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October 29, 2004: Timothy Matovina
Read more of Kim Lawton's interview with theology professor Timothy Matovina, director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame.
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October 29, 2004: Ramadan Fasting
As Muslims around the world observe the holy month of Ramadan until mid-November, we wondered what it is like to fast during daylight hours for a month -- eating and drinking nothing, not even water. We spent a day with Imam Yahya Hendi, the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University in Washington and also the leader of the Islamic Society of Frederick, Maryland.
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October 29, 2004: Interview: Imam Yahya Hendi
Read the full interview about Ramadan with Imam Yahya Hendi.
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October 29, 2004: Hispanic Voters 2004
Analysts agree Latinos will play a key role on Tuesday (Nov. 2). In 2003, Latinos surpassed African Americans as the nation’s largest minority group. It’s a community that is still developing politically, and religion is an important part of that development. Ninety-three percent of all Latinos in the U.S. identify themselves as Christians, the majority of them Roman Catholic. Kim Lawton has our report about the faith-based influences on Hispanic voters.
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FEATURE . Jewish High Holidays
We spoke about the High Holidays with a hazzan, also known as a cantor, who leads a congregation in sung prayer.
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August 27, 2004: William Sloane Coffin
As chaplain of Yale University in the '60s and '70s, Coffin be came one of the best known -- and most controversial -- figures not only against the war, but also in the civil rights movement and the campaign for a freeze on nuclear weapons. Throughout his life, Coffin preached that social justice was central to Christianity.
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August 27, 2004: William Sloane Coffin Extended Interview
Read Bob Abernethy's full interview with William Sloane Coffin.
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August 27, 2004: Recollections of William Sloane Coffin
Read recollections of William Sloane Coffin by the Rev. Thomas B. Chittick, Lutheran campus minister at Yale in the 1970s and Rev. Philip Zaeder former chaplain and dean of the faculty at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
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August 13, 2004: Dignity Beyond Death: The Jewish Preparation for Burial
Read an excerpt of Dignity Beyond Death: The Jewish Preparation for Burial by Rochel U. Berman.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Poll: America’s Evangelicals More and More Mainstream But Insecure
Three-quarters of all evangelicals believe they are a minority under siege and must fight for their voices to be heard.
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