58LrmZ/" dc:title="Muslim women buck tradition -- and stereotypes" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3982/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="PARIS -- Like most young French women, Wafa Ben Salem goes out to movies and dinner, dates men -- albeit usually with a chaperone -- and is an avowed fashion maven.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; But it's not hard to see how she stands out, with her form-covering clothing, a headscarf tied under her chin and her personal pledge not to engage in pre-marital sex. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; "I'm Muslim and it's been taught to us in our religion and I believe in this," said the 24-year-old university student from the southern French…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-07-23 06:52:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/muslims_begin_to_copy_the_megachurch_multi_site_model/">Muslims begin to copy the megachurch multi-site model</a></b><br><br> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3972/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/3972/bC58LrmZ/" dc:title="Muslims begin to copy the megachurch multi-site model" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3972/" dc:subject="Feature Article,Feature Article of the Week" dc:description="WASHINGTON -- Mosques across the country are beginning to use a model similar to the one used by some suburban and downtown megachurches, operating multiple sites to serve a large and dispersed congregation.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Many of these "mosque chains" brand themselves as progressive, and sometimes feature gymnasiums and mixed-gender prayer areas for men and women. Some groups even host weekly services at churches or synagogues with the expressed goal of fostering interfaith goodwill.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-07-22 08:20:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/in_rosa_parks_estate_evidence_of_a_lifelong_quiet_faith/">In Rosa Parks’ estate, evidence of a lifelong quiet faith</a></b><br><br> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3952/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/3952/bC58LrmZ/" dc:title="In Rosa Parks' estate, evidence of a lifelong quiet faith" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3952/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="NEW YORK -- Civil rights icon Rosa Parks used to jot notes in her church bulletins, noting sermon titles and song selections.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; She kept a postcard sent by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. when he visited Rome two years after she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Ala.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; And among the clothes she left behind when she died in 2005 was a simple white stewardess dress and black stewardess hat that she wore when she prepared Communion at her African…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-07-21 07:57:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/long_running_ny_pageant_spreads_the_mormon_message/">Long-running N.Y. pageant spreads the Mormon message</a></b><br><br> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3947/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/3947/bC58LrmZ/" dc:title="Long-running N.Y. pageant spreads the Mormon message" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3947/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="PALMYRA, N.Y. -- Actors know that a career on stage takes dedication and sacrifice, but Mormons in the annual Hill Cumorah pageant take that to a whole new level.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; With a discerning application process, just one week to prepare and an all-volunteer crew, Mormons create a high-tech dramatization of ancient events for thousands of pilgrims who travel here from all over the country.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Ever since 1937, the Hill Cumorah pageant has re-enacted stories from the Book of Mormon, which…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-07-18 07:09:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/forty_years_later_birth_control_decree_remains_controversial/">Forty years later, birth control decree remains controversial</a></b><br><br> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3934/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/3934/bC58LrmZ/" dc:title="Forty years later, birth control decree remains controversial" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3934/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="Some say Pope Paul VI predicted the dangers of loosening sexual morals: widespread divorce, disease and promiscuity. Others say he cracked open a culture of dissent that has seeped into every corner of the church.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Either way, 40 years after Paul VI released "Humanae Vitae" on July 25, 1968, the papal encylical banning most forms of birth control continues to be a flashpoint in the Catholic Church.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Earlier this year, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago said Humanae Vitae set…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-07-17 08:33:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/anglicans_head_to_canterbury_for_high_stakes_lambeth_conference/">Anglicans head to Canterbury for high-stakes Lambeth Conference</a></b><br><br> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3924/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/3924/bC58LrmZ/" dc:title="Anglicans head to Canterbury for high-stakes Lambeth Conference" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3924/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="For centuries, Anglicans have prided themselves on finding the via media -- the middle way -- through theological and political thickets.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; But the decades-long debate on homosexuality within the worldwide Anglican Communion seems stuck in a cul-de-sac, many say.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; As Anglican bishops from around the world converge on Canterbury, England, for the three-week Lambeth Conference that began Wednesday (July 16), their 77 million-member communion again finds itself at a crossroads.&lt;br…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-07-16 08:19:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/will_evangelicals_return_obamas_affections/">Will evangelicals return Obama’s affections?</a></b><br><br> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3898/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/3898/bC58LrmZ/" dc:title="Will evangelicals return Obama's affections?" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3898/" dc:subject="Feature Article,Feature Article of the Week" dc:description="&lt;p&gt; GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Heather Rosema is precisely the kind of Christian voter that Sen. Barack Obama covets. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Rosema, 41, chose George W. Bush in 2000, when she put greater emphasis on issues like abortion and gay marriage. This year, she intends to vote Obama.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Rosema, a member of Roosevelt Park Community Christian Reformed Church, sees a true man of faith in the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; "He talks about God very easily," said Rosema,…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-07-15 07:53:01 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/creator_of_shirtless_mormon_calendar_excommunicated/">Creator of shirtless Mormon calendar excommunicated</a></b><br><br> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3876/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/3876/bC58LrmZ/" dc:title="Creator of shirtless Mormon calendar excommunicated" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/3876/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="&lt;p&gt; The creator of a controversial calendar featuring shirtless Mormon missionaries has been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after meeting with a disciplinary committee on Sunday (July 13). &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; Chad Hardy said the "Men on a Mission" calendar was intended to provoke discussion among Mormons, but church leaders in Warm Springs, Nev., found his conduct "unbecoming a member of the Church," according to a letter obtained by the Associated Press. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; Excommunicated…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-07-14 07:48:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <br> </td> <td width="10"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> <!-- end no iframes insert -->
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