Perspectives:
Young Evangelicals And The Candidates
Cover:
Kosher Ethics
Profile:
Reverend Forrest Church
October 3, 2008
Ron Johnson Jr.: Speaking Freely from the Pulpit
October 3, 2008
C. Welton Gaddy: No Politicking from the Pulpit
October 3, 2008
Gary Dorrien: What Kind of Country?
October 2, 2008
Simone Campbell: On Joe Biden's Catholic Faith
October 2, 2008
Question for Social Conservatives: What Do You Think of Sarah Palin?
Religious Leaders Respond to Moral Dimensions of Financial Crisis.
Pastors Challenge IRS from Pulpits
Poll: White Evangelicals under 30 Less Supportive of McCain than Older Evangelicals
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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/study_suggests_zen_meditation_can_ease_a_turbulent_mind/">Study suggests Zen meditation can ease a turbulent mind</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/4700/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/4700/4HY07qPr/" dc:title="Study suggests Zen meditation can ease a turbulent mind" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4700/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="Zen Buddhist meditation may help treat depression, attention deficit disorder and anxiety, among other maladies, according to a recent study by Emory University neuroscientists.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Mental illnesses such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression are characterized in part by "excessive rumination" or runaway thoughts, said Giuseppe Pagnoni, a neuroscientist at Emory in Atlanta.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Zen meditators show an enhanced ability to control their mind's focus, and disentangle it from…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-10-07 07:38:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/episcopal_church_apologizes_for_its_role_in_slavery/">Episcopal Church apologizes for its role in slavery</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/4683/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/4683/4HY07qPr/" dc:title="Episcopal Church apologizes for its role in slavery" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4683/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="PHILADELPHIA -- In an unprecedented public act of remorse for centuries of support for slavery, the Episcopal Church on Saturday (Oct. 4) held a dramatic service of repentance at one of the nation's first black churches.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Punctuated with the sound of a gong and the sung refrain of "Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy," the service began with a "Litany of Offense and Apology" detailing the ways that the denomination participated in human captivity, segregation and discrimination.&lt;br /&gt;…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-10-06 07:20:01 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/mother_finds_life_on_the_other_side_of_loss/">Mother finds life on the other side of loss</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/4678/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/4678/4HY07qPr/" dc:title="Mother finds life on the other side of loss" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4678/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="Christine Yowell put her foot on the balcony ledge. Below, the Mediterranean shimmered in the light of a full moon.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; "I could jump off," she thought. "Five minutes, 10 minutes tops, and I would be in heaven with her.' "&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Only minutes had passed since the phone call telling her that 28-year-old Sarah -- her only child -- had been killed by a huge wave while walking the Cinque Terre in northern Italy.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Yowell looked at the water, turned and went back inside.&lt;br /&gt;…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-10-03 09:09:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/50_years_on_wartime_pope_overshadows_catholic_jewish_talks/">50 years on, wartime pope overshadows Catholic-Jewish talks</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/4661/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/4661/4HY07qPr/" dc:title="50 years on, wartime pope overshadows Catholic-Jewish talks" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4661/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="VATICAN CITY -- Next Thursday (Oct. 9), Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate a special Mass in St. Peter's Basilica to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Pope Pius XII.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The fact that Oct. 9 this year coincides with Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, is ironic, since debate over Pius' record is one of the most divisive issues in the relationship between Jews and the Catholic Church.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; As the Vatican's Secretary of State during Hitler's rise to power, and then as pope…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-10-02 07:53:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/midwest_methodists_may_be_sleeper_win_for_obama/">Midwest Methodists may be `sleeper’ win for Obama</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/4650/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/4650/4HY07qPr/" dc:title="Midwest Methodists may be `sleeper' win for Obama" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4650/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="When the Rev. John Edgar cast his ballot Tuesday (Sept. 30) as part of Ohio's early voting program, he had two things in mind: his faith and the economy. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; He checked the box for Sen. Barack Obama.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; "Particularly with his background as a community organizer, (Obama) will be concerned about what happens to the least of these among our brothers and sisters," said Edgar, 55, the founding pastor of the United Methodist Church for All People in Columbus.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Like other…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-10-01 09:00:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/ten_years_later_phelps_an_unwitting_ally_to_gay_groups/">Ten years later, Phelps an unwitting ally to gay groups</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/4629/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/4629/4HY07qPr/" dc:title="Ten years later, Phelps an unwitting ally to gay groups" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4629/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="(UNDATED) Ten years ago, the death of gay college student Matthew Shepard shocked the nation when he was found beaten to death and tied to a split-rail fence outside Laramie, Wyo.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Just as shocking were the protesters who showed up outside his funeral at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Casper carrying signs that read, "God Hates Fags" and "Matt in Hell."&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; "The need for us to be there was so compelling," said Shirley Phelps-Roper, whose father, Fred Phelps, leads frequent virulent…" dc:creator="Claudia Sans Werner" dc:date="2008-09-30 09:05:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/ramadan_sees_birth_of_emerging_muslim_labor_movement/">Ramadan sees birth of emerging Muslim labor movement</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/4616/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/4616/4HY07qPr/" dc:title="Ramadan sees birth of emerging Muslim labor movement" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4616/" dc:subject="Feature Article,Feature Article of the Week" dc:description="Hundreds of Muslim workers at two meat processing plants in Colorado and Nebraska walked off the job earlier this month, protesting their employer's refusal to grant time to pray and break a 12-hour fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; About 100 workers were fired in Greeley, Colo., followed by about 80 in Grand Island, Neb. JBS Swift &amp; Co. insists the terminations had nothing to do with religion, but rather with employees refusing to return to work.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Whatever…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-09-29 07:56:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/vatican_to_consider_role_of_scripture_in_catholic_life/">Vatican to consider role of Scripture in Catholic life</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/4603/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/4603/4HY07qPr/" dc:title="Vatican to consider role of Scripture in Catholic life" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4603/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="VATICAN CITY -- When Pope Benedict XVI recites the opening verses of Genesis on Italian national television next Sunday (Oct. 5), he will kick off a marathon reading of the entire Bible by some 1,500 people over six days -- and do something that would have been unthinkable even a generation ago.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Catholics over the age of 50 are old enough to remember when the church discouraged non-clergy from acquainting themselves with Scripture, apart from selections quoted in their catechisms or…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-09-26 08:04:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/university_tries_to_make_sense_of_racist_obama_stunt/">University tries to make sense of racist Obama stunt</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/4590/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/4590/4HY07qPr/" dc:title="University tries to make sense of racist Obama stunt" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4590/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="NEWBERG, Ore. -- Students and campus leaders at a small Christian university founded by Quaker pioneers in 1891 denounced the hanging of a life-size cardboard cutout of Sen. Barack Obama on campus, vowing to work together to fight racism and intolerance.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; A custodial crew at the 3,355-student George Fox University found the Obama likeness hanging by fishing wire from a tree at 7 a.m. Tuesday (Sept. 23) and tore it down before students arrived for classes.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; A sign taped to…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-09-25 08:20:00 PM GMT" /> </rdf:RDF> --> <b><a target="_top" href="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/pastors_launch_challenge_of_irs_rules_on_endorsements/">Pastors launch challenge of IRS rules on endorsements</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/4571/" trackback:ping="http://www.religionnews.com/index.php?/trackback/4571/4HY07qPr/" dc:title="Pastors launch challenge of IRS rules on endorsements" dc:identifier="http://religionnews.com/index.php?/rnstext/trackbacks/4571/" dc:subject="Feature Article" dc:description="WASHINGTON -- Pastor Gus Booth remembers when he used to simply encourage his congregation of 150 in Warroad, Minn., to vote each Election Day. Now, he thinks it's important to tell them which candidate should get their vote.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; On Sunday (Sept. 28), as part of the "Pulpit Initiative" organized by an Arizona-based conservative Christian legal group, Booth is set to join dozens of clergy nationwide in challenging Internal Revenue Service rules that prohibit churches from politicking by supporting…" dc:creator="Tracy Gordon" dc:date="2008-09-24 07:28:01 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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